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g. of Richard Bamberger
Rec. March 20, 1942
LONDON:
Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES, Stamford-street.
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CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I.
Origin of the Bushmen.-Exaggerated reports of their phy-
sical and moral deformities.-Evidence of their natural
good qualities. Colonel Collins's report suggesting
means for their improvement.-Commencement of mis-
sionary stations at Toverberg and Hephzibah
CHAPTER II.
Abolition of the Bushman missions by the Colonial Govern-
ment.-Testimonies of their beneficial effects.-Appear-
ance of Toverberg, when visited by the author.-Motives
of the colonists in conspiring against these missions.-A
Commando, to extirpate the Bushmen, recommended by
the Commission of Circuit, in 1816.—Continuance of this
bloody system
CHAPTER III.
Exclamation of a Bushman on going to be executed.-De-
scription of the State of the Bushmen in 1823.-Mr.
George Thompson's Account of the Commando system.
-Feelings of the Colonists on this point.-Comparative
Humanity of the Dutch and English Governments.—
Present Condition of the Bushmen.-Interview with
Uithaalder, the Bushman Chief
CHAPTER IV.
Mission to the Griquas.-Origin of this Tribe.-Their former
savage State.-Effects of the Missionaries' Labours
among them.Their Settlement at Klaarwater, now Gri-
qua Town.-Ordered by the Colonial Government to fur-
nish Recruits for the Cape Corps.-Refuse to accede to
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this Conscription.-Injustice and Impolicy of the Mea-
sure. Plan to seize the Griquas during the Beaufort
Fair
CHAPTER V.
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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.
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
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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-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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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-
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
ånd English Governments towards the Bushmen.-Real
objects of Commandoes
CHAPTER XV.
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
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
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