2 DISTRIBUTION OF TRIBES OF CAPE YORK 



southward and eastward beyond Escape River : the 

 Katchialaig-as and Induyamos (or Yarudohiig'as as 

 the latter are sometimes called) inhabit the coun- 

 try behind Cape York^ but I am not acquainted 

 with the precise localities : lastly^ the Gomokudins 

 are located on the S.W. shores of Endeayour Strait, 

 and extend a short distance down the Gulph of 

 Carpentaria. These all belong- to the Australian 

 race as unquestionably as the aborigines of Western 

 or South Australia, or the S. E. coast of New South 

 Wales ; they exhibit precisely the same physical 

 characteristics which have been elsewhere so often 

 described as to render further repetition unnecessary^ 

 On the other hand, the tribes inhabiting" the 

 islands of Torres Strait differ from those of the 

 mainland in belong-ing* (with the exception of the 

 first) to the Papuan or frizzled-haired race. Besides, 

 probably, a few others of which I cannot speak with 

 certainty, these tribes are distributed in the follow- 

 ing- manner. The Kowrareg"as inhabit the Prince of 

 Wales' g-roup ; the Muraleg'as and Italeg-as divide 

 between them Banks Island : the Baduleg'as pos- 

 sess Mulg-rave Island, and the Gumuleg'as the 

 islands betAveen the last and New Guinea : the Kul- 

 kaleg-as have Mount Ernest and the Three Sisters : 



corroborated the statement of Jackey Jackey. She further stated 

 that a few years ago a Yagulle woman and child had been shot 

 by some white men in a small vessel near Albany Island, and that 

 the tribe were anxious to revenge their death. Whether this was 

 a story got up as a palliative for the murder, or not, I cannot say. 



