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camps at night ; or who have heard such deeds, 
or other similar ones, justified or boasted of, it 
bicqui-ang, 5 by flight, who was brought to this place upon their 
shoulders. 
“ At daybreak yesterday I proceeded to the spot indicated, 
and there found the dead bodies of three women, and a male child 
about three years of age ; and also found a fourth woman 
dangerously wounded by gunshot wounds, and severely scorched 
on the limbs by the discharge of fire-arms. 
“ Having proceeded to the station of the Messrs. Osbrey and 
Smith, distant about 700 yards from where the bodies were 
found, and requested the presence of those gentlemen as wit- 
nesses, I proceeded to view the bodies, upon which were found 
the wounds as set forth in the accompanying report. 
“ All knowledge of this barbarous transaction is denied by the 
proprietors, overseer, and servants at the home station, so near 
to which the bodies were found, nor have I as yet obtained any 
information which may lead to the discovery of the perpetrators 
of these murders. 
“ I have, &c. 
(Signed) “ C. W. Sievewright. 
“ James Croke, Esq., Crown Prosecutor,” 
&c. &c. &c. 
Description of Gun-shot Wounds upon the bodies of three 
Aboriginal Women and One Male Child found dead, and an 
Aboriginal Woman found wounded in a tea-tree scrub, near the 
Station of Messrs. Osbrey and Smith, Portland District, upon the 
25th of February, 1842, by Assistant-Protector Sievewright. 
“ No. 1. Recognised by the assistant-protector as 4 Wooi-gou- 
ing,’ wife of an Aboriginal native 4 Pui-bui-gannei ;* one gun-shot 
wound through the chest (a ball), and right thigh broken by a 
gun-shot wound (a ball). 
“ No. 2. Child (male) ; one gun-shot wound through the chest 
(a bullet), left thigh lacerated by some animal. 
