Up this creek we took the men; we went, I daresay, five or six hundred yards up it, which took us nearly half-an-hour to accomplish.

Then we turned to the right up the range; we went, I daresay, one hundred and fifty yards from the creek, and there we sat down with the men.

I said to Sullivan, 'Put down your gun and search these men,' which he did.

I asked them their several names; they told me.

I asked them if they were expected at Nelson.