Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land, 1830-1840 - Page 175
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to have intercourse with them. The other Gins were allowed to prostitute themselves to white men for bread and other things. Mosquito ordered a Gin to retire with a white man, and she obeyed his orders. This happened, as I was told, very often. Mosquito ate mutton, the other Blacks would not touch it. Some of the black Tribes began to be troublesome a few months after I came here. I heard so, but it did not come within my own knowledge. I do not recollect the time that Mosquito's mob first became troublesome. The Blacks were always considered treacherous - I have now lived in Mr Anstey's service about six years. I never knew, nor did I hear, that the Black's began to molest Whites. About 4 years ago a mob of 20 men, women, and children remained a month or nearly so in the Marsh about a quarter of a mile from Mr Anstey's House. They had bread given them frequently. McGregor a Sawyer, had frequent intercourse with the Gins. He was accused by my fellow servants of stealing their sugar to bribe the black men to allow their Gins to retire with Him. Frank Allen one of Mr Anstey's Convict servants