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no other than to scour the Country with
the police and attempt her rescue even at
the risk of bloodshed -

As a preliminary to the opening
of a communication with the natives on
the borders of Lake Wellington - I have instructed
Mr. Walsh, Officer of the Native Police, to
proceed immediately with Tack-a-wadden,
Mr. McMillan’s Storekeeper, and two Native
Troopers in search of them - and when
within a convenient distance from their
camp - to send the Boy to his Tribe, -
waiting his return - and if the Father
be induced to have any communication
with the party to endeavour to prevail
upon him to accompany them to Boisdale
and to remain there until my return
from Cape Howe - whither I am about
to proceed in accordance with Your
Honor’s Instructions

I have the honor to be
Sir
Your Honor’s most obedient Servant
Charles J. Tyers
Commr. Crown Land

To
His Honor
C. J. La Trobe Esqr.

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Copy of
Instructions
appended

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Trooper Quandite - of the Native
Police being questioned relative to
his having seen a white woman
while driving the Blacks from
spearing cattle at the Head of Mr.
MacMillan’s run - states, that
he saw a woman of a yellow colour
and that, he should say, she was
a white woman from the circumstance
of her having long hair down to her
shoulders - of a Light Colour -
He saw her in some scrub - she jumped
out of an opossum cloak she had
on - he saw her jump out of it - -
Calcalo - also a Trooper of the
Native Police - on duty at the same
time as Quandite being questioned
separately - corroborates Quandites
statement - made before me 30th. March 1846
(signed) Charles J. Tyers JP
Comm C. L.

Mr. W. H Walsh - officer in command
of the Native Police in the District
of Gipp’s Land being called upon
states as follows -

I was out with my
Party of Native Troopers at the Head
of Mr MacMillans Run - I did
not see the woman mentioned
by the men - the men all
assembled

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assembled round the opossum
cloak dropped by the woman and
smelt it and all of them agreed
that the cloak belonged to a White
woman & not to a Black Gin, from
certain circumstances which I did
not exactly understand. - I asked
Trooper Quandite why he did
not catch her - he answered that
he was so astonished at seeing a
white woman among the wild
Natives - or Warrigals - as he calls
them, that he could not recover
his surprise in time to follow her,
as she only stood a few minutes
looking at him, and then made
a rush into the scrub, after which
he lost sight of her altogether -

The Troopers of my party have
constantly been talking about the
occurrence ever since it took place
among themselves - .

Sd. W H Walsh

Declared before me
this 30th. March 1846

Charles J. Tyers
Commr C. L -