Bonaparte
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Bonaparte
29 Aug 1839“They collared the shepherd in the bush, about one o'clock in the day, knocked him down, and one of them, whom he states to be Bonaparte, stood over him with a tomahawk, whilst two others kept him down, threatening his life; he knows all of them well; they then took three of the wethers, killed them, wounded more with spears and sent them all over the place.”
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Buonaparte
31 Aug 1839“Mr Ryan and I were aroused by the report of the guns and jumped out, when we found four of the blacks gone, and the fifth just outside; Buonaparte, whom we collared and secured after a heavy struggle— Caughlin and Hoolahan being severely wounded by spades and several cuts of four inches in length being on their heads, they still continue in a dangerous state.”
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Buonaparte
31 Aug 1839“On Friday the 8th instant, a tribe of them went to Messrs Hurley and Fennell's sheep station, and three, named, Billy the Ram, Jackey Williams, and Buonaparte, followed the shepherd until about one o'clock in the day, when they collared him, threw him down, two held him down whilst the other stood over him with a tomahawk threatening his life, whilst the others proceeded to rush the flock: they took three wethers away beside wounding some others with their spears and tomahawks, dividing the flock into three parts; and three others, named, John Dilla, Johnny Murphy, and Yoyoe Mickey, Mr Ryan's stock-keeper found killing a cow.”
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Buonaparte
31 Aug 1839“The man we have taken (Buonaparte) is supposed to be the person who murdered Mrs Jenkins's man on the Murrumbidgee.”
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Buonaparte
31 Aug 1839“We immediately surrounded them and drove the whole into a hut, secured Buonaparte, Johnny Murphy, Yoyoe Mickey, Jackey Williams, and Billy the Ram, and let the others go.”