Diary Adelaide
October 1839 - January 1840
December 18th, 1839.
This evening the natives had wanted to fight each other again by our people visiting the Eastern men in their camp, but the latter had held the offended and angry men among them so that it didn't come to that. In the evening with Julius Drescher.
[An intricate cross, in the shape of a paw cross, is included here, presumably as a sign of a day to "mark red on the calendar" as the first payment of a £100 bill of exchange had arrived today (December 19th).]
Through Mr. Dickens(181) we received today the first number of the bill of 100 pounds together with a letter from ( 193 ) Mr. Angas, who uses extremely sad language that criticizes Br. Teichelmann's letter of October 24th, 1839 [1838].
When I visited the Eastern men today, I noticed the boy Bertha described to me who had scolded them. He initially denied it, but later promised not to do it again. I couldn't find the old man who [had] beaten Julius. Among this tribe there is also a man whom the natives call Pitta [Goose], named Kadlo Nerka, who speaks a different language than the local natives and also than the Raminyerai. While I was listening to him say words to me and writing them down, the owner(182) of the Adelaide Chronicle, who was previously unknown to me, came, asked me whether I was from Teichelmann's college and afterwards gave me a number of his paper containing the last letter with the request that if we wanted to have anything printed about the native language, to leave it to him. In this way, the greatest difficulty in publishing a dictionary and a grammar would be overcome, namely that of finding a printer.
December 20th, 1839.
By chance I met my dear bride and her father in town today, who had bought a wedding dress for the latter's bride. --
Mr. Edwards, the builder of my house, told me that there was nothing of my house in the ground yet, that the workmen were first preparing the wood; However( 194 ) they would now be strong. The house will be 18 feet 16 inches long and 12 feet 6 inches wide and will consist of one room. By next January, Edwards said it would be finished.
This evening I wanted to visit Mr. Henry Calton, but I didn't see him at home. --
This evening the natives had wanted to fight each other again by our people visiting the Eastern men in their camp, but the latter had held the offended and angry men among them so that it didn't come to that. In the evening with Julius Drescher.
[An intricate cross, in the shape of a paw cross, is included here, presumably as a sign of a day to "mark red on the calendar" as the first payment of a £100 bill of exchange had arrived today (December 19th).]
(Abb. 02)
Through Mr. Dickens
When I visited the Eastern men today, I noticed the boy Bertha described to me who had scolded them. He initially denied it, but later promised not to do it again. I couldn't find the old man who [had] beaten Julius. Among this tribe there is also a man whom the natives call Pitta [Goose], named Kadlo Nerka, who speaks a different language than the local natives and also than the Raminyerai. While I was listening to him say words to me and writing them down, the owner
December 20th, 1839.
By chance I met my dear bride and her father in town today, who had bought a wedding dress for the latter's bride. --
Mr. Edwards, the builder of my house, told me that there was nothing of my house in the ground yet, that the workmen were first preparing the wood; However
This evening I wanted to visit Mr. Henry Calton, but I didn't see him at home. --