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upon them while encamped on
the Mount Flinders side of the
above Scrub, by a detachment
of Native Police, in the presence
and with the sanction and indeed
under the orders of Lieut. Wheeler
resulting in the death of two
Aboriginals, the dangerous
wounding by balls of three
adults, and in a slighter gun
shot wound of an infant. I
did not discover the body of the
Gin, the Aboriginal who interred
her not being present to point
out the place of its sepulture.

The Colony are indebted to Mr.
George Thorne Jr. for bringing
the affair promptly under judicial
notice. The indisposition of his
Brother Henry to render me the
requisite aid to prosecute my
Inquiries was so marked that

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I was under the necessity of telling[?]
him, that I should have to report
his conduct to the Attorney General.
A report reached Normandy on
Monday evening before I left
that the same body of Native
Police had been shooting the
(crossed out word) Aboriginals at
Fassifern that day, and those
at Normandy were in great
alarm of their Camp being
attacked that evening.

I have the honor to the
Sir
Your Most obt St
DLS[?] Henry Challinor

The Honble
The Attorney General