By 4 October 1842, the Aboriginal people who were severely wounded by Driver and Hugonin’s expeditions had recovered and seeking revenge for the death of Tubulta (shot by Hugonin’s men at Port Lincoln Proper). According to Yutalta, two different groups (the Coffins Bay and Port Lincoln ‘tribes’) had joined together with the aim of ‘murdering all the whites in the Settlement’. 31 colonists signed a memorial to the Governor stating that they feared for their lives and requesting the Governor augment the 96th Regiment currently stationed at Port Lincoln.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)