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still alive, but died on the way into town, where he 
was buried in the jail yard, like a condemned felon. 
“ What awful and melancholy reflections crowd 
upon one’s mind in thinking on this transaction. But 
what conclusians must a poor people, whom a Chris- 
tian and civilized nation calls savages, arrive at, 
with such facts before them. 
4 4 The other native, wounded by Mr. — in the 
arm, was doubtless of the party who attacked the 
flock ; but it must have been some hours after that 
he was shot, for the shepherd had to come home with 
the flock to inform him of the occurrence, and then 
search and pursuit had to be made, during which 
he was overtaken. He is a stupid idiotic sort of man, 
so that the natives have not deemed him worthy of 
receiving the honours of their ceremonies, and still 
call him a boy, or youth, although he is an oldish 
man. 
“ On another occasion, when an uninhabited hut, 
with some wheat in it, had been broken into by some 
unknown natives, a party went in search of the 
offenders. It was night when they came on a 
camp, on the opposite side of the lake to where the 
hut stands ; the natives, acting upon the first impulse, 
and warned by frequent examples, ran away, when 
two of the party snapped their pieces, but providen- 
tially both guns missed fire. The natives, however, 
soon took confidence, and returned, when it was found 
that two of the most orderly and useful men would 
have been shot if the guns had gone off. The party 
