On 8 May, a number of Aboriginal people visited soldiers stationed at Pillaworta. The soldiers fired at the Aboriginal group which included Kungta and Turba. Two Aboriginal people were wounded, after which spears were thrown, the soldiers surrounded, and subsequently compelled to run. According to Ngarka, none of the Aboriginal people were killed or wounded.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)