NARRATIVE OF MR. CARRON. loS 



July Srd. — Early this morning* we prepared to 

 start^ but LufF and Doug-las being- seized with a fit 

 of ag'ue^ we were compelled to stop. Althoug-h our 

 horses had all the way had abundance of feed^ they 

 beg-an to grow very thin — several of them very 

 weakj and one g-etting- very lame^ from bad feet. 

 The sheep also had fallen away very much^ which I 

 attributed to the Avet journey they had had ; beino- 

 almost always wet^ from crossing- rivers and creeks. 



July 4:th. — Mr. Kennedy and three others roamed 

 this morning- to some distance from the camp^ when 

 they were followed by a tribe of natives^ makino- 

 threatening' demonstrations^ and armed with spears ; 

 one spear was actually thrown^ when Mr. Kenned v, 

 fearing- for the safety of his party^ ordered his men 

 to fire upon them ; four of the natives fell^ but Mr. 

 Kennedy could not ascertain whether more thaji 

 one was killed^ as the other three were immediately 

 carried off into the scrub. 



July 6th. — LufF and Doug-las now began to get 

 better, but being still unable to walk, we could not 

 break up our camp. 



July Qtli.—We started early this morning, and 

 crossed two creeks with narrow belts of scrub on 

 each side, running- north-east. I ha^e little doubt 

 these creeks run into the river we crossed on the 8th 

 of June, The banks of the second creek were 

 nearly twenty feet high, so that we were obliged to 

 lower down the carts into its bed by means of ropes 

 and pulleys, fastened to the branches of the trees 



