On hearing that Aboriginal people had assembled at Port Lincoln Proper, Hugonin, accompanied by Hawson and Bishop, sailed to the location. Landing a mile away from where smoke was seen on the shore, the Europeans surrounded the group. Hugoinin’s men shot two people, fired several shots at the rest, and burnt ‘a good number’ of spears.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)