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higher up the River about four miles
he the said James Warman found
an old man and woman hid in
some reeds they were chained together
by having a handcuff round each of
their legs – the mans leg was much
lacerated and swollen from the effects
of the Iron being very tight round the
said mans leg. He the said James
Warman with the assistance of others
liberated the said man and woman
after a great deal of trouble.

The above named James Warman
further states that he was on the
said Snowy River in Gipps Land
as aforesaid on the Twenty ninth
day of December last in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty six and in
company with a man named William
Peters did find in a scrub part of
a broken Carbine, the said Carbine
was broken in two by the Lock -
also upon examining the said
Carbine, a quantity of black hair
was in several parts of the Lock
of the said Carbine, also marks
of

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of blood on and about the said
Lock; from the state of the said
Carbine it could not have been
these many days it being but a
very little corroded on any part
with rust the Carbine was much
shattered.
(Signed) James Warman

Sworn before us [crossed out: this]
at Strathfieldsaye, this
4th day of January 1847.

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Proceedings of the Party under Mr William
Dana – in search of the white female said
to be among the Blacks.

December 16th
I proceeded under Mr. Dana’s orders
in search of the white woman -
halted at Mr Thomas MacAlisters Station.

December 17th
Travelling during the day – halted in
the evening at the Sth end of Lake
Tyers.

December 18th
Arrived at the Snowy River – and
encamped about ten miles from the
mouth looking out for the Blacks all night.

December 19th
About daylight we first saw the Blacks
but did not come up to their camp
until about noon. Mr Dana
ordered me to go round the head of
the Lake and take two of the Native
Police with me to endeavour if possible
to procure a Canoe to enable us to get
to a small Island in the Lake. In
which we were told by the Blacks the
white woman was. I left one of the
Native Police on a small point to
try and procure a canoe according
to Mr Dana’s orders and I then went
down the other side of the Lake
with the other man, in search of
the Blacks Camp. We
came