Tracts Relative to the AboriginesEdward Marsh, 1843 - 218 pages |
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... Bushmen . To the Hotten- tots belong the Corannas , Gonaquas and the mixed tribe of Gri- quas . The appellation Caffres , though sometimes still applied in a more extensive sense , is generally used in the Cape colony to de- note the ...
... Bushmen . To the Hotten- tots belong the Corannas , Gonaquas and the mixed tribe of Gri- quas . The appellation Caffres , though sometimes still applied in a more extensive sense , is generally used in the Cape colony to de- note the ...
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... Bushmen , from their disdaining to become bondsmen , and choosing rather to obtain a precarious subsistence in the fields or forests . From their fastnesses , they were apt to carry on a predatory warfare against the oppressors of their ...
... Bushmen , from their disdaining to become bondsmen , and choosing rather to obtain a precarious subsistence in the fields or forests . From their fastnesses , they were apt to carry on a predatory warfare against the oppressors of their ...
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... Bushmen became the willing herdsmen of the boors , and whenever they were well treated , they are described to have made faithful servants ; but the boors were too often tempted to buy or to kidnap their children , and to turn the ...
... Bushmen became the willing herdsmen of the boors , and whenever they were well treated , they are described to have made faithful servants ; but the boors were too often tempted to buy or to kidnap their children , and to turn the ...
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... Bushmen and Griquas , and superior perhaps , from the effect of circumstances , to the two former in valour and intelli- gence . For a considerable period , under the Dutch government , the Gamtoos river had been considered the limit of ...
... Bushmen and Griquas , and superior perhaps , from the effect of circumstances , to the two former in valour and intelli- gence . For a considerable period , under the Dutch government , the Gamtoos river had been considered the limit of ...
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... Bushmen and Coranna tribes around them . " In these people we find a striking instance of the benefit of missionary restraints ; and they afford a remarkable contrast with the Caffres on the north - eastern frontier , whose un- settled ...
... Bushmen and Coranna tribes around them . " In these people we find a striking instance of the benefit of missionary restraints ; and they afford a remarkable contrast with the Caffres on the north - eastern frontier , whose un- settled ...
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acres American amongst appears ardent spirits attention Augustus d'Este boors brethren British Bushmen Caffreland Caffres cattle character Cherokee nation chiefs Christian circumstances civilization Colonel colonists colony Committee condition council cultivate desire EDWARD MARSH effect emigration endeavoured European evil Extract favour fear feel Francis Bond Head Friends frontier Government Governor Griquas habits hope Hottentots improvement inhabitants instruction intercourse interesting islands justice Kat River kraal labour Lake Huron land laws letter Lord Lord Glenelg Lord John Russell Macomo Meeting for Sufferings Memorialists ment missionaries month moral natives neighbours obtained party peace population possession present promote protection race received religious removal reservation residing RESPECTING THE ABORIGINES savage says settlement settlers ships Sir F. B. Head Society soil South South Wales Stockenstrom subsistence taken territory tion tract treaty tribes uncivilized United Upper Canada whilst Yearly Meeting Zealand Zealand Company
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Page 8 - Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way...
Page 19 - ... go down to the sea in ships and do their business on the great waters...
Page 1 - A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Page 7 - So that a man shall say. Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.
Page 1 - t appointed to consider what Measures ought to be adopted with regard to the NATIVE INHABITANTS of Countries where BRITISH SETTLEMENTS are made, and to the neighbouring Tribes, in order to secure to them the due observance of Justice and the protection of their Rights ; to promote the spread of Civilization among them, and to lead them to the peaceful and voluntary reception of the Christian Religion...
Page 3 - It might be presumed that the native inhabitants of any land have an incontrovertible right to their own soil : a plain and sacred right, however, which seems not to have been understood.
Page 24 - I would submit, therefore, that it is necessary, from the moment the Aborigines of this country are declared British subjects, they should, as far as possible, be taught that the British laws are to supersede their own...
Page 16 - Scriptures, they may learn, that in the beginning he made of one blood all nations of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth ; and, that we all descended of one father and mother.
Page 58 - He who has made Great Britain what she is, will inquire at our hands how we have employed the influence He has lent to us in our dealings with the untutored and defenceless savage...
Page 2 - It is not too much to say, that the intercourse of Europeans in general, without any exception in favour of the subjects of Great Britain, has been, unless when attended by missionary exertions, a source of many calamities to uncivilized nations.