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" ... followers. With every pacific disposition, and an extreme reluctance to take away life, I foresaw that it would be impossible any longer to avoid an engagement, yet with such fearful numbers against us, I was doubtful of the result. The spectacle... "
The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation - Page 648
by Samuel Bennett - 1865 - 661 pages
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Colonization: Particularly in Southern Australia: with Some Remarks on Small ...

Charles James Napier - Aboriginal Australians - 1835 - 312 pages
...we had witnessed had been one of the most " appalling kind, and sufficient to shake the firm" ness of most men; but at that trying moment my " little band preserved their temper and coolness, " determined on an obstinate resistance. Thus " prepared, we lowered sail and...
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The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand ..., Volume 1

William Howitt - Australia - 1865 - 450 pages
...channel. To this sand-bank they ran with tumultuous uproar, and covered it over in a dense mass. Home of the chiefs advanced into the water, to be nearer...desired that after the first volley had been fired, M'Leay and three of the men would attend to the defence of the boat with bayonets only, while I, Hopkinson,...
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Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia

John Wrathall Bull - South Australia - 1878 - 350 pages
...had witnessed had been one of the most appalling kind, and sufficient to shake the firmness of rnost men ; but at that trying moment my little band preserved their usual coolness, and if any thing could be gleaned from their countenances, it was that they had determined on an obstinate...
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Early Experiences of Life in South Australia: And an Extended Colonial History

John Wrathall Bull - Frontier and pioneer life - 1884 - 450 pages
...us, I was doubtful of the result. The spectacle we had witnessed had been one of the most appalling kind, and sufficient to shake the firmness of most...determined on an obstinate resistance. I now explained to my men that their only chance of escape depended or would depend upon their firmness. I desired that...
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Early Experiences of Life in South Australia: And an Extended Colonial History

John Wrathall Bull - Frontier and pioneer life - 1884 - 448 pages
...us, I was doubtful of the result. The spectacle we had witnessed had been one of the most appalling kind, and sufficient to shake the firmness of most...determined on an obstinate resistance. I now explained to my men that their only chance of escape depended or would depend upon their firmness. I desired that...
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The Exploration of Australia, Volume 1

Albert Frederick Calvert - Australia - 1895 - 312 pages
...us 1 was doubtful of the result. The spectacle we had witnessed had been one of the most appalling kind, and sufficient to shake the firmness of most...that trying moment my little band preserved their temper and coolness ; and if anything could be gleaned from their countenances, it was that they had...
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The Romance of Australian Exploring

George Firth Scott - Australia - 1910 - 378 pages
...us I was doubtful of the result. The spectacle we had witnessed had been one of the most appalling kind, and sufficient to shake the firmness of most...that trying moment my little band preserved their temper and coolness, and if anything could be gleaned from their countenances, it was that they had...
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The Explorers: Stories of Discovery and Adventure from the Australian Frontier

Tim Fridtjof Flannery - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 404 pages
...us I was doubtful of the result. The spectacle we had witnessed had been one of the most appalling kind, and sufficient to shake the firmness of most...that trying moment my little band preserved their temper coolness, and if anything could be gleaned from their countenances it was that they had determined...
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