S DISTEIBUTION OP TRIBES OF CAPE YORK 



southward and eastward beyond Escape River : the 

 Katchialaigas and Induyamos (or Yarudolaigas as 

 the latter are sometimes called) inhabit the coun- 

 try behind Cape York, but I am not acquainted 

 -Rdth the precise localities : lastly, the Gomokudins 

 are located on the S.W. shores of Endeavour 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 AustraUa, 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 belonging' (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 Kowraregas inhabit the Prince of 

 Wales' g-roup : the Muraleg-as and Italegas diiade 

 between them Banks Island : the Badulegas pos- 

 sess Mulgrave Island, and the Gumulegas the 

 islands between the last and New Guinea : the Kul- 

 kalegas have Mount Ernest and the Three Sisters : 



corroborated the statement of Jackey Jackey. She further stated 

 that a few years ago a YaguUe 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, 



