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No 107/46

(Duplicate)
Border Police Station, Gipps Land
21st November 1846

Sir,
In accordance with your
instructions to me to report to you
from time to time for the
information of His Excellency the
Governor, any proceedings
I may take for the recovery of the white
woman from the Wild Blacks of this
District (with whom she is said
to be living). I have the honor to
state that in following up my
intention as expressed in a former
letter to Endeavour to open a
communication with Tackawadden’s
Tribe, through the medium of the
Gipps Land Aboriginal men and
women who had been for
some time living at the Native
Police Station; I caused these
Aborigines to be sent away with
a message

To His Honor
The Superintendent

[Annotations: top left]

Duplicate of
No. 471891

of R B

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Recd ye 30 Dr 1846

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a message to the men of their
Tribe, asking their assistance
to recover her - for which assistance
besides gaining the good will of
the white men, a promise of
Blankets, Clothes and other
articles was held out to them.

The result has been successful
so far as the establishment of
a friendly intercourse with them,
and eliciting from them a promise
to bring Bunyeleenè and the
White woman to my quarters
A longer delay in the performance
of this promise than the
length of the journey would
seem to warrant [insertion: no result having taken place] I am
almost disposed to doubt their
ability to obtain the unfortunate
woman from Bunyeleenè, who
is represented as a very
powerful man -

A second party from the
Tribe, consisting of five men
left the Camp in the Police
Paddock

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Paddock yesterday with the
avowed intention of bringing
the white woman here, previously
making a condition, that during
their absence, no party of white
men should be sent out, but that
we should remain in Camp until
their return - To this I
consented - being satisfied that
as long as any probability
exists of obtaining her by
negociation, other measures should
not be attempted -

In the event of the
failure of all pacific measures
it is my opinion, as well as
the opinion of the officer of Native
Police, and Mr De Villiers, who
is in command of the Expedition
from Melbourne, that she will never
be recovered by lawful means,
[insertion: (unless by mere accident)] if it be the determination of
Bunyeleenè and his Tribe to
keep her - I need scarcely
observe that the nature of the
Country