2S2 Kennedy's expedition. 



knife^ Jackey j this fellow on board was the man I 

 g-ave the knife to ; I am sure of it ; I know him 

 well j the black that was shot in the canoe was the 

 most active in urging- all the others on to spear Mr. 

 Kennedy ', I g*ave the man on board my knife ; we 

 went on this day^ and I looked behind^ and they 

 were getting" up their spears^ and ran all round the 

 camp which w^e had left • I told Mr. Kennedy that 

 very likely those black fellows would follow us^ and 

 he said^ " No^ Jacke}'^ those blacks are very 

 friendly f I said to him " I know these black 

 fellows well^ they too much speak 3" we went on 

 some two or three miles and camped j I and Mr. 

 Kennedy watched them that nighty taking* it in 

 turns every hour all nig-ht ; by-and-by I saw the 

 black fellows ; it was a moonlight nig-ht ; and I 

 walked up to Mr. Kennedy^ and said to him^ there 

 is plenty of black fellows now; this was in the 

 middle of the night ; Mr. Kennedy told me to g'et 

 my g-un ready ; the blacks did not know where we 

 slept^ as we did not make a fire j we both sat up 

 all nig'ht 5 after this^ daylight came^ and I fetched 

 the horses and saddled them -, then we went on a 

 good way up the river^ and then we sat down a 

 little while^ and we saw three black fellows coming 

 along" our track^ and they saw us^ and one fellow 

 ran back as hard as he could run^ and fetched up 

 plenty more^ like a flock of sheep almost ; I told 

 Mr. Kennedy to put the saddles on the two horses 

 and go on^ and the blacks came up, and they 



