The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-25
HORRORs IN oUEENSLAND.
Nomnd Cnnnibais Pursued and Butchered By
the Bioodthirsty Black Tracker-.


The colony of Queensland though one ~
the most recently established. Possesses one Of
the largest territories ia Australia. over the un-
settled part ol which roam the ahQrlgines They
nro among the lowest Of mankind IN mental ca
pacity and IN physical formation. Very litto
effort has bren made to civili2s them hecnuso
experience has shown that they are almost in
capable Of living "A civilized life. They wander
in small tribes suhssting on roofs Their
wenpons are the speur tho boomerang. and tho
nullah-nullah. Tue wealthy squattcr thctrrm
squulier in Australia is II Tito OF honor and dis
uncuonl, moving into the interior ol the country,
pastures ms sheep ana cattle upun the lunt.
ana now and then some wan icring blacks takO
what they want. In tho northern parts OF tho
colony IN blacks capture kill, ana eat human
beings. Gold mining Is carried on there o.
trhslN'lY' anu th'r" are lhuushuds ol Ghlhe-9
ENGAGED IN tho WORK. These 60 out in small
parties 90 work or travel 70 ana from tho allu.
yhl diggiuEs, and are often spenred and eaten
10y the natives. who prefer a Chinaman 10 u
Whites occasionally perpetratc serious Of
fences, and. to escape punishment. ny 10 tho
vast uneNplored tracts that lie beyond the SIT
ltd districts. To cntture offending bHcks or
es'al ng whites the Queensland Government
established tho native police force. or Binrk
Truckers ~ they nre more generally termed.
They are selected from tribes ms far away "a
possible from the region IN which tney are da-
signed Tor work. taken TO n police station IN
some small town. aud taught to ride and 10
handle revolver. When there is any nred for
thoir services they are drafted to the place ut
once. They are employed 10 track white men
70 cape from Justice. Many horse thiet and
murderer has been brought 10 tho bar of ius-
ll'f Ny iNtlF tlNftA, ana hundreds OF lives ltk1
been saved 10y their persevering search. Tor
" lost in the bush" is an Australian phrnse.
almost synonymous with horrible death by
There. is another work performed by tho
Black Tracker. ana ono in which no is con-
stanty engaged. Australian journals fire.
qnently contain items TO the effect that soma
officer went out with party Of native police and
dispersed "A mob OF blacks. To one who dor3
not undcrstand the pcculinritics OF the Queens
lhnd police. this item Is unintellgibe: it
simply means TINT the black butchers muir
4 ala IA .
find. To disperse" means to massacre II a
not very long since some cattle were stolen
from u station about 200 miles from Bowen
ana about sixty aborignais. men, women aud
chldrcn, were all hutchered by these black
Hm,nds' % cause they were In the neshborhooi.
jhrw Chlnese. on their way from Cooktown 20
the Palmer River diggings, were sprHred and
c,lcn by the blacks. and several days nitrrwnri
hpoQt twenty natives wero slaughtered by tho
bark troopers. When n little girl was Killed
anu eaten near Townsville. tho natives fell Ike
leaves in autumn.
1t may be asked II these people do not resort
70 firearms. Strange % say, they do not. Mr.
90 lhey seem 10 undorstaud tho use OF IN m
Of their men. When first brought in conip.t
win the trackcrs they had no tear of t.er.-
NoiFrrs ana cnrblnes, but rushed wildly % ..r-
tain death. On one occas ON after "A number
OF them had been killed. some of tue rrmaIu-
der took refuge in the trees. imagining that
mcY were rs SAFE among the branches Hs iHe
blrd from their own boomerang. They have
never adopted the weapons, however, though
they could easily do SO. Tor the same class who
nave furnished the Indians with firearms could
Supply them Thercar many small towns iniJ
which they are not allowed to cntrr partly bee
cause they dress as nature dressed them but
princlpally on account of their treachcry.
h, lhe plack trooper detesls his loss fortunate
brothers OF tho Wilderness. and shows no
mercy. He. pursues them day after day for
hundreds ot miles, and shoots them down. oud
anu all. Their aim is to punish the prrpc-
traitors OF crime, but they combine the powers
OIL judge Jury. and execuuoner. The white
men VINO lead them are frequently M blood
thlrsty rs themselves and often excel them IN
acls Oh wanton cruelty NJ will be seen from thh
lohoWlng account Of the destruction Of natives.
land Patriot.
One native police officer. no longer in tho
water hole. His troopers had the water sur
rounded and there was no escape for the MS
wretches were shot as they rose TO the surface
70 breathe. The officer stood by, and at last irlt
that no would like TO take personal share in
b to as aT s%d Tn
WIN demonstrations OF peace induced one ~
me wreIches TO approach. When the black was
hawk In his victims brain"
inc water holes here spoken Of are places 10
Mhlch inc natives resort TO quench their thirst
Ihey are often constructed by the owners ~
ltrge estates, but ara more frequently the Work
OF nature, The Black Tracksrs know these
places well. and they also know that the natives
wait about these water holes for days. saugh-
terlng the unsuspecting natives. They very
rarely II ever take prisoners.
white men are found who boast Of the num-
Dor OF the natives they have killed. and one man
near Somerset. Cape York. has u fence about
ms premises every post OF which is surmounteI
Dy human skull, which no says represents
naive whom no has shot
These dlSgraceiul proceedings have attracted
considerable attention during tho past year:
and petitions have boon presented to the
Queensland Parliament. praying for the dis
Dandment OF tho native police. 4.