The Transvaal of To-day: War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South AfricaWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1881 - 323 páginas |
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... inhabitants to remove from the soil transferred in sovereignty to England can be denied . Therefore if any one of those subjects by cession " desired to remove himself , with his belongings , to the Dutch East Indies , there could be no ...
... inhabitants to remove from the soil transferred in sovereignty to England can be denied . Therefore if any one of those subjects by cession " desired to remove himself , with his belongings , to the Dutch East Indies , there could be no ...
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... inhabitants to less than 3000 in number , who dwelt in holes , without cattle or means of subsistence , —an unarmed , feeble , and disorganised fragment of the former resident tribe . This had been done by Chaka , who is well de ...
... inhabitants to less than 3000 in number , who dwelt in holes , without cattle or means of subsistence , —an unarmed , feeble , and disorganised fragment of the former resident tribe . This had been done by Chaka , who is well de ...
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... inhabitants and no government , and to snatch it from the power of such a wretch as Chaka , was an act which should properly arouse the anger of any civilised Government . The Boers were weak , and they say that therefore they were ...
... inhabitants and no government , and to snatch it from the power of such a wretch as Chaka , was an act which should properly arouse the anger of any civilised Government . The Boers were weak , and they say that therefore they were ...
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... inhabitants whose country you have adopted , and whose home you have made your own . " " The Boers , although sadly reduced in numbers both in Natal and in the country west of the Drakensberg , now considering themselves free from ...
... inhabitants whose country you have adopted , and whose home you have made your own . " " The Boers , although sadly reduced in numbers both in Natal and in the country west of the Drakensberg , now considering themselves free from ...
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... inhabitants , a desert . Mr Noble , an historian anything but favourable to the Dutch , says— 66 They found no difficulty in taking possession of the territory , for the greater part of it was lying waste , the haunt of wild game and ...
... inhabitants , a desert . Mr Noble , an historian anything but favourable to the Dutch , says— 66 They found no difficulty in taking possession of the territory , for the greater part of it was lying waste , the haunt of wild game and ...
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amongst annexation appearance armed arrived authority believe body Boers British brought called Cape Captain cattle cause chief circumstances Clarke cloth colonial Commissioner course Crown 8vo danger direction district doubt Dutch Edition enemy England English existence fact farmers farms Fields fight fire followed force fort give Gold Government ground hand History hope horses hour Illustrations inhabitants interest Kafirs known land late less living Lydenberg Majesty's matter means miles mountain Natal native nature necessary never officers once Orange party peace persons position Post present Pretoria reached reason Republic respect result River rule Secocoeni seen sent Shepstone side Sir Theophilus South Africa taken territory tion Transvaal tribes turn vols volunteers whole Zulus
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