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... Fingoes and Gaikas , who occupy part of British Kafferaria , sometimes called the Cis - Kei and the Galekas , Fingoes , Pondos , Pondomise , Tambookies , and Griquas , who occupy Kafferaria proper , or the Transkei . ( See PREFACE . xi ...
... Fingoes and Gaikas , who occupy part of British Kafferaria , sometimes called the Cis - Kei and the Galekas , Fingoes , Pondos , Pondomise , Tambookies , and Griquas , who occupy Kafferaria proper , or the Transkei . ( See PREFACE . xi ...
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... Fingoes , whose name signifies " dogs , " and who have been persecuted almost to extinction by the others , are our only firm friends . Under British rule , though at first cowardly , they have developed fighting powers , and always ...
... Fingoes , whose name signifies " dogs , " and who have been persecuted almost to extinction by the others , are our only firm friends . Under British rule , though at first cowardly , they have developed fighting powers , and always ...
Page 87
... Fingoes from the centre ; and the General , with 200 foot , 2 guns , with an escort of 40 Lancers , 25 Cape Mounted Rifles , and his Fingo guard , took to the right . We , the cavalry , got well out of sight , and before we were half ...
... Fingoes from the centre ; and the General , with 200 foot , 2 guns , with an escort of 40 Lancers , 25 Cape Mounted Rifles , and his Fingo guard , took to the right . We , the cavalry , got well out of sight , and before we were half ...
Page 97
... Fingoes whose small huts are now covered with tin roofs made from the linings of the boxes in which cloth and other goods are brought from England . These people are rapidly progressing in civilisation , a fact demonstrated by their ...
... Fingoes whose small huts are now covered with tin roofs made from the linings of the boxes in which cloth and other goods are brought from England . These people are rapidly progressing in civilisation , a fact demonstrated by their ...
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... Fingoes . The first are powerful , the second weakly , the third warlike , and the fourth industrious . The Fingoes , who were formerly slaves and much despised , have now more wealth and energy than any of the others . Besides these ...
... Fingoes . The first are powerful , the second weakly , the third warlike , and the fourth industrious . The Fingoes , who were formerly slaves and much despised , have now more wealth and energy than any of the others . Besides these ...
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