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Mt Amos, Annan River sta. The blacks belonging to the district comprising Mt Cook, the Annan River (its lower portions) and the Coast country down to Archer Point, speak Ko-Ko-e-mo-ji dialect. Their houses are at Ki-ar (= Mount Cook, their actually camping ground at the base of the mountains being called win -boor), yoo-roo (=Annan River), and bool-kor (country round Cocoa Creek, a branch of the McCoor?). They visit Cooktown, known to all there as well as the neighbouring blacks as Kur -kur, and often camp at the 3-mile (wor -ra-ja-ga).
Rossville, Helenvale, Mt Romso. Various remnants of what are once said to have been large and powerful tribes now seen between these places, as either of which they may be met with. They comprise the blacks from tan-di (=Kinglake country around heads of the Middle and East Normandy Rivers), cho -kor (district comprising Mt Romso, the Tablelands, Slatey Creek sta, and perhaps the Amos), and tou-il tou -il (country west of Kingslake to the Normandy River).
The Tandiara speak Ko-Ko-Pid-da-ji, the Chokomara and Touul-touul-ara Ko-Ko-wa-ra.
Daintree & Mossman Rivers. The wool-boor-joo-bo blacks from the head of the Mossman to Byerstown and Maytown (wool-boor): the head camp of those on the Daintree (=joo-la) would appear to be at FIsher’s selection. Hislop believes that they all speak Ko-Ko-bild-ja.
Boggy Creek Sta. The Yalanji (name of tribe) and yoong-koo-a-ra (yoong-koo = south of Boggy Creek) have their chief camp at Boggy Creek, their walkabout including Corkline, Welcome, Butcher’s Hill, Maytown & Thornborough. They speak Kokoyalanji - at all events a district very similar to that met with at Wyalla.
Butcher’s Hill. The blacks from her and King’s Plains sta (Bool-koog) travel in the main out westwards, and are said to cross to the Gulf: There are the Ko-Ko-wa-ra - speaking blacks, but their real name I don’t kow as yet.
The numbers and other particulars of all these aboriginals I forwarded in my last week’s report (Feb 24th).