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• Brian Boru
  18 Jan 1839
  “ "He states that the murder took place not at ‘Bangus”, but at a branch station about 40 miles farther down the River; that the body was found in the state described in Mr. William’s letter to me; that a well known Tribe of Blacks indigenous to that neighbourhood were known to have been on the spot on the morning of the murder as well as for several days previously; that amongst them was a very remarkable Black known by the name of “Brian Boru”, who, amongst other peculiarities, has a foot of very great length (14 inches at least, and of proportionate breadth); that the marks of this foot were distinctly seen on the ashes of the Hut and round about by several persons the same day the murder was committed; that this Tribe have not made their appearance since in the neighbourhood, but are known to have gone farther down the River; and, lastly, that, owing to the great scarcity of water, the Tribe in question are, in his opinion, certainly to be met with on its Banks, and at no great distance."”
  Source: Hardy to Thomson, 18 January 1839