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Well armed Laman Said he was Clad of that — as he had 

 ii aid that five or Six White Men Well armed was with 

 his Brother— Tolobunganah" at Kdistone Point and that 

 they Intended to Come and attack' him and Kill then. 

 all lie Entreated Brigga to Join him and go and M 

 them and Fight it out Briggs "i C UT8 Declined telling 

 him that he had no Controle" over the Boat and that 

 Mr. Kelly Could not agree to any Such proposes!," at 

 this. Lainan Seemed Verry much Dissatisfied and told 

 - in a Verrv Hostile Ton,' that he had often Befotf 

 with him to fight other Tribes" when he Wanted 

 Women " Lainan then gave a Loud Cooe and iii two 

 Minn' Were 8n I by above titty Natives 



Lainan Said t o I Wil I f< roe y* a bo go 



with n- and fight Polo he meani the Chief his Brother 

 the White M n Spoken of We of Course thought mual 

 be ETowe and his party Briggs asked it' they had a Boat 



Lainan' Said DO 



We now got Much alarm d al I - Situs 



tion" we Were in, and as an Excu away B 



told Lainan 1 hit we would i to Cape Barr n 



and fetch his Wife Lan D that we would 



get five or Si* of th - - to Join us with plenty 

 of tiie arms We would Con nd fight them Laman 



.1 much pleased and asked when we would go, 

 Said wi would Start Din ct ly — S C . ht oi 



Swan" Csland and Tomorrow Morning go over To- to 

 Cape Barren and Return in three Lay- Lainan" and 

 all. his Mob was much pleased at this arrangem at," the 

 was Launched We pulled to Swan [sland and 

 tTauled up for the Night, Much pleased with th E 

 we mad from Lamanbunganah" and his Mob— Had we 



>ed or Besisl d his proposeal to iiuht he would havi 

 taken the Boat and Killed Every man of US as it was 

 [mpossibli we Could have S insl Such a Numl 



Natives 



Briggs had been Employed as a Sealer" on the Is- 

 lands in Bass' Straits for many years Previously and had 

 acquired the Native Language of the North East I 

 of Van Dietmans" Land fluently in Consequence of often 

 having gone over from the Isands To Cape Portland to 

 Barter with the Native- for Kangaroo Skins also to pur- 

 chase the Young Grown " up Native females to Keep 

 them as their Wives and for Hunting Kangaroos" and 

 Catching Seals, Both for thair Skins they Were Wonder- 

 fully Dexterous" 



The Custom of the Scalers" in the Straits was that 

 Lvery man Should have from two to five of those Native 



