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were only gins and blind
old men in it; from
them I learnt that Johnny
with two or more other
Blacks had shifted his
camp one day previous over
another range to the head
of the Cabbage Tree Creek
[added in right margin] not the
same Sand=
gate [Sandgate] Cabbage
Tree Creek
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about 12 miles from
Samford.

We immediately tracked
them to their camp but
unfortunately on approach=
ing them, Johnny who was
washing a sheet of Bark,
caught sight of one of the
men and dived into the
creek immediately. I
believe his companions
were Billy Bow Bow &
Jemmy D'Orsay; we were [in right margin] a bad Black
not near enough to fire
upon them. ~ .

I beg to mention
that [M^c Norton's?] Black-Boy
Jemmy ([Potingar?]), for
whom a coroner's warrant
was issued about five
years ago, for killing his gin in Ipswich, captured
Kipper Billy, at the risk