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Following their former route towards the Darling, they fell in with Wright's party at Bulloo, where they had been stationary for several weeks, and where three of the men had died of scurvy.
He therefore planted all the stores he could spare under a tree, marked "dig," and with them an explanatory letter to his leader, in the event of the return of the absent men, and retired to the depot at Bulloo. He then started for Melbourne to report himself, but was intercepted by Howitt and taken back to Cooper's Creek as a guide. King was found by Mr.
Wright, meantime, with the main body of the party had been camping and wandering between the Darling and Bulloo; his men sickened and died of scurvy, and he consumed his rations, and reduced the condition of his stock to no purpose.
Wright and Brahé then rejoined the camp at Bulloo, when all moved back to Menindie, and reached that place on June 18. Brahé at once set off for Melbourne, and by this time everyone there seemed to be alive to the necessity of sending out to look for the explorers. Two steamers were despatched to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and a relief party, in charge of Alfred Howitt, up to the Cooper.
In the bottle was a note, which was taken to Burke at once, who read it aloud: 'Depôt, Cooper's Creek, 'April 21, 1861. 'The depôt party of the Victorian Exploring Expedition leaves this camp to-day to return to the Darling. 'I intend to go S.E. from Camp 60, to get into our old track near Bulloo.
"Depot, Cooper's Creek, April 21, 1861. The depot party of V.E.E. leaves this camp to-day to return to the Darling. I intend to go S.E. from camp 60 to get on to our old track at Bulloo. Two of my companions and myself are quite well; the third Patton-has been unable to walk for the last eighteen days, as his leg has been severely hurt when thrown by one of the horses.
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