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well in endeavouring to obtain the white
woman for us. - The two warrigals
started for the white woman, and
during the evening a messenger arrived
from Bungeleine stating that he would
not give up the white woman. It
maybe as well to mention that Tack-
awaddens Father who was among
the tribe, was highly delighted to see
him and shed tears on seeing his son
and made signs to us that he was
such – conversations took place
between the Boy and his father to
this effect – whether the whites had
given him plenty to eat and clothing
The Boy said Yes and that he
liked the whites – The Boy told
his father also that he had been
to Melbourne and [error omitted]
what he had seen of the whites.
His father then told him that he had
been so far away from his own
country that he would not know
him or own him any more - Then
the subject of the white woman was
broached to the father - He asked
his father why the [error omitted] Blacks did
not

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did not give up the woman
as she belonged to the whites and
not to the warrigals and that
they ought to give her up and
that the whites would be very
kind to them in return - The
father in answer to the question
said that the whites were always
saucy towards them and that
they would keep her and would
not give her up - I told Tacka.
-wadden to ask one of his brothers
who was also with the Tribe what
they had done with the white woman
and he answered that they had
planted her in the scrub and had
heard the men say that they would
not give her up to the whites -
when they were in their camp
at night - The Boy also stated
that the Blacks were very fond
of the white woman and a
little Boy she had and therefore
would not give them up.

Jany 21st
About an hour before daylight the
Blacks started away into the
mountains

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mountains from fear (I believe) of
the whites being angry with them
for not having brought the white
woman - we then about daylight
started and followed their tracks
the distanced [sic]
and at about six miles came up with
them on a high mountain – they seemed
surprised to see us up with them
[sic] such a short time – we tried all
we could to make friends with
them to see if they would try and
get the white woman for us, I
perceived that every man had
a Tomahawk concealed under
their opossum cloaks and to
the best of my opinion were very
much inclined to shew fight - a
great number were also in in [sic] the
scrub with spears they brought
a young Gin to give to [error omitted] one of
the Blackmen belonging to the
expedition party thinking that it
would be a fair exchange for the
white woman – they were told that
we did not require the Gin but
the white woman – they gave no
answer to this – but one of
the