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Lieutenant Eyre gives us an account of him: "Sir Robert Sale's son-in-law, Lieutenant Sturt, had nearly cleared the defile, when he received his wound, and would have been left on the ground to be hacked to pieces by the Ghazees, who followed in the rear to complete the work of slaughter, but for the generous intrepidity of Lieutenant Mein, of Her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, who, on learning what had befallen him, went back to his succour, and stood by him for several minutes, at the imminent risk of his own life, vainly entreating aid from the passers-by.
'Where did you leave him on that night? asked Slivers. 'At the corner of Sturt and Lydiard Streets. 'Early in the morning, I suppose? 'Yes pretty early about two o'clock, I think. 'And you never saw him after that? 'Not a sight of him, replied Barty; 'but, I say, why all this thusness?
One is a picture from Sturt's journal, the other from Mitchell. Sturt and his companions were returning to the depot from one of their northern efforts. Suddenly they came across a party of worn and thirsty natives.
In the year 1840, Captain Burslem, of the 13th Light Infantry, made an expedition from Cabul to the North-west, accompanied by Lieutenant Sturt of the Bengal Engineers, who was afterwards killed in the terrible pass where Lady Sale, whose daughter he had married, was shot through the arm.
Latitude, 17 degrees 58 minutes 40 seconds. Monday, 6th May, Watson Creek, Ashburton Range. Started at 8.20 a.m., course 300 degrees, to cross Sturt Plain. At eleven miles arrived at the hill which I saw from Ashburton range. It turned out to be the banks of what was once a fresh-water lake; the water-wash is quite distinct.
Not Sturt in the heart of Australia with the mercury bursting the fevered tubes, with the finger-nails breaking like brittle glass, with the ink drying instantly on the pen, with the hair fading and falling off, would, if he could, have exchanged his lot for that of the White Guard.
The natives have visited us since, and I do not think they will now attempt to molest either party when we separate. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient and most humble servant, CHARLES STURT, Capt. 39th Regt. Introductory Remarks on the results of the former Expedition The fitting out of another determined on Its objects Provisions, accoutrements, and retinue Paper furnished by Mr.
D. Pieces of iron, such as horseshoes, fragments of the tyres of wheels, and so forth, are traded from tribe to tribe for many hundreds of miles. Those shown in sketch were found about lat. 21 degrees 50 minutes, long. 126 degrees 30 minutes. E. STONE TOMAHAWK from Sturt Creek given to me by Mr. Stretch.
This was the first truly Central Australian expedition that had yet been despatched, although in 1841 Edward Eyre had attempted the same arduous enterprise. Of this I shall write anon. On his third expedition Sturt discovered the Barrier, the Grey, and the Stokes ranges, and among numerous smaller watercourses he found and named Strezletki's, Cooper's, and Eyre's Creeks.
Captain Sturt.# The long drought which occurred between 1826 and 1828 suggested to Governor Darling the idea that, as the swamps which had impeded Oxley's progress would be then dried up, the exploration of the river Macquarie would not present the same difficulties as formerly.
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