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No 67/46

Commr Crown Lands Office
Gipps Land, 11th Aug 1846

Sir,
I do myself the honor
to enclose copies of Reports made
to me by Mr Walsh, Officer of the
Native Police, and Sergeant Windridge
of the Border Police, of their
proceedings during my absence
from Gipps Land - for the recovery
of a white female said to be
residing with the native Blacks
of this District.

In my former communication
to Your Honor on this subject, I
stated that I had instructed Mr.
Walsh to proceed with the Native
Boy Tack-awadden, Mr Macmillans
Storekeeper; and two of the Native
Police to the Tribe to which the
boy belonged, to endeavour to
obtain an interview with his father,
and invite him to the station where
the boy was living; - and by presents
and kind treatment to try to
prevail

To
His Honor
C. J. La Trobe Esqre.
&c &c

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No 46/1322
5th Sept 1846
The Crn Comr of ye Gps Ld Dt
Repts ye result of ye attempt
made to recovr a white female said to
be residg with ye Gps Ld nats

[Annotations: left margin]

Copd CH
- 18/9/46

C. J. L

Copy of instructions
appended

Copy forwardd to HH
rf Supdt ye

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prevail upon him to remain
there until my return to the
District, as I was not without
hopes that by negotiation through
him, I might be able to obtain the
white female from the Tribe to
which, it was said, she was
attached.

From Mr Walsh’s Report,
however, it appears he found it
impracticable to follow out my
instructions, in consequence of the
refusal of Tack-a-wadden to
accompany him, he being under
the impression that Mr Walsh
would shoot him- The Boy,
however, volunteered to accompany
Sergeant Windgidge: - and in the
several interviews had with the
Aborigines, acted as interpreter.
I would therefore refer Your Honor
to the Sergeant’s Report for the inform-
ation elicited from the several
Blacks taken by the party, relative
to the reported existence of a
white female among the
Aborigines. This Report un-
doubtedly tends to confirm the
rumour