"One black shot by Frances.
"MUNROE AND POLICE. - Two blacks shot and others wounded.
"The following from Lloyd's deposition: - 'We fired on them; I have no
doubt some were killed; there were between forty and fifty natives.'
"BY PERSONS UNKNOWN. - A native of the Coligan tribe killed by white
persons.
"MESSRS. WEDGE AND OTHERS. - Three natives killed and others wounded.
"Names of Taylor and Lloyd are mentioned as having shot a black at Lake
Colac.
"WHYTE'S SECOND COLLISION. - ALLAN'S CASE. - Two natives shot.
"Taylor was overseer of a sheep station in the Western district, and was
notorious for killing natives. No legal evidence could be obtained
against this nefarious individual. The last transaction in which he was
concerned, was of so atrocious a nature, that he thought fit to abscond,
and he has not been heard of since. No legal evidence was attainable in
this latter case. There is no doubt the charges preferred were true, for
in the course of my inquiries on my late expedition, I found a tribe, a
section of the Jarcoorts, totally extinct, and it was affirmed by the
natives that Taylor had destroyed them. The tribes are rapidly
diminishing. The 'Coligans,' once a numerous and powerful people,
inhabiting the fertile region of Lake 'Colac,' are now reduced, all ages
and sexes, under forty, and these are still on the decay. The Jarcoorts,
inhabiting the country to the west of the great lake 'Carangermite,' once
a very numerous and powerful people, are now reduced to under sixty.
