I also told them they would receive many presents, and
they constantly asked me for tomahawks, called by them "Bomay Ko."
From this time to when the relief party arrived, a period of about
a month, they treated me with uniform kindness, and looked upon me
as one of themselves. The day on which I was released, one of the
tribe who had been fishing came and told me that the "white
fellows," were coming, and the whole of the tribe who were then in
camp sallied out in every direction to meet the party, while the
man who had brought the news took me over the creek, where I
shortly saw the party coming down.
. . .
Brahe having quitted Cooper's Creek, as we have seen, on the 21st of
April, retraced his steps, towards the Darling. On the 28th or 29th
(there is a doubt about the exact date), he fell in with Wright's
party at Bulloo, and placed himself under his orders. On the 29th,
Dr. Becker died. On the 1st of May they left Bulloo, on their
return to Menindie. On the 3rd, Wright makes the following entry in
his diary:--
Friday, Koorliatto.--As I was anxious to ascertain, before
finally leaving the country, whether Mr. Burke had visited the old
depot at Cooper's Creek, between the present date and that on which
he left on his advance northward, or whether the stores cached
there had been disturbed by the natives, I started with Mr.
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