THE ENDEAVOUR RIVER.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 165, 15 December 1874, Page 3

THE ENDEAVOUR RIVER.

We take the following from the CooJctorrn Herald of the 7th ulb : ‘ From a letter received from Sandy Creek, we take the following—A rumor was current here a few days ago, that a prospecting party, whilst out near the head of the Palmer, came suddenly upon a white man’s camp, and found the bodies of twenty niggers lying dead all around ; on a further investigation they discovered the remains of white men —• the hands and feet only —a tent and various other articles were lying about. The supposition is that the camp was attacked, and the niggers shot and most probably the main body driven back ; afterwards, when all was fpiiot, they returned with additional strength and murdered the party and ate them. This of course is merely rumour, and is generally believed on Sandy Creek, so I give it for what it is worth,

“ All the laud recently sold fetched very high prices. The lots were all paid _ for except one. The prices the land realised were considered fabulous, at the time, but, as a healthy sign of the times, CI CO is now modestly asked for an allotment in the main street, so that Cooktowii may be said to be

realiy rising in the estimation of business people, despite the warnings of would be croakers.

“ Sandy Creek and the neighborhood arc very dull indeed, says a correspondent of the Herald, men walking about with pick and shovel doing literally nothing. Prospects of half au ounce per day are eagerly sought for, and, lam sorry to say, hard to find. A few there are that are doing well, but the creeks are so patchy that a man’s luck never lasts any time. There has been rather a heavy rainfall here lately, and grass] will soon be plentiful. I hear that a return rush is impending ; there is nothing to warrant anything of the kind. Scores of men are walking about Oakey, Sandy, and other creeks, working just for a bare subsistence. The high price of provisions disheartens and disgusts the digger, and many are leaving in consequence. Five, six, to seven pennyweights a day are considered good returns per man anywhere at this time of the year. Sandy Creek and Oakey Creek are worked out of course.