he wood, in which
the white man was represented shooting the native, and the Governor
hanging the white.

These remedies were, however, ineffectual; and in November, 1828, the
settled districts were placed under the protection of martial law. Nine
parties, under Messrs. G. Robertson, Batman, and Jorgenson, consisting
of seven persons each, and assisted by the military when requisite, were
employed to enforce the proclamation. Mr. Anstey, the magistrate,
directed the operations in the centre of the island, and volunteers not
unfrequently joined in the repulsion or pursuit of this unhappy people.

The celebrated chief, Eumarrah, was captured by Mr. Gilbert Robertson,
in the Eastern Marshes, in 1828. This euphonius name, which so interests
the ear, it is said, was a corruption or improvement of the name of a
colonist, Hugh Murray, and adopted by the savage. A strong party,
consisting of military and constables, surrounded the hut, in which this
chief and others were sheltered. Five furious dogs rush towards Mr.
Robertson, the foremost of the party: having fired off his piece, and
seized a lad scrambling away, by him he was directed to a sheet of bark,
under which Eumarrah was concealed. While prostrate, a shot was fired at
him, which inflicted a flesh wound, and the musket of a soldier was
broken by beating him. Such is Robertson's indignant account of his
capture. With the chief, three others, Jack, Dolly, and Jemmy, were
taken: the portrait of the last has rather an innocent expression, and
has been honored with publication. This party, removed first to
Richmond, and then to Hobart Town, soon appeared reconciled to their
captivity: all, but Eumarrah. He was pensive and reserved, and, for a
time, resented his bondage. It is said, the outrages he had committed,
would have forfeited his life, had not his captor earnestly maintained
that he was a prisoner of war; and that to put him to death, would be to
equal his crimes.

The expeditions were attended with the same general incidents, and it
would be tedious to multiply examples. The number of prisoners was
lamentably disproportioned to the many that perished. To identify a
particular offender was impossible, nor was it of much importance, since
the natives now were animated by one spirit. The amazing agility with
which they moved; their magical powers of self concealment; their
destitution of dress, the greasing of their skin, and the vigilance of
their watch-dogs, rende