“They live in an extremely mountainous district where it is very difficult to make one’s way through the forest.
“Naturally they know every foot of the ground and can get about much easier than white men. We had our knapsacks and other baggage to lug along. They had none.
“We were so satisfied that Mulvey was with them somewhere that we made prisoners of two or three and kept them with us trying to induce them to tell the truth.
“We didn’t succeed, but we became more and more satisfied that Mulvey was one of them.
“They referred to their chief as Malva and it is our belief that that is their way of pronouncing Mulvey.
“After we had scoured the mountains as well as we could we came back to Kimberley.
“The authorities here were not altogether satisfied with what we had done and sent out another expedition. I was with the second expedition, also.
“We went so far as to capture two or three of the tribe’s men and start back to Kimberley with them, intending to use them as hostages.
“We let it be understood among the Narugas that if they wanted their men back again they must surrender Mulvey.
“This, you must understand, was only after another thorough campaign among the hills in which, as before, we would learn of the existence of a village only to go there and find it deserted.