Great Fight With Terres Straits Natives.
Cooktown, August 13
A letter from Captain Webb, of the Pride of Logan, fishing party, states that in consequence of the misconduct of Pitt and Slakesley's fishing party towards the natives, they (Captain Webb's party) have been compelled to leave Kepple Point, where they were doing splendidly and seek other fishing grounds more to the westward. When the natives are quiet Captain Webb purposes returning. He obtained five tons tit-fish in a short time. The natives destroyed all Blakeley's party's fish. Nelson Horatio Sproule, a coloured man attached to Pitt's and Blakesley's station, has arrived by H.SI.S. Sappho. He has a spear "wound in his stomach.' He reports that when Webb and party were fishing at Kepple Point, three hundred natives attempted to seize the trader. A fight occurred, in which Sproule was wounded. Pitt fired twenty rounds. It is supposed that fifty-two natives have been killed. The Spitfire expedition, in search of the white woman seen.with the natives, comprising Mr St. George (the magistrate), Sykes (the pilot), twd Kanakas, andthree sailors have left. The expedition is not likely to be successful, and no black troops or officers are with It.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2969, 21 August 1878, Page 3
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197Great Fight With Terres Straits Natives. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2969, 21 August 1878, Page 3
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