NARRATIVE OF MR. CARRON. lo3 



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 gTow very thin — several of them very 

 weak, and one g'etting* very lame, from bad feet. 

 The sheep also had fallen a^^ay very much, a\ hich I 

 attributed to the wet journey they had had ; being- 

 almost alwa3^s wet, from crossing- rivers and creeks. 



July^th. — Mr. Kennedy and three others roamed 

 this morning- to some distance from the camp, ^^\\e\l 

 they were followed by a tribe of natives, making- 

 threatening- demonstrations, and armed with spears ; 

 one spear was actually thrown, when Mr. Iiennedv, 

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

 to fire upon them ; four of the nati^^es fell, but Mr. 

 Kennedy could not ascertain whether more than 

 one was killed, as the other three were immediately 

 carried off into the scrub. 



July 5th. — Luff and Doug-las noAv beg-an to g-et 

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

 break up our camp. 



July 6fh. — We started early this morning*, and 

 crossed two creeks with narrow belts of scrub on 

 each side, ruiming- north-east. I have 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 hig*h, so that we were oblig-ed to 

 lower down the carts into its bed by means of ropes 

 and pulle} s, fastened to the branches of the trees 



