fo e a fy as th e Ihips o f that nation had fo u n d it in S y d n e y C o v e . H e r
matter, C h r ifto p h e r T h o rn to n , g a v e ou t th a t he was bou n d to M a n illa
and C a n to n , h a v in g on board a c a rg o fo r th o fe places. F o r p art o f
that c a rg o , h ow e v e r , h e met w i th p urchafers at this place, n o tw i th -
ftan dm g th e g lu t o f ar ticles w h ic h th e late freq u en t ar rivals mutt h a v e
th row n in. H e e x p e c ted to h a v e fo u n d here a fn ow , named th e
S u fan , w h ic h he. k n ew had failed from R h o d e Ifland w i th a Cargo
e x p r e fs ly laid in fo r th is market. ■ H e came diredt from that p or t
w ith o u t to u c h in g a n y w h e re .
T h e freq u en t attacks and depredations to w h ic h the fettlers fituated
on th e banks o f th e H aw k e fb u r y , and other places, w e r e e x p o fed from
the nativ e s, called u p on th em , fo r th e p roted tion o f th e ir families',- and
th e p re fe rv ation o f th e ir crop s , m u tu a lly to afford each o th e r th e ir
afliftance u p on e v e r y occafion o f alarm, b y .a flembling w ith o u t d e la y
w h e n e v e r a n y numerou s bodies o f n ativ e s w e r e repor ted to be’ lu r k in g
ab out th e ir g r o u n d s ; but th e y fe ld om o r n e ve r fh ew ed th e fmallett d if-
p o fitio n to aflift each other. In d o len t and im p ro v id en t ev en fo r th e ir
ow n fa fe ty and intereft, th e y in g enera l n e g le d e d th e means b y w h ic h
eithe r could be fecured. T h is d ifp ofition b e in g fo on manifefted to th e
g o v e rn o r , h e th o u g h t it n e cé ffa ry to ilfue a p u b lic order, fla r in g his
exped ta tion s and diredtions, that all th e p eop le r e fid in g in th e d iffe ren t
diftridts o f th e fe ttlem en ts , w h e th e r th e alarm w a s o n th e ir ow n farms,
o r on th e farm o f a n y o th e r p e r fon , fh o u ld u p on fu ch óccafions im m e d
ia te ly ren d e r to each o th e r fu ch afliftance as each man i f attacked
w o u ld h im fe lf w ifh to r e c e iv e ; and he aflured th em , that i f it fh o u ld
be t'he re afte r p ro v e d , th a t a n y fettlers o r Other pe rfon s w ith d rew ' o r
k ep t ba ck th e ir afliftance from thofe w h o m ig h t be- threa tened , o r who-
m ig h t be in danger, o f b e in g atta ck ed, th e y w o u ld be proceeded again«!-,
as p e rfons d ifo b e y in g th e rules and orders o f th e fettlem ent. Such- as
had fire-arms w e re alfo p o fit iv e ly en joined n o t w a n to n ly to fire at,
o r take th é liv e s o f a n y o f th e nativ e s, as fu ch an a f t |wouId- be co n -
fidered a d eliberate m u rd e r , and fu b je f t th e offender to fuch p u n ifh -
men t as ( i f p ro v ed ) the law m ig h t diretft, to be in flifte d . It had b e en
intimated to the g o v e rn o r , th a t tw o w h ite men (W ilfo n and K n ig h t )
had heen freq u en tly feen w i th th e nativ es in, th e ir excurfions,- and
were
w e re fup po fed to diretft and aflift in tho fe atfts o f h o ftility b y w h ic h
th e fettlers had la te ly fuffered. H e th e re fo re re com m en d ed to e v e r y
one w h o k n ew o r had heard o f thefe p e o p le , and p a r ticu la r ly to th e
fettlers w h o w e r e fo m u ch an n o y ed b y th em , to u fe e v e r y means in
th e ir p ow e r to fecure them , that th e y m ig h t be fo d ifp ofed o f as to
p re ven t th e ir b e in g dangerous o r trou b le fom e in fu tu re . T h e fettlers
w e re at th e fame time ftritftly p roh ib ited from g iv in g a n y en co u ra g e ment
to the natives to lu r k ab out th e ir f a rm s ; as th e re cou ld n o t be
a d oubt, th a t i f th e y had n e v e r met w ith th e fh e lte r w h ic h fom e h ad
afforded th em , th e y w o u ld n o t at th is tim e h a v e fu rn ifh ed fo m u ch
caufe o f complaint.
T h o fe nativ es w h o liv ed w i th the fettlers h ad ta iled th e fw e e ts o f a
different mod e o f liv in g , and, w i llin g th a t th e ir friend s and com panions
fh ould p artake, e ither ftole from tho fe w i th w h om th e y w e r e
liv in g , o r (communicated from time to tim e fu ch fa v o u ra b le op p or tunities
as offered o f Healing from o th e r fettlers w h a t th e y th em fe lv e s
w e r e pleafed w ith .
A t this time fe v e ral perfons w h o had fe rv ed th e ir term o f tran fp ort-
ation w e r e a p p ly in g fo r p e rmiflion to p rov id e fo r them fe lv e s . O f this
d e fcr iption w e re W il fo n and K n i g h t ; but th e y preferred a v a g ra n t life
w i th the n a t iv e s ; and th e confid e ra tion _ that i f tak en th e y w o u ld be
dealt w i th in a manner that w o u ld p re ven t th e ir g e t tin g am o n g th em
ag ain , n o w led th em on to e v e r y k in d o f m ifch ie f. T h e y d em on -
ftrated to th e natives o f h o w little ufe a m u fq u e t w a s w h e n once dif-
ch a rg ed , and this effeiftually rem o ved th a t ter ror o f ou r fire-arms w i th
w h ic h it had been ou r conftant en d e a v o u r to in fp ire them.
Se v e ra l articles h a v in g been b ro u g h t fo r fale in the M a rq u is C o rn w
a llis , a fho p was opened on fhore. A s m o n e y , o r orders on o r b y
a n y o f th e refp onfib le officers * o f th e c o lo n y , w e r e tak en at this fh o p
fo r g o od s , an o p p o r tu n ity w a s afforded to fom e k n o w in g ones am o n g
the prifoners to p la y o ff, no t o n ly bafe m o n e y , as coun te rfe it Sp anifh
dollars and rupees, bu t fo rg e d notes o r orders. O n e fo rg ed n o te fo r
ten p oun d ten fh illin g s , bea r in g the c om m iffa ry ’ s n am e , was pafled at
* Such as the commifiary, paymafter of the corps, and officers who paid companies.
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