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woman described as having been
put in handcuffs by Mr Dana’s
party. I gave directions to have
the handcuffs taken off them - in
which we succeeded after some difficulty.
The Handcuffs now produced are
the same. I know them by a particular
mark on them which I ordered one of
my men to put on them when they
were taken off the Blacks.

I questioned the woman with
regard to her children but she
could not give me any account of
them. I gave them some food
and told the woman to go and
look after her children. The man
was in a very bad state from the
effects of having the handcuffs on.

On my return on the
24th inst I again visited the
corpse and got the following
parties Mr Brodie & Mr Warman
to examine it also., but the rest
of the party from the decomposition
of the body were unable to come near it.

Mr Brodie and Mr Warman
have not yet returned from the Snowy
River.
The

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The two shaps produced were
found by Donald McLeod – and
were taken from off the legs of the
woman & children who were bound
together by them.

On my return to
Tanbo Bluff on or about the
27th. inst. where I had left a part
of my men and one of the boats
under the charge of Richard
Hartnett – I was informed by him
immediately on my arrival that
he had been told by the Blacks
on Raymond Island that some
of the Blacks at the Snowy River
had been shot by Mr Dana’s
party – making signs that they
were on horseback and belonging
to Naran.
(Signed) C.L.J. deVilliers

Sworn before me at
the Border Police Station
the 31st. December 1846
(Signed) Charles J. Tyers J.P.

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New South Wales
To wit

Strathfieldsaye Lake Wellington
4th January 1847
Before W. O Raymond Esq. J.P.
and Charles J. Tyers Esq. J.P.

James Warman of Melbourne
in the Colony of New South Wales and
District of Port Phillip Master
Mariner, maketh oath and saith
that on the Twenty second day of
December last in the year of our
Lord one thousand and eight hundred
and fifty six. He was at a place
in “Gipps Land” known as the “Snowy
River” and was taken by a native
of the same place to the body of a
dead male aboriginal native apparently
about Twenty Five years of age which
body he the said James Warman
carefully examined and found his
skull fractured, and a large wound
near the temple, he also saw a
wound upon one of his legs and
another near his breast, also a small
wound in his chest, the last three
wounds were apparently gun shot
wounds, the other two on the head
as if done by some heavy blows.

And further saith that proceedings
higher