Researches in South Africa: Illustrating the Civil, Moral, and Religious Condition of the Native Tribes : Including Journals of the Author's Travels in the Interior, Together with Detailed Accounts of the Progress of the Christian Missions, Exhibiting the Influence of Christianity in Promoting Civilization, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1828 |
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... informed us , with matchless simplicity , that all attempts to tame the Bushmen have hitherto proved ineffectual , and that they cannot be civilized . Plutarch remarks , when a painter has to draw a fine and elegant form , which happens ...
... informed us , with matchless simplicity , that all attempts to tame the Bushmen have hitherto proved ineffectual , and that they cannot be civilized . Plutarch remarks , when a painter has to draw a fine and elegant form , which happens ...
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... informed him of the feelings entertained by the colonists towards his institution ; and desired him to wait the arrival of the governor , Lord Charles Somerset , who would be there in a few days ; intimating , at the same time , that it ...
... informed him of the feelings entertained by the colonists towards his institution ; and desired him to wait the arrival of the governor , Lord Charles Somerset , who would be there in a few days ; intimating , at the same time , that it ...
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... informed me , that another commando was on the point of leaving Hantam , with the hopes of making peace with those unfortunate Bushmen who had escaped the former commando . " The following extract is from a letter of a respect- able ...
... informed me , that another commando was on the point of leaving Hantam , with the hopes of making peace with those unfortunate Bushmen who had escaped the former commando . " The following extract is from a letter of a respect- able ...
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... informed me , that , within the last thirty - two years , he had been upon thirty com- mandoes against the Bushmen , in which great num- bers had been shot , and their children carried into the colony . On one of these expeditions , not ...
... informed me , that , within the last thirty - two years , he had been upon thirty com- mandoes against the Bushmen , in which great num- bers had been shot , and their children carried into the colony . On one of these expeditions , not ...
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... informed me that he observed some people , whom he supposed to be Bushmen , on one of those basaltic- elevations with which this country abounds . They were at a considerable distance from us ; and although 48 UITHAALDER .
... informed me that he observed some people , whom he supposed to be Bushmen , on one of those basaltic- elevations with which this country abounds . They were at a considerable distance from us ; and although 48 UITHAALDER .
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appearance arrival Barker Bechuanas Bergenaars Bethelsdorp boors Bosjesmen Bush Bushman country Bushmen Cafferland Caffers Cape Town Captain cattle character chief Christian circumstances civilization Colonel Cuyler colonial government colonists commandoes Commissioners Corannas cultivate district Dutch employed Excellency extract families farmers favour field-cornet frontier Gaika governor Graaff-Reinet Graham's Town Griqua Town honour hope Hottentots human informed inhabitants J. G. CUYLER journey Kitchingman kraal Kuruman labours land landdrost Lattakoo letter live London Missionary Society Lord Charles Somerset Mahuri Makabba manner Mateebé ment mission missionary institutions missionary stations Moffat murders Namaquas natives occasion oppressed Orange river party peace persons Piet plundering Port Elizabeth possession present received remarks reply request residence respect rix-dollars Rooyen Rufane Donkin savage sent sheep Signed sionary slaves society Somerset South Africa Stuurman taken Theopolis thing tion Toverberg tribes Uitenhage Ulbricht visited waggons
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Page 328 - The Europeans have scarcely visited any coast, but to gratify avarice, and extend corruption; to arrogate dominion without right, and practise cruelty without incentive.
Page 368 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether 2 shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 316 - We are all born savages, whether we are brought into the world in the populous city or in the lonely desert. It is the discipline of education, and the circumstances under which we are placed, which create the difference between the rude barbarian and the polished citizen — the listless savage and the man of commercial enterprise — the man of the woods and the literary recluse.
Page 374 - That all and every Hottentot in the different Districts of this Colony, in the same manner as all Inhabitants, shall have a fixed Place of Abode in some one of the Districts, and that an entry of the same shall be made in the Office of the Fiscal, or the respective Landdrosts, and that they shall not be allowed to change their place of abode from one District to another, without a Certificate from the Fiscal, or Landdrost of the District from which they remove ; which Certificate they shall be bound...
Page 387 - English (Ammanglezi), whom they should drive, before they stopped, across the Zwartkops river and into the ocean "and then," said the prophet, "we will sit down and eat honey!
Page 111 - On this account, when they intend to kill lions, they generally notice where the spring-bucks are grazing at the rising of the sun ; and by observing, at the same time, if they appear frightened and run off, they conclude that they have been attacked by the lion. Marking accurately the spot where the alarm took place, about eleven o'clock in the day, when the sun is powerful, and the enemy they seek is supposed to be fast asleep, they carefully examine the ground, and finding him in a state of unguarded...
Page 373 - Governor and Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's colony of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, and of the territories and dependencies thereof, and vice-admiral of the same, and her Majesty's high commissioner, &c., &c., &c.
Page 387 - Zwartkops river and into the ocean ; " and then/' said the prophet, " we will sit down and eat honey !" Ignorant of our vast resources, Makanna probably conceived that, this once effected, the contest was over for ever with the usurping Christians.
Page 224 - what we were, savages, but men professing to be taught according to the Gospel. Let us then do accordingly. Live peaceably with all men, if possible : and if impossible, consult those who are placed over you, before you engage in any thing.
Page 224 - Remain together as you have done since I knew you. Then, when the Directors think fit to send you a missionary, you may be ready to receive him. Behave to any teacher you may have sent as one sent of God, as I have great hope that God will bless you in this respect when I am gone to heaven. I feel that I love God, and that He has done much for me of which I am totally unworthy.