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(90 miles away.) In the morning I again went to the 
native camp, and found them all ready, and an hour 
afterwards there was not one in Adelaide. Another 
strong instance of the power that may be acquired 
over the natives occurred at Moorunde, in 1844 
Several tribes were assembled in the neighbourhood, 
and were, as I was told, going to fight. I walked down 
towards their huts to see if this was the case, but upon 
arriving at the native camps I found them deserted, 
and all the natives about a quarter of a mile away, 
on the opposite side of a broad deep sheet of water 
caused by the floods. As I reached the edge of the 
water I saw the opposing parties closing, and heard 
the cry of battle as the affray commenced ; raising 
my voice to the utmost, I called out to them, and 
was heard, even above the din of combat. In a 
moment all was as still as the grave, a canoe was 
brought for me to cross, and I found the assembled 
tribes fully painted and armed, and anxiously wait- 
ing to know what I was going to do. It was by this 
time nearly dark, and although I had no fears of 
their renewing the fight again for the night, I knew 
they would do so early in the morning ; I accordingly 
directed them to separate, and remove their encamp- 
ments. One party I sent up the river, a second 
down it, a third remained where they were, and two 
others I made recross the water, and go up to 
encamp near my own residence. All this was 
accomplished solely by the influence I had acquired 
over them, for I was alone and unarmed among 
