Australian heroes and adventurers . s unable togather any more, he tracked the natives that hadbeen in the camp by their footprints in the sand somedistance down the creek, shooting crows and hawkson the road. Soon he came up to the blacks, andafterwards kept with them until rescued by the relief-party. How he lived we learn from his ownnarrative :— The natives, hearing the report of the gun, cameto meet me, and took me with them to their camp,giving me nardoo and fish. They took the birds Ihad shot, and cooked them for me, and afterwardsshowed me a gunyah, where I was to sleep withthree of th
Australian heroes and adventurers . s unable togather any more, he tracked the natives that hadbeen in the camp by their footprints in the sand somedistance down the creek, shooting crows and hawkson the road. Soon he came up to the blacks, andafterwards kept with them until rescued by the relief-party. How he lived we learn from his ownnarrative :— The natives, hearing the report of the gun, cameto meet me, and took me with them to their camp,giving me nardoo and fish. They took the birds Ihad shot, and cooked them for me, and afterwardsshowed me a gunyah, where I was to sleep withthree of the single men. The following morning theycommenced talking to me, and putting one finger onthe ground and covering it with sand, at the sametime pointing up the creek, saying, White fellow,which I understood to mean that one white man wasdead. From this, I knew that they were the tribewho had taken Mr. Willss clothes. They then askedme where the third white man was, and I also madethe sign of putting the fingers on the ground, and. I Sufferings of the Two Leaders. 45 covering them with sand, at the same time pointingup the creek. They appeared to feel great com-passion for me when they understood that I wasalone on the creek, and gave me plenty to eat Afterbeing four days with them, I saw that they werebecoming tired of me, and they made signs that theywere going up the creek, and that I had better godownwards; but I pretended not to understand same day they shifted camp, and I followedthem ; and on reaching their camp, I shot somecrows, which pleased them so much that they mademe a shelter in the centre of their camp, and cameand sat round until such time as the crows werecooked, when they assisted me to eat them. Thesame day one of the women, to whom I had givenpart of a crow, came and gave me a ball of nardoo,saying that she would give me more, only she hadsuch a sore arm that she was unable to pound. Sheshowed me a sore on her arm, and the thought struckme that I
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