Compendium of the History and Geography of South AfricaE. Stanford, 1878 - 440 pages |
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... other by clapping hands all round . Bushmen do not exchange this greeting until the news has been told , so that it may be understood from the intelligenc given whether the errand is peaceful and friendly . No THE BUSHMEN . 59.
... other by clapping hands all round . Bushmen do not exchange this greeting until the news has been told , so that it may be understood from the intelligenc given whether the errand is peaceful and friendly . No THE BUSHMEN . 59.
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George McCall Theal. given whether the errand is peaceful and friendly . No one dare give any information in the absence of the chief or father of the clan , and Bushmen and other natives never expect it , knowing their customs ...
George McCall Theal. given whether the errand is peaceful and friendly . No one dare give any information in the absence of the chief or father of the clan , and Bushmen and other natives never expect it , knowing their customs ...
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... peace had been proclaimed with the republic of England , which relieved the garrison from the appre- hension of being attacked by English ships . Though proclamations were repeatedly issued against unauthorized trade with the natives ...
... peace had been proclaimed with the republic of England , which relieved the garrison from the appre- hension of being attacked by English ships . Though proclamations were repeatedly issued against unauthorized trade with the natives ...
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... peace of 1654 had cost the Company a large sum of money , which CROMWELL demanded for damage done to English trade and shipping . The shipmasters , holding commissions from the Protector , would not be trifled with , and the Commander ...
... peace of 1654 had cost the Company a large sum of money , which CROMWELL demanded for damage done to English trade and shipping . The shipmasters , holding commissions from the Protector , would not be trifled with , and the Commander ...
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... peace . They dwelt long upon the burghers taking every day for their own use more of the land , which had been theirs from all ages , and on which their cattle pastured . They did not object to the Dutch occupying the fort , but to ...
... peace . They dwelt long upon the burghers taking every day for their own use more of the land , which had been theirs from all ages , and on which their cattle pastured . They did not object to the Dutch occupying the fort , but to ...
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afterwards Algoa Bay Amatolas appointed arms arrived attacked Basutos British burghers Bushmen Cape Colony Cape Town carried cattle caused chief church clans coast Colonel colonists command commenced Commissioner Company's Council court DINGAN district Dutch East India Company Emigrants enemy England English established European farmers farms Fingoes Fish River fleet followers force formed frontier garrison Gcalekas Governor Graaff Reinet Grahamstown Griquas ground head Holland Hottentots hundred inhabitants Kaffirland Kaffirs Kat River Keiskama King William's Town kraal labour land landdrost living MAQOMA miles military mission missionaries mountain Natal natives NDLAMBE nearly NGQIKA obtained occupied officers Orange River party peace permitted persons possession present principal purchase Rarabe received remained Republic residence SANDILE sent settlement settlers ships slaves soldiers soon South Africa station Stellenbosch Swellendam Table Bay territory thousand took tract trade tribes troops Vaal vessels village waggons Zulu
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Page 164 - And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it...
Page 164 - And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself: and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
Page 160 - The Assistant Commissioners guarantee in the fullest manner, on the part of the British Government, to the emigrant farmers beyond the Vaal River, the right to manage their own affairs and to govern themselves according to their own laws, without any interference on the part of the British Government...
Page 223 - Urged to revenge and desperation by the systematic injustice of which they had been the victims, I am compelled to embrace, however reluctantly, the conclusion that they had a perfect right to hazard the experiment, however hopeless, of extorting by force that redress which they could not expect otherwise to obtain.
Page 118 - But it would be a mere waste of words to dwell on the remarkable distinction to be drawn between burghers whose ancestors nobly fought for and conquered their freedom from tyranny, and from whose fortitude in the cause of liberty the very power of our Republic...
Page 26 - Provided that there shall be a session of every provincial council once at least in every year, so that a period of twelve months shall not intervene between the last sitting of the council in one session and its first sitting in the next session.
Page 53 - ... the comparative universality of their belief in the continued existence of the soul after the death of the body...
Page 164 - When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. And it shall be if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
Page 98 - II. and the accession of the Prince of Orange to the throne of England, the exiles were restored to their country and their patrimony, and Hume was made a peer.
Page 20 - Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the west by the...