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tomahawks. I sent two of our people to them, but they 

 were restless and importunate ; soon after I saAV them run- 

 ninff, havino- set the g-rass on fire. We then sallied forth in 

 pursuit, to make them retire across the Darling, but they 

 had crossed ere we saw them. I believe these were strangers, 

 for the gins of the Fort Bourke tribe continued, all the 

 while, quietly to fish for muscles in the river, without taking- 

 notice of them. 



