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... took place from the Guinea coast , they outnumbered the whites . In its early days the colony never flourished very brilliantly . Its first encounter with savages was with the Hottentots . people and the Bushmen may be looked upon as ...
... took place from the Guinea coast , they outnumbered the whites . In its early days the colony never flourished very brilliantly . Its first encounter with savages was with the Hottentots . people and the Bushmen may be looked upon as ...
Page ix
... took the colony for themselves . This step was little noticed at home , for at that time all England was ringing with the news of the battle of Trafalgar . During the time that the whites - the Dutch first , and the English afterwards ...
... took the colony for themselves . This step was little noticed at home , for at that time all England was ringing with the news of the battle of Trafalgar . During the time that the whites - the Dutch first , and the English afterwards ...
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... took place to the Diamond Fields . 8. ZULU LAND . - Area , about 10,000 square miles ; popula- tion 150,000 ( black ) . This country is inhabited by the most war- like of all the Kafir tribes . Cetewayo , the present king , almost ...
... took place to the Diamond Fields . 8. ZULU LAND . - Area , about 10,000 square miles ; popula- tion 150,000 ( black ) . This country is inhabited by the most war- like of all the Kafir tribes . Cetewayo , the present king , almost ...
Page xv
... took place to the Diamond Fields . 8. ZULU LAND . - Area , about 10,000 square miles ; popula- tion 150,000 ( black ) . This country is inhabited by the most war- like of all the Kafir tribes . Cetewayo , the present king , almost ...
... took place to the Diamond Fields . 8. ZULU LAND . - Area , about 10,000 square miles ; popula- tion 150,000 ( black ) . This country is inhabited by the most war- like of all the Kafir tribes . Cetewayo , the present king , almost ...
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... took place within two or three miles of our towns , within the colony , without the magis- trates having the least idea of what had been said . Our secret information was derived from precarious rumours , and though the magistrates at ...
... took place within two or three miles of our towns , within the colony , without the magis- trates having the least idea of what had been said . Our secret information was derived from precarious rumours , and though the magistrates at ...
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ammunition amongst appeared armed army arrived artillery assegais attack Basuto Basuto land birds Boers British Burghers bush called camp Cape Colony Cape Town carried cattle cause cavalry Cetewayo chief Colonel colony of Natal command considerable dangerous Diamond Fields difficulty diggers distance doubt endeavours enemy English excellent farm feathers Fingoes fire force Free frontier Gaikas Galekas Government Governor Grahamstown Griqualand Griqualand West Griquas horses Ibeka Kafirs killed King William's Town kloofs Komgha kraal Kreli labour large number Leydenburg Majesty's miles military Minister Moshesh mountain mounted mules Natal natives neighbourhood night officers opinion Orange Free ostrich outspanned party passed police Pondos Port Elizabeth position possession Pretoria purchased received Regiment reported rifles river road Secocoeni sent sheep shooting shot soldiers South Africa told Transkei Transvaal tribe troops veldt volunteers waggon wild women young Zulu
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