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fighting implements not made as they made
them = spears and nunamulla"s made in a diferent
way = There was a great talk about it = but they
saw no one = I expect the truth was they were
frightened and cleared out, that was all that
could be got our of the Darkies = This is what
I know about it =- Some time before we came to the
River - the Johnston's had found cattle killed
and although suspicious of the Darkies could
only find traces of one Blackfellow = they
soon found out that it was not any of the Manning
Blacks = they saw a fire on the Mountain and
where he had been going u[ trees = No Whites ever
went up in that part of the Bush = there was
nothing to take them there - except the Johnstons
looking after cattle, and the BLackfellows kept
away from that part = some years after we came
the Johnston's, I do not remember wich one it was
was riding after cattle up that way when
he came across a strange Black actualy trying
to put up a sort of stockyard, and he said not
badly done with only a tomahawk, asked who
he was, said "Tommy" and had a spear ready
and shoed fight directly, Johnston retired and
left hiim to it, the yard was never finished but
after that his fire was sometimes to be seen on
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