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swim across Macmillans straits to
Raymond Island. His more
than usual good spirits, however,
and the total absence of any display
of grief, together with the circumstance
of the tracks of both father and son
having been seen on Raymond Island,
contradict this story, and point
it out to me as a cloak to some
plan he is concerting through
his son’s agency to prevent the
attainment of our object. I
have therefore thought it advisable
to try the effect of a compulsory
detention of himself and his family,
intimating that concession to one
demands is the surest means
of recovering his freedom

I have the honor to be
Sir
Your Honor’s most obedt Servt
Charles J. Tyers

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Copy of
instructions Enclosed

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Instructions for the party in search of the
White woman -
Eagle Point, 19th April 1847

As it appears that the
Warragal who was sent to the
Mountains with Bungeleene’s message
was seen by Yal-Yal and Hill at
McLeod’s backwater on Thursday, it
may be assumed that he has no
intention of going thither at all.
It may also be suspected that Bungeleene
is a party to the deceit that has been
Inacted upon us. To avoid
therefore being any longer made the
sport of these Blacks, I consider it
advisable that Bungeleene be made
to go himself with the majority of the
party under Sergt Windridge, and
that his two Lubras and children
be detained here as hostages in
charge of two Whites and two Blacks
of the party, until the white woman
is delivered up.

The journey, which must
of course be performed on foot, will
probably occupy ten days or a fortnight.
Sergt Windridge will therefore
provide

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