History of South Africa from the Foundation of the European Settlement to Our Own Times 1834-1854S. Sonnenschein & Company, 1893 - 629 pages |
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Adam Kok Andries appointed arrived attack Barolong Basuto Bataung Batlokua Bloemfontein boundary British resident burghers Caledon camp Cape Colony Cape mounted riflemen Capetown Captain Stockenstrom cattle chief civil commissioner clans Cloete Colesberg Colonel Somerset colonists command December Dingan district emigrant farmers England English Europeans Faku farms Fingos force frontier Fynn Gaika George Napier governor Graaff-Reinet Grahamstown Griquas Hottentots hundred January Kaffirs Keiskama Koranas Kosas kraal Kreli land landdrost lieutenant-governor Major Warden Makoma March Maritzburg Matabele ment Messrs military mission missionaries Moroko Moselekatse Moshesh named officers Orange party peace Peddie Pieter Port Natal Potgieter Pretorius Rarabe received regiment Retief reverend river Sandile secretary sent Sikonyela Sir Benjamin D'Urban Sir George Napier Sir Harry Smith Sir Peregrine Maitland soldiers South Africa Sovereignty station Table Bay Tembus territory Thaba thousand treaty tribes troops Tshaka Tugela Tyumie Vaal village volksraad waggons Winburg Zulu
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Page 543 - BUNBURY'S (CJF) Journal of a Residence at the Cape of Good Hope ; with Excursions into the Interior, and Notes on the Natural History and Native Tribes of the Country.
Page 548 - S (Frank) FRGS— MATABELE LAND AND THE VICTORIA FALLS. A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Interior of South Africa.
Page 295 - High Commissioner for the settling and adjustment of the affairs of the territories in Southern Africa adjacent or contiguous to the eastern and north-eastern frontier of our said colony.
Page 95 - he was not aware of any law which prevented any of his Majesty's subjects from leaving his dominions and settling in another country ; and such a law, if it did exist, would be tyrannical and oppressive.
Page 504 - This day you have fought against my " people, and taken much cattle. As the object for which you " have come is to have a compensation for Boers, I beg you will be " satisfied with what you have taken. I entreat peace from you, " — you have shown your power, — you have chastised, — let it be " enough I pray you ; and let me be no longer considered an " enemy to the Queen. I will try all I can to keep my people in " order in the future. " Your humble servant, MOSHESH.
Page 518 - Sovereignty," signed the Convention of Bloemfontein, by which, much against the will of many of the inhabitants, British sovereignty was withdrawn, and the independence of the country was recognised. The history of the Orange Free State was in the...
Page 483 - Government ; and that no encroachment shall be made by the said Government on the territory beyond to the North of the Vaal River ; with the further assurance that the warmest wish of the British Government is to promote peace, free trade, and friendly intercourse with the Emigrant Farmers now inhabiting, or who hereafter may inhabit, that country ; it being understood that this system of non-interference is binding upon both parties. (2.) Should any misunderstanding hereafter arise as to the true...
Page 90 - We quit this colony under the full assurance that the English Government has nothing more to require of us, and will allow us to govern ourselves without its interference in future.
Page 90 - We despair of saving the Colony from those evils which threaten it by the turbulent and dishonest conduct of vagrants, who are allowed to infest the country in every part ; nor do we see any prospect of peace or happiness for our children in a country thus distracted by internal commotions. " (2) We complain of the severe losses which we have been forced to sustain by the emancipation of our slaves, and the vexatious laws which have been enacted respecting them.
Page 351 - That there shall not be in the eye of the law any distinction or disqualification whatever founded on mere distinction of colour, origin, language, or creed ; but that the protection of the law, in letter and in substance, shall be extended impartially to all alike.