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large mob came out of the
bush and attacked us. We all
turned round and defended
ourselves but our fire arms
would not go off all our
ammunition being wet. I
was standing between the blacks
and our party who were getting
out the fire arms from the blankets
where they had been put to keep
dry when I was knocked down
by one of the blacks senseless
when I came to I crawled into
a bush and after that I fainted
I saw Oscar Wallen before I went
to the bush he had no arms
with him I told him either to
go away or come into the bush
with me or the blacks would
find us the blacks were ahead
of us at this time about 100 yards
chasing the other men. We then
started at night walking along
the beach and camping in the
bush during the day and on
the fifth day we reached
Cardwell

[signed] Hugh Finnie

Taken and Declared before us at the Court house Cardwell this 9^th day of March 1872

[signed] Brinsley G. Sheridan P.M.

[signed] P.F. Sellheim J. P.