could not be locked. On entering I found new tracks and my sack of flour lightened by 5 - 10 pounds [2 ½ – 5 kilogram], so that there was no doubt left that the natives I mentioned earlier had stolen from me. The following day,

June 17th, 1841.
it rained heavily. and no natives came further than Yaltubidi on the 18th of June, and Munanabidi with Dr. Harvey from Tananna, alone the next day the old people showed up again, led by the cunning Yutalta, whom I immediately took by the arm, showed him the traces described above and then pushed him out. He claims that Palyansa and Muwadna took the flour, but I was able to answer him why he didn't talk them out or prevent them, and, as much as he didn't want to go, he had to put up with being dismissed in a rather rude manner. Towards evening Murpa came and ate some rice with Yaltubidi and Munarabidi in my house, using my old broken spoons, which I immediately missed after they left.

June 19th, 1841.
When they returned the following morning, I accused Murpa of taking them, but he claimed that Yaltubidi had taken them. But not long afterwards he returned with one of them, and the third was found later, which Munarabidi had probably secretly returned. I hear that several women have seen Dr. Harvey, ( 081 ) and they were the reason for my supposedly first and almost dangerous appearance in the following way. Mrs. Harvey gave the women rusks in the presence of Murpa, who, jealous of the women's preference, snatched their gift from the latter. Mrs. Harvey tried to prevent him from doing so, but he pushed her so hard in the chest that she withdrew and shed tears of pain and shock. She told Dr. Harvey, what had happened, who took a stick and hit the Murpa with it, whereupon he took his spear to aim and hit Dr. Harvey. Mrs. Harvey, perceiving this and thinking that the man was about to hurl the spear at her husband, jumped between them, began to scream, and raised both her hands to stop the spear. Dr. Harvey then came to McDonald and asked if he was allowed to shoot the man, to which he replied that he was allowed to do so in self-defense. I was subsequently told that Dr. Harvey changed his view of the incident and even denied that the man Murpa had aimed his spear at him. The probability of this whole thing seems to me to be that Murpa was indeed overly aggressive towards Mrs. Harvey, but that his threat to Harvey was either for fun, or at most for the purpose of what the latter intended with his stick. Several, such as B. Kemp and Bishop were indignant ( 082 ) against the natives and inexhaustible in their foresights for the future in consequence of this incident. By the way, the fact that the natives for the first time these days did not send their wives to me, but to Dr. Harvey showed how suspicious they are of single Europeans.

June 20th, 1841. Sunday.
As we came out of the service, McDonald and Barnard honored me with a gentle visit, and McDonald invited us both to his place for lunch. The subjects of our conversation were of a variety of kinds, including politics, whereby it becomes increasingly clear what a fine aristocrat he is in his principles. He said, among