With great difficulty he obtained some funds; organized a small but ill-provided party, and again started for the interior.

The last ever heard of him was a letter, dated the 3rd of April, 1848.

He was then in the Fitzroy Downs; he wrote in good spirits, hopefully as to his prospects: "Seeing how much I have been favoured in my present progress, I am full of hopes that our Almighty Protector will allow me to bring my darling scheme to a successful termination." THE FATE OF LEICHARDT.
From that day the fate of Leichardt and his companions has been involved in mystery.

He was then on the Cogoon River, in Eastern Australia, at least 1500 miles from the nearest station on the western side of the continent.

His last letter gives no clue to the track he intended to pursue.