ded to the hut of
Mr. Thomson, which they robbed of every thing in it. On the same
day, a man was speared in bed, at E. Danoven's, Black Marsh.
April 1st. John Rayner speared in several places, and dreadfully
beaten by natives, at Spring Bay.
May 18th. Mr. Lord's hut, at Eastern Marshes, attacked; of two men
in it, one was dangerously speared, and the other dreadfully
beaten. The natives then plundered the hut, and retired.
June 1st. Mr. Sherwin's hut, Weazel Plains, plundered by the
natives. 15th. The aborigines plundered the Den hut on the Lake
River, of every thing in it, and murdered Mary Daniels, and her two
infants, in cold blood.
August 7th. S. Stockman's hut, Green Pounds, plundered by natives.
9th. The death of Mr. Sharland (surveyor), and his men robbed of
muskets, powder, and shot, by the natives; on the same day, government
hut, between Bothwell and Blue-hill, robbed by natives, as well as the
houses of Mr. Wood and Mr. Pitcairn. A man servant of Mr. Barrs,
wounded. About forty natives met by Mr. Howell's party: a woman
wounded. 23rd. The huts of J. Connell and Mr. Robertson attacked; the
latter plundered. Mr. Sutherland's shepherds attacked, and their arms
taken; one of them speared: arms taken from Mr. Taylor's hut. 24th.
James Hooper killed, and his hut plundered of everything in it. The
huts of Lieutenant Bell and Watts attacked by natives, who were
repulsed from both.
September 8th. Captain Clark's shepherd attacked, but escaped.
13th. One man killed, and one man wounded, by the natives, on the
banks of the Tamar. 14th. A man, employed by government at the lime
kilns, near Bothwell, chased by natives, but escaped. 18th. A
private, of the 63rd regiment, killed by natives: two sawyers
speared, one of whom died of his wounds. 27th. Francis Broken
speared and killed. 28th. Three men, at Major Grey's, wounded by
natives, and one dangerously wounded with stones. 30th. Mr. G.
Scott's house attacked by a mob of natives; they speared one man,
and killed another--the body of whom they threw into the river.
They ransacked the house of every thing they could find, and even
went up stairs, and broke the doors open--a proceeding to which
they had never before resorted. They took away blankets, shirts,
sheets, knives, 600 or 7
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