▁at ▁the ▁Wh ites ide ▁sheep ▁station ▁of ▁Captain ▁Francis ▁Griff in . ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 8 4 7 ▁fl our ▁la ced ▁with ▁ar sen ic ▁was ▁left ▁in ▁a ▁h ut ▁with ▁the ▁expectation ▁that ▁Ab original ▁people ▁" w ould ▁visit ▁the ▁h ut ▁and ▁make ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁mixture "; ▁the ▁act ▁was ▁reported ly ▁in ▁reven ge ▁for ▁an ▁ab original ▁attack ▁on ▁a ▁h ut keeper , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁blind ed ▁by ▁a ▁blow ▁to ▁the ▁head ▁with ▁a ▁w addy . ▁Some ▁twenty ▁years ▁later ▁a ▁white ▁pione er ▁" s aw ▁scores ▁of ▁ble ached ▁b ones ▁including ▁a ▁complete ▁ske leton " ▁while ▁r iding ▁in ▁the ▁vic inity , ▁and ▁heard ▁that ▁" fif ty ▁or ▁si xty " ▁Ab original ▁people ▁had ▁lost ▁their ▁lives ▁there ▁by ▁poison ing . ▁ 2 6 ▁November ▁ 1 8 4 8 . ▁ 3 ▁Ab original ▁women ▁and ▁one ▁child ▁were ▁murder ed ▁at ▁C anning ▁Creek ▁by ▁a ▁pos se ▁of ▁seven ▁white ▁men . ▁ 1 8 4 9 . ▁Perhaps ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁killed ▁in ▁the ▁Upper ▁Burn ett . ▁The ▁murder ▁of ▁the ▁Peg g ▁brothers , ▁two ▁ad oles cent ▁employees ▁at ▁F oster ▁and ▁Bla x land ▁G in ▁G in ▁station ▁in ▁June , ▁was ▁a ven ged ▁in ▁a ▁large - scale ▁pun itive ▁expedition ▁with ▁' over ▁ 5 0 ▁station - hand s ▁and ▁squ at ters ' ▁catch