131:. Her father later 'expressed great dissatisfaction at the number of white men who had settled in their former territories'. Phillip reported that 'the natives were very angry at so many people being sent to Rose Hill, certain it is that wherever our colonists fix themselves, the natives are obliged to leave that part of the country'. Phillip reacted to Maugoran's protest by reinforcing the troops at Rose Hill.
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