Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land, 1830-1840 - Page 108
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most in one of our churchyards.
At the bottom we found some human bones which from the state they were in clearly indicated that they have had for a long time remained in the grave. When After examining the grave with its contents we again placed every thing in the places as we had found it them, and covered the grave in like manner with the the stones and the Gum bark, so as to avoid giving offence to Mungo who did not behold unmoved our sacrilegious invasion of the solemn and silent repository of one of his country men, whom he described as a great warrior, from the circumstances of his burial. When I asked Mungo the reason of the spear being stuck into the tomb, he replied quickly " "to fight with when he is asleep" ". He also confirmed the generally received opinion that the Aborigines buried their dead in an erect position."
So far Mr Jorgensonn, got to me