Index:Last of the tasmanians.djvu

Title	The Last of the Tasmanians: or, The black war of Van Diemen's Land
Author	James Bonwick
Year	1870
Publisher	Sampson Low
Location	London
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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. VOYAGERS TALES OF THE TASMANIANS.
The First Battle	3
Captain Cook's Visit	5
The French Visit in 1792	9
Flinders and Bass at the Derwent	15
Péron's Visit in 1802	18
The French and the Wood-nymphs	23
CHAPTER II. THE BLACK WAR.
Massacre of the Blacks in 1804	32
Destruction of Public Records	39
Kidnapping Black Boys	41
Michael Howe's Black Mary	47
Chase after Stock-keepers	50
Colonel Sorell's Order of 1819	53
CHAPTER III. CRUELTIES TO THE BLACKS.
Cruelty of Early Settlers	59
Cruelty of Bushrangers	61
Spanish and Dutch Cruelties	68
CHAPTER IV. OUTRAGES OF THE BLACKS.
Hanging of Two Aborigines	75
The Demarcation Order of 1828	78
Martial Law	82
Pictorial Proclamation	85
Proclamation of October 1830	89
Mosquito and the Tame Mob	98
Execution of Mosquito and Black Jack	103
Cruelties of the Blacks	107
A Hand left in the Trap	111
Bravery of a Half-caste Wife	121
Chastity of White Women respected	125
Time of Terror	129
CHAPTER V. THE LINE.
Proclamation for Volunteers	133
Arrangements for the Capture	143
Leaders and Numbers in the Line	151
Savage's Tale of the Savages	158
Mr. Walpole caught a Black	163
Siege of the "Three Thumbs"	169
£80,000 for One Black	173
Egg-gatherers break through a Line	179
CHAPTER VI. CAPTURE PARTIES.
Leaders of Parties	182
John Batman, the Blacks' Friend	189
The Sydney Black Guides	193
A Night at Ben Lomond	198
Gilbert Robertson, the Leader	201
Jorgen Jorgenson, the Dane	206
CHAPTER VII. GEORGE AUGUSTUS ROBINSON, THE CONCILIATOR.
Bruni Island Depôt	213
Truganina, the beautiful Tasmanian	217
The Conciliatory Mission	220
Robinson's Capture of a Tribe	223
Triumphal Entry into Hobart Town	229
Truganina saves Robinson's Life	233
CHAPTER VIII. FLINDERS ISLAND.
Swan Island Depôt	243
Gun Carriage Island	245
Flinders Island Depôt	247
Visit of the Quaker Missionaries	251
Life of Aborigines on Flinders Island	253
Mr. Clark, the Catechist	259
School Examination of the Natives	260
Dr. Jeanneret, the Commandant	267
Dr. Milligan removes Natives from Flinders	270
CHAPTER IX. OYSTER COVE.
Author's Visit to the Natives at Oyster Cove	274
Death of Mr. Clark	277
Maryann and Walter	282
CHAPTER X. THE SEALERS.
Home life of Sealers' Women	295
Robinson removes the Women to Flinders	300
The Qnakers and the Sealers	305
CHAPTER XI. HALF-CASTES.
Murder of Half-castes	311
Fecundity of Mixed Races	318
Bishop Nixon's Visit to the Straits' Half-castes	317
Bong and her Daughter Dolly	321
CHAPTER XII. NATIVE RIGHTS.
Legal Rights	327
Hanging of Four Tasmanians	331
CHAPTER XIII. CIVILIZATION.
Whately's Degradation Theory	385
Effects of Civilization	348
Drink and Civilization	347
Walter, the civilized Tasmanian	352
An Aboriginal Discourse	354
Mr. Wedge's Black Boy	355
Failure of Australian Missions	365
Christian Tasmanians	367
CHAPTER XIV. DECLINE.
Amalgamation of Races	378
Decline, a "Decree of Providence"	375
Hawaiian and Maori Decline	379
Drink, the great Destroyer	381
Story of the civilized Mathinna	388
Count Strzelecki's Theory of Decline	387
Lanné, the Last Man	398
Lalla Rookh, the Last Tasmanian	399