 | James Hingston Tuckey - Aboriginal Australians - 1805 - 272 pages
...the horizon, appears to be by far the most populous; at this place, upwards of two hundred natives assembled round the surveying boats, and their obviously...places, during which the most friendly intercourse was mainitained, and endeavoured to be strength* Vide Addenda III. ened on our part, by presents of blankets,... | |
 | G. Paterson - Aboriginal Australians - 1811 - 648 pages
...the horizon, appears to be by far the most populous ; at this place, upwards of two hundred natives assembled round the surveying boats, and their obviously...was maintained, and endeavoured to be strengthened, by presents of blankets, beads, &c. At these interviews they appeared to have a perfect knowledge of... | |
 | Thomas J. Maslen, Allen Francis Gardiner - Australia - 1836 - 486 pages
...landed on a plain to the northward, upwards of two hundred Indians assembled round the boats, when their obviously hostile intentions made the application...fire-arms absolutely necessary to repel them, by which one Indian was killed and two or three wounded. Previous to this time, they had had several friendly interviews... | |
 | James Bonwick - Aboriginal Australians - 1863 - 118 pages
...style, as they never take prisoners alive and torture them like the American Indians. At any rate these "obviously hostile intentions made the application...which one native was killed and two or three wounded." This was the baptism of blood. It provoked revenge . The aborigines rallied their forces on the hill.... | |
 | James Bonwick - Aboriginal Australians - 1863 - 114 pages
...style, as they never take prisoners alive and torture them like the American Indians. At any rate these "obviously hostile intentions made the application...which one native was killed and two or three wounded." This was the baptism of blood. It provoked revenge . The aborigines rallied their forces on the hill.... | |
 | James Bonwick - Australia - 1883 - 640 pages
...the horizon, appears to be by far the most populous ; at this place, upwards of two hundred natives assembled round the surveying boats, and their obviously...strengthened on our part by presents of blankets, beads, &c. At these interviews they appeared to have a perfect knowledge of the use of firearms ; and as they... | |
 | James Bonwick - Australia - 1883 - 640 pages
...the horizon, appears to be by far the most populous ; at this place, upwards of two hundred natives assembled round the surveying boats, and their obviously...strengthened on our part by presents of blankets, beads, &c. At these interviews they appeared to have a perfect knowledge of the use of firearms ; and as they... | |
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... obviously hostile intentions made the application of firearms absolutely necessary to repel them, by which one native was killed and two or three wounded. Previous to this time, several interviews had been held with separate parties, at different... 