What did Mitchell say about the Three Rivers?

Thomas Mitchell is an outstanding British explorer and an excellent chief surveyor. He designed many early roads, bridges and urban buildings in Australia and made great contributions to the development of Australia.

1830, Mitchell continued his exploration along the route chosen by Stuart. He doubted Stuart's conclusion that "Darling River flows into the mouth of murray river River". Moreover, it is said that there is a big river in the north of Ribbvall Plain. Mitchell wants to find out.

Mitchell chose 15 prisoners to explore, and after a long journey, he reached another tributary of the upper reaches of the Darling River, the Majindaya River. Near the Makindaya River valley, Mitchell instructed three team members to stay and deliver food, and left some horses for them, while he took others first.

A few days later, only one of the three left-behind players caught up with the team. Mitchell saw that the man was unkempt and ragged and came back alone. Upon inquiry, he learned that they had been attacked by aborigines. Not only the food and horses were robbed, but also two other people were killed. The accident caused the expedition to fall into the predicament of food shortage, and Mitchell had no choice but to go home.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter. In the scorching sun during the day, they had to travel in the morning and evening. For three weeks, I lived on horse meat to fill my stomach.

Mitchell asked his team to look around for food. But in this place, it is difficult to find prey, even snakes, crows or kangaroos. Once, Mitchell shot and killed a bird the size of a sparrow, and ate it on the spot, with almost no hair left.

Insect harassment also annoys expedition members. In addition to annoying ants and flies, there is also an Australian bee that always flies around the nose of explorers. That kind of bee often gives off an unpleasant smell, which is disgusting.

Not far from Sydney, they seem to have no strength to go any further. Most of the players are sick and weak. Mitchell sent a relatively healthy team member with the last two horses to ask for help. Fortunately, the dispatched team members came back with some food and horses. Everyone wolfed down a meal and continued on their way, and soon returned to Sydney.

1835, Mitchell led an expedition to explore the river. First, they walked along the Bogan River for about160km, and then turned to the Darling River until they reached the place where the Darling River meets murray river 240km away. At this time, a team member got lost. He groped alone in the virgin forest for a few days, and was found and killed by the dreamer. When Mitchell learned about it, he was determined to avenge him. Near the Darling River, they quietly surrounded a group of unsuspecting dreamers and killed most of them, only a few escaped the pursuit of Mitchell's expedition.

In the evening, the breaking Menglini people attracted hundreds of companions. Just as Mitchell and the team members were sleeping peacefully in the tent, the Apollinians surrounded the camp. Mitchell woke up from his sleep and didn't even have time to get dressed. He ran out of the tent barefoot, quickly gathered his men and divided them into two teams, one to protect the camp and the other to shoot back again and again. Because it's in the Woods and it's dark, I can't see anything, so I can only shoot blindly and don't let the other side near the tent. The aborigines knew how powerful the bullets were, so they were afraid to move forward. They just scream.

In this way, the two sides confronted each other for one night. At dawn, the dream team has retreated. Afraid of being ambushed by Apolloni again, Mitchell had to stop exploring and lead his team back to Sydney.

1836 In March, Mitchell, who devoted himself to solving the mystery of rivers, organized the third expedition. They set out along the Laagland River with 100 sheep, which is their main food.

Along the way, they met many difficulties. Damn mosquitoes always run around them and bite them. When crossing the bush belt, the ground was covered with thorns, and the sharp and hard thorns even pierced the players' thick leather boots, making their feet bleed profusely. The players were exhausted, and some fell asleep as soon as they stopped. Fortunately, I met a passionate dream girl. She sent food to the expedition and showed them the way. Once she meets the dream tribe, she will deal with it. The expedition made smooth progress. Half a month later, they came to the intersection of the lachlan River and the Malanbiji River.

Mitchell discovered that the lachlan River flows into the Malambiji River. Then, he went along the Malanbiji River and arrived in murray river, and further investigated this river which Stuart called "Darling River".

At this time, a friendly Menglini came to Mitchell and reported that a group of Menglini tribes were lying in front, ready to attack the expedition. When Mitchell got the news, he asked the Dream God to lead the way, go around the back of the ambush, pre-empt them and surprise them. Then, he quickly left the place and swam up the river in front of him. Mitchell found that they came to the investigated place last year and saw the river flowing down from the north with their own eyes, which confirmed that stoddard's statement was correct. The mystery of the export of rivers in southeastern Australia was thus solved, and the inland sea did not actually exist.