this Conscription.-Injustice and Impolicy of the Mea-

sure.-Plan to seize the Griquas during the Beaufort

Fair

CHAPTER V.

Appointment of Mr. Melvill as a political agent at Griqua

Town.-Jealousies and Dissensions.-The Bergenaars.-

Their barbarous conduct towards the Native Tribes.—

Bechuana Refugees.-Description of a Party of them.—

Author's Journal.—Arrival at Philippolis.-Meet with

more Bechuanas.-Arrival at Rama.-Colonial Traders.

-Alexander River.-Interview with the Bergenaars.-

Arrival at Griqua Town.-State of the People.-General

Convocation-Resolutions passed at it

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CHAPTER VI.

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Journey to the Bechuana Country.-Interview with Bushmen.

-Berands the Griqua Chief.-Bushmen's mode of de-

stroying Lions. Arrival at the Kuruman.-Improve-

ments introduced by the Missionaries.—Superstition of

the Bechuanas.-Intelligent Conduct of the Chief Ma-

huri

. 107

CHAPTER VII.

Visit to the deserted Town of Lattakoo.-Its desolate appear-

ance.-Desert of Kalleghanny.-Visit to Mateebe's Camp.

-Interview with the King and his Family.-Great dif-

ference in the appearance of the Chiefs and the Common

People.-Teysho and his Family.-Standard by which the

People estimate presents.-Government.-Public Assem-

blies

CHAPTER VIII.

Character of the Bechuanas.-Thraldom of the Women.-Anec-

dote of Mahuri's Humanity.-Famished state of the Lower

Classes.--Great Extension of the Bechuana or Caffer Lan-

guage.—Importance of the Bechuana Country as a Field

of Missions.--Mr. Moffat's Visit to Makabba, King of the

Wankeets

CHAPTER IX.

Caffer Mission.-Effects of Dr. Vanderkemp's labours.-Re-

newal of the Mission in 1816.-Exploratory Excursion.

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137

-Anxiety of the Caffers to obtain Missionaries.-Un-

friendly sentiments of the Colonists.-Settlement of Mr.

Williams at the Kat River.-Progress of his labours.-

Visit of the Governor, and his conference with Gaika.-

Conduct of Colonel Cuyler

CHAPTER X.

Illness and Death of Mr. Williams.-Distressing situation of his

Widow. Attachment of the People.-The Chief Sicana.

-Specimen of his Poetry.-Settlement of Mr. Brownlee

at the Chumi.-His Account of the State of the People.-

Treatment of the Ghonaquas.-Mr. Brownlee's Visit to

Hinza.-New Institution at the Buffalo River.-Exer-

tions of the Glasgow and Wesleyan Missionaries in Caf-

ferland.-Latest Accounts

CHAPTER XI.

Namaqua Hottentots.-Their former condition.-Difficulty of

enforcing habits of cleanliness.-Mr. Schmelen's labours

at Bethany.-Proposal of Sir Jahleel Brenton.-History

of the robber Africaner.-His plundering excursions—

Conversion by the Missionaries-Visit to Cape Town-

Exemplary conduct after he became a Christian-Death

and Character

CHAPTER XII.

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200

Effects of the Missions in promoting Peace among the Native

Tribes and Security to the Colonial Frontier.-Testimo-

nies in regard to this point by Mr. Melvill, Colonel

Fraser, Dr. Lichtenstein, Mr. Barrow, &c.-Defence of

Theopolis in 1819.-Dangers from which the Colony has

been saved by the Conciliation of the Hottentots.-Ob-

jections against the Stations beyond the Colony, as afford-

ing a refuge to Deserters and Runaways, &c. refuted.-

Abuses of the Colonists in supplying the Banditti with

Ammunition not restrained by Government.-False Alle-

gations of Peterson, the convict, against Africaner's Kraal 226

CHAPTER XIII.

Mr. Buxton's Motion in Parliament, in 1824, calling for Infor-

mation respecting the Condition of the Coloured Popu-

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lation at the Cape.-Unsatisfactory Character of the

Documents produced. Remarks of the Commissioners

of Inquiry.-Examination of the Parliamentary Re-

turn.-Grants of Land to Hottentots.-Lord Charles

Somerset's Statement.-Mr. George Thompson's State-

ment.-Case of the Hottentot Zwarts.-Actual State of

the Aborigines in regard to holding Land

CHAPTER XIV.

Official Return of Commandoes against the Bushmen.-Com-

mandant Nel's Confessions.-Humane pretences of the

Colonial Government.-Letter to Rev. B. Shaw.-Traffic

in Bushmen Children.-Pretexts of the Colonists for con-

tinuing this Traffic.-Comparative Humanity of the Dutch

and English Governments towards the Bushmen.-Real

objects of Commandoes

CHAPTER XV.

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260

Knowledge possessed by the Colonial Government of the

Traffic in Bushmen Children at the period when the

Missions to that people were suppressed.-Letters from

Messrs. Read and Smith on the Suppression of these Mis-

sions. Statement of the Commissioners of Inquiry re-

specting the Bushmen.-Appeal to the British Public in

regard to the cruel treatment of the Bushman Nation. 276

CHAPTER XVI.

Examination of the Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry

respecting the Bechuana Refugees.-Disorders occasioned

by the Bergenaars, fomented by the Frontier Colonists.-

Mr. Melvill's Journey to Cape Town, and Correspondence

on the subject with the Colonial Government.-Conduct

of the Colonial Government on this Occasion.-Remarks

of the Commissioners on the Occupation of the Bushman

Country. Situation of the Bastaard Population on the

Northern Frontier.-Connivance of the Government in

the Encroachments of the Boors.-Means suggested by

the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Coloured

Population

291

CHAPTER XVII.

Further Remarks on the Report of the Commissioners of In-

quiry. Want of sympathy in the Local Magistracy for the

Coloured Races.-Necessity for conferring an equality of

civil privileges on the Aborigines.- Remarks on the

theories of a diversity of origin in races of men of different

colours. Comparison between the Britons in Cæsar's

time, and the Natives of South Africa in ours.-The

natural love of freedom not less strong in the Bushman

than the Briton.-Examples.-Remark of Africaner.-

Character and Condition of the Bechuana Refugees now

in the Colony.-Easy and equitable plan of procuring free

labourers from the native tribes.-The restoration of

their just rights to the Aborigines will elevate all classes

of the inhabitants, and put an end to the disorders on the

Northern frontier

CHAPTER XVIII.

Deficiencies of the Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry

in regard to the Natives.-Their remarks on the effects

of Missions beyond the Colony.-Extracts from the Au-

thor's Journal relative to the destruction of two Bushmen

Kraals. Causes of these Atrocities.-Respect evinced by

the Wild Tribes for the Missionaries.-Examples of their

Influence in subduing the rancorous animosities of the

Natives, and of acquiring their perfect confidence and

affection.-Anecdote of a Caffer Chief placing his two

sons at Theopolis for their education

CHAPTER XIX.

Recapitulation.-Intimate connexion between Civilization and

Christianity. First step towards the Civilization of Sa-

vages.-Intellect awakened by the contemplation and

excitement of great objects.-What have human Philan-

thropy and Science ever done without Religion to en-

lighten and elevate barbarous Nations?-Civilization, in

its worldly sense, only a secondary object in missionary

labours.-Philosophy alone inadequate to reform Man-

kind.-Effects of Christianity on the Characters of Na-

tions.-Influence of Christian Missions.-Conclusion

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I. Stuurman's Kraal

APPENDIX.

II. Colonial Proclamation of 1809

III. Colonial Proclamation of 1812

IV. Letter from Sir John Cradock to the Rev. John Camp-

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378

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ib.

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389

392

V. Missionaries who accepted Appointments under the

Colonial Government

VI. Proposal to abolish the Institution of Pacaltsdorp

VII. Account of the Caffer Chief Makanna, and the attack

on Graham's Town in 1819

VIII. Compensation to the Hottentots of Theopolis

IX. Theopolis Correspondence

X. Diagram of the Lands of Theopolis

XI. Bethelsdorp Correspondence

XII. Case of Cobus Pommer

XIV. Letter from Mr. Roger Edwards, Missionary Artizan

XV. Letter from Dr. Vanderkemp to Governor Janssens

XVI. Letter from the Missionary Conference at Graaff-Reinet

to the Colonial Secretary

XVII. Letter to the Author from the Rev. John Campbell

At p. 335, vol. i., and p. 90, vol. ii., references are made to the Appendix for
two letters which have not been inserted: they have been subsequently withdrawn to
make room for documents of more importance.