Aborigines of Van Diemen's Land, 1830-1840 - Page 176
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was also suspected, and accused of doing the same. I believe no complaints were ever made to Mr Anstey of these doings. This was the dirtiest and most diseased mob of Natives I ever saw. They followed a party of Mr Anstey's men and two or three of the Road men, to the Bush about five miles off, and robbed the huts of all the Blankets and other things therein, belonging to the Government and to Mr Anstey. There had been no quarrel between these blacks and white men. There were some chance depredations committed by the Blacks about the time of Governor Arthur's arrival, but not many. Matthew Osborne was killed by the Blacks about that time. The Blacks were more addicted to rob than to kill, when I came to the colony. I do not know what made them afterward so blood thirsty.
The Mark of
Ths McMinn
Sworn before me
the 16th March 1830
Ths Anstey