Compendium of South African History and Geography, Volume 1Printed at the Institution Press, 1877 - 304 pages |
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afterwards Algoa Bay Amatolas appointed arrived Batavian British burghers Bushmen called Cape Colony Cape Town carried cattle caused Chamber of Seventeen chief Chumie clans coast Colonel colonists command commenced Commissioner Company's Council court district Dutch East India Company eastern eastward enemy English European farmers farms Fingoes Fish River fleet force formed Fort Beaufort frontier garrison Gcalekas Governor Graaff Reinet Grahamstown Holland Hottentots hundred inhabitants Kaffirland Kaffirs Kat River Keiskama King William's Town kraal labour land landdrost living MAQOMA miles military mission missionaries mountain Namaqualand natives NDLAMBE nearly NGQIKA obtained occupied officers Orange River party peace permitted persons Port possession present principal Province purpose race Rarabe residence RIEBECK Saldanha Saldanha Bay SANDILE sent settlement settlers sheep ships slaves soldiers SOMERSET soon South Africa station Stellenbosch supply Swellendam Table Bay thousand took trade tribes troops vessels village
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Page 221 - 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 - 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 such as are named burghers here, who have been permitted, as matter of grace, to have a residence in a land of which possession has been taken by the Sovereign Power, there to gain a livelihood as tillers of the earth, tailors, and shoemakers.
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 124 - Many women bestowed a great deal of attention upon their fire-circles, often enclosing them with three bands, a large one in the centre and a smaller one on each side of it, differently coloured, and resembling a coil of large rope lying between concentric coils of less thickness. Against the wall of the hut were ranged various utensils in common use, the space around the fire-circle being reserved for sleeping on.
Page 61 - Mantis) , - in Bushman astrological mythology the Moon is looked upon as a man who incurs the wrath of the Sun, and is consequently pierced by the knife (ie, rays) of the latter. This process is repeated until almost the whole of the Moon is cut away, and only one little piece left; which the Moon piteously implores the Sun to spare for his (the Moon's) children.
Page 53 - ... the comparative universality of their belief in the continued existence of the soul after the death of the body...
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 161 - ... little, issued orders to slaves or Hottentot females concerning the work of the household. If the weather was chilly or damp, she rested her feet on a little box filled with live coals, while beside her stood a coffee kettle never empty. The head of the family usually inspected his flocks morning and evening, and passed the remainder of the day, like his helpmate, in the enjoyment of ease. When repose itself became wearisome, he mounted his horse, and, with an attendant to carry his gun, set...
Page 194 - Authority to examine into all the Laws Regulations and Usages of the Settlements in the said Territory and its Dependencies, and into every other Matter or Thing in any way connected with the Administration of the Civil Government, the Superintendence and Reform of the Convicts, the State of the Judicial, Civil and Ecclesiastical Establishments, Revenues, Trade and internal Resources thereof...
Page 118 - ... petition. The dangerous consequences which would result to the State in general, and in particular to the Honourable Company, from the concession -of free commerce to a colony situated midway between Europe and the Indies, are manifest. It would soon be no longer a subordinate colony, but -an independent state.