P. Cahill (Oenpelli) to B.S., 1916-03-26
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P. Cahill has had a visit from the Administrator and Judge, who brought his mail, the first he has had since November
Difficulties met with in getting to Oenpelli.
B.S. has shown kindness to Mrs.Cahill who has been to Adelaide - P. Cahill is going to burrundi to meet her.
Many of the oldest natives have died, 'In a few more years, there will be no chance of writing any reliable history of the Kakadoo tribes. There will be no old men left'.
Details of B.S.' gifts of money for the natives; they have plenty and B.S. ought not to send more. P. Cahill has done a lot of building, including a good house - '(Judge Bevan said that it would cost £600 to get the same house put up in Darwin with white labour)'. P. Cahill will try to collect information and will make notes for B.S.
The importance of goose eggs in local diet
(Continued from Darwin on 28 April 1916)
A rough trip to Burrundi which took 58 hours in the saddle.
Mrs. Cahill is still in Sydney.
Deaths among whites in Darwin.
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