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will readily be believed to what an extent the feel- 
ing I have alluded to has occasionally been carried, 
and to what excesses it has led.* 
“ No. 3. Woman big with child ; one gun-shot wound through 
the chest (a bullet), left side scorched. 
“No. 4. Woman ; gun-shot wound through abdomen (a 
bullet), by right hip; gun-shot wound, left arm broken, (a bullet.) 
“ No. 5. Woman wounded ; gun-shot wound in back (a ball), 
gun-shot through right hand (a ball). 
(Signed) “ C. W. Sievewright.” 
* The belief on the part of the Home authorities that such 
deeds did occur, and their opinion, so many years ago, regarding 
them, may be gathered from the following extract from a des- 
patch from Lord Glenelg to Governor Sir James Stirling, dated 
23rd of July, 1835. “I perceive, with deep concern, that 
collisions still exist between the colonists and the natives. 
“ It is impossible, however, to regard such conflicts without 
regret and anxiety, when we recollect how fatal, in too many 
instances, our colonial settlements have proved to the natives of 
the places where they have been formed. 
“ It will be your duty to impress upon the settlers that it is 
the determination of the Government to visit any act of injustice 
or violence on the natives, with the utmost severity, and that in 
no case will those convicted of them, remain unpunished. Nor 
will it be sufficient simply to punish the guilty, but ample com- 
pensation must be made to the injured party, for the wrong 
received. You will make it imperative upon the officers of police 
never to allow any injustice or insult in regard to the natives to 
pass by unnoticed, as being of too trifling a character ; and they 
should be charged to report to you, with punctuality, every in- 
stance of aggression or misconduct. Every neglect of this point 
of duty you will mark with the highest displeasure.” 
Such were the benevolent views entertained by the Govern- 
ment in England towards the Aborigines ten years ago, and it 
