Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-06-02
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DISCOVERY OF AN ENGLIsHMAN, acto
had resided for thirty three years among
The Sarages at Fort Philip.
Abridged from the w. Dieman's Land Magazine
Mr.. Batnam, and others referred to,
had removed from Van Dieman's Land
to Fort Philip, on the coast of New
South Wales, with the intention of es-
tabllshing themselves there as settlers
and large sheep farmers. Soon after
their arrival they were struck by the
stately gait of the natives, by the CO.
Tor OF many, and the European coun-
tenances of some individuals. and by
the comparative civilization which pre-.
vailed. Rude embankments with toll
cradle stone facings were found in
parts constructed across creeks and in.
lets, with convenient sluices for the
purpose of catching fish at the fall of
the tide. Several ofthe bark shelters
or wigwams, were formed in a superb
or and comfortable manner, tolerably
well matched, with narrow opening
for the doorway, and fire place in
front. Pieces of wood were followed
or scooped out to serve as calabash
buckets to carry water, and the dress
es of kangaroo skins were neatly join.
ed together with regular stitches, and
cut away so as to form convenient
vesture. The settlers, however, had
not domlciled themselves in their new
position many days when these and
various other indications of ingenuity
were satisfactorily explained by the
appearance ola white man clothed in
kangaroo cloak. He was at first ra.
Their timid in his approaches, but when
spoken to kindly, and offered piece
OF bread, he threw off his reserve, and
after eating the bread with apparent
relish, and looking at 1t as if epdeavor.
ing to bring something to his recollec-
ton, he exclaimed with symptoms of
delight glowing in his face, g Bread ! !"
Other English words soon returned to
his memory, and he was at last ena.
bled to communicate that his name was
William Buckley; that he had been
one OF those who escaped from the en-.
campment ofthe prisoners by the ship
Ocean, formed by the late Col. Collins,
in attempting, agreeably to the instruc.
tons of the British Government, to
form settlement at Port Philip, in
1903 that he had lived ever since
with the tribe Of the aboriginies whom
he then met with in the bush, and over
whom he had long exercised the rule
OF chief. He is a very tall man, ha-
wing served as a grenadier in Holland,
under the late Duke of York is from
fifty eight to sixty years of age, and
in excellent health. Through the as.
sistance of the new settlers, he has for
warded petition to the Lit. Governor
praying for pardon, mainly with
view, we presume, to enable him to
remain where he IS, and to communi-
cate the result ofhis intimacy with that
interesting country, and the many val
liable discoveries which he had made
in it. This, we are glad to learn, his
excellency has kindly been pleased to
grant, impressing at the same time up
on nm the expectation that he will do
all in his power to maintain an AMIGA
bic intercourse between the aborigines
and the whites for he had already
been the means of preventing a san.
culinary attack of his tribe, through
misrepresentation, On the little party al
ready settled there. In philosophi-
cal point Of view, this discovery is tru-
ly interesting, and a narrative of his
various vicissitudes during his long
sojourn, well told, would rival the clas-
sic work of Robinson Crusoe. Two
other prisoners from the Ocean abscon-
dcd with him, but he had never seen
or heard of them since the end of the
first twelve months, when he joined the
natives.