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If at any time I felt a compunction in using my rifle I lost it when I thought of the murders of Strau, his wife and daughter, and the outrages committed upon them, and again of the murder, and eating, of two packers a short time before. We burnt all the blacks' weapons and several dilly bags containing the dead bodies of infants which they carried about with them.
However, the German, whose name was Johan Strau, persisted, saying he was not afraid of blacks, as he had been used to them. On arriving on the Palmer, we met two carriers who were riding down with their gold. We told them also of the new road we had opened up, and they decided to ride that way.
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