Through a long series of years", this notorious despatch ran, "the. Kaffirs had an ample justification of the war into which they rushed; they had to resent, and endeavoured justly, though impotently, to avenge a series of encroachments... The Wrongs of the Caffre Nation: A Narrative - Page 307de Robert Mackenzie Beverley, John Philip - 1837 - 333 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1848 - 570 pages
...imprudence in the close of the last year (1834). This justification rests on two grounds. First, the Kaffirs had to resent, and endeavoured justly, though impotently,...all the country between the Great Fish River and the Keis Kamma." It was owing to the fabrication of falsehoods and calumnies similar to those above alluded... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - 1851 - 706 pages
...the close of the last year. This justification rests on two distinct grounds : — First, The Kafirs had to resent, and endeavoured justly though impotently...all the country between the Great Fish River and the Keiskamma. " To effect this object we commenced by ascribing to the chieftain Gaika an authority which... | |
| Henry Cloete - 1852 - 64 pages
...: — • " Through a long series of years the Kafirs had an ample justification of the war ; they had to resent, and endeavoured justly, though impotently, to avenge a series of encroachments ; they had a perfect right to hazard the experiment, however hopelessly, of extorting by force that... | |
| George McCall Theal - 1878 - 458 pages
...the colony, through a long series of years, the Kaffirs had ample justification of the late war; they had to resent, and endeavoured justly, though impotently, to avenge a series of encroachments ; they had a perfect right to hazard the experiment, however hopeless, of extorting by force that redress... | |
| 1879 - 980 pages
...the colony, through a long series of years, the Kafirs had ample justification of the late war. They had to resent, and endeavoured justly though impotently to avenge, a series of encroachments ; they had a perfect right to hazard the experiment, however hopeless, of extorting by force that redress... | |
| S.W. Silver & Co - 1880 - 642 pages
...colony, through a long series of years, the Kaffirs had ample justification of the late war ; they had to resent, and endeavoured justly, though impotently, to avenge a series of encroachments ; they had a perfect right to hazard the experiment, however hopeless, of extorting by force that redress... | |
| Henry Cloete - 1899 - 232 pages
...war, viz. : — " Through a long series of years the Kafirs had an ample justification of war ; they had to resent, and endeavoured justly, though impotently, to avenge a series of encroachments ; they had a perfect right to hazard the experiment, however hopelessly, of extorting by force that... | |
| Edwin A. Pratt - 1900 - 424 pages
...Cape Colony:— " Through a long series of years the Kaffirs had an ample justification for war; they had to resent, and endeavoured justly, though impotently, to avenge a series of encroachments; they had a perfect right to hazard the experiment, however hopelessly, of extorting by force that redress... | |
| Augustus Henry Keane - 1900 - 398 pages
...the Colony, through a long series of years, the Kafirs had ample justification of the late war. They had to resent, and endeavoured justly, though impotently, to avenge a series of encroachments ; they had the perfect right to hazard the experiment, however hopeless, of extorting by force that... | |
| Frank Richardson Cana - 1909 - 366 pages
...Caffres had an ample justification for the war into which they rushed with such fatal imprudence . . . the Caffres had to resent, and endeavoured, justly...impotently, to avenge a series of encroachments," and he commanded D'Urban to abandon the territory he had annexed.1 In this decision Glenelg was undoubtedly... | |
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