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JAMES BRYCE PREFATORY CHAPTER NOTE MAPS AT END OF VOLUME AREA AND POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COLONIES, REPUBLICS AND TERRITORIES IN SOUTH AFRICA DATES OF SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA INTRODUCTION

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APPENDIX CONVENTION OF 1884 INDEX

A

Aberdeen, Lord, 131

Africander, 162

Africander Bond, the, 401

Agriculture, 433-435

Animals, Wild, and their fate, 17-23

Arabs, 99, 288

Antelopes, 18

Antiquities, 71, 74-82, 101 n, 229, 234-237, 247

B

Baboons, 23

Bantu Tribes, 45, 66-68

Basutoland, 7, 25, 52, 319-342

Basutos, 128, 130, 143, 319-342

Beaconsfield, Lord, 156

Beaufort West, 16, 195

Bechuanaland, 14, 25, 29, 36, 40-42, 145, 165, 242

Beira, 45, 182, 266

Berea, 283

Blacks and Whites, 345-369

Bloemfontein, 47, 129, 132

Boers, 18, 39, 47, 57, 107 and n, 115 et seq., 134 et seq., 155, 159, 453-457, 461-463, 469-474

Brand (President) Sir John, 133

British Government, 131, 132, 136 et seq.

British South Africa Company, 15, 22, 41, 170, 173, 219, 280, 422-431

British South Africa Company's territories, 15, 41, 268-380

Buffalo River, 159

Bulawayo, 15, 118, 181, 216-219

Burgers (President), 153, 154

Bushmen, 44, 61, 63-65, 107

C

Caledon River, 144

Cape Colony, 36, 51, 52, 110, 138, 139 et seq., 468 et seq.

physical changes in, and material progress of, 134-142

wild beasts in, 18, 21

Cape of Good Hope, 46, 99

Cape Town, 51, 112, 138, 179 et seq.

appearance from the sea, 190-192

Carnarvon, Lord, 148, 157

Cathcart, Sir George, 333-335

Cattle murrain, 142, 223, 273

Cattle, sheep and goats, 436

Cetewayo, 149, 158

Chimoyo, 257-260

Chipadzi, 247

Churches, 388

Climate, 7-9, 11-16, 45, 200, 233

Coaches, 184

Coal, 273

Coalfields in Natal, 287, 442

Colley, General Sir George, 159, 160, 292-294

Colonial policy of England, 458 et seq.

Colour question, the, 287 et seq., 348 et seq.

Commerce, 467

Confederation of South Africa, 473

Constitution of Cape Colony, 135 et seq., 392-394

Natal, 285, 392

Orange Free State, 315-318

the Transvaal, 358-360, 409 et seq.

Conventions—

Sand River, 1852, 130

Bloemfontein, 1854, 132

London, 1881, 160, 166, 479

London, 1884, 166, 488

Cricket, popularity of at the Cape, 384

Crown Colonies, 379-391

Customs Union, 285, 472

D

Damaraland, 5, 36, 52, 170

Delagoa Bay, 21, 86, 99, 117, 141, 146, 147, 173, 179 et seq., 281, 282, 467

Dhlodhlo, 71, 74-82, 101 n, 229

Diamond mines, 135, 144, 196-200, 438

Diaz, Bartholomew, 46, 99

Dingaan, 118 et seq., 159

"Divide," or watershed, 5

Durban, 16, 54, 119, 282-284

Dutch, 38, 101 et seq., 114, 135 et seq., 150, 379 et seq.

Dutch language, 382-384

Dutch Reformed Church, 388

E

Economic future of the country, 432-451

Education, 387

Elandsfontein, 296

Elephants, 17 et seq.

Europeans in South Africa till 1854, 95, 98-133, 134-176

F

Fever, 13-15, 279

Flora of South Africa, 24 et seq.

Fontesvilla, 260, 261

Forests, 26, 29

Fort Victoria, 15, 235-237

Salisbury, 15, 183, 239-243, 245

Frere, Sir Bartle, 148-150, 158, 161 n

Froude, Mr. T. A., 148

G

Gama, Vasco da, 46, 96

German East Africa, 22, 224

German South-West Africa, 27, 36, 43 et seq.

Giraffes, 20

Gold Mines, 173, 213, 253, 254, 270-273 and n, 296-304, 438-442, 466

Graham's Town, 21, 26

Grass-fires, 230

Grey, Sir George, 148

Griqualand, East, 52

Griqualand, West, 144, 145

Griquas, 66, 144

Grondwet, the, or "Fundamental Law" of the Transvaal, 357, 409

Gwelo, 232-234

H

Harbours, Saldanha Bay, 7

Health, 11-16, 33-43, 269

Heat, 7-10

Hippopotamuses, 20

Honey Bird, 256 n

Horse-sickness, 249-252

Hottentots, 45, 61 et seq., 110, 113, 140

Huguenot, Immigrants, 104, 105

I

Immigration, 135, 287

Indians, 284, 288, 350

Ingogo, 159

Inyanga, 254, 273

Iron, 442

Irrigation, 434, 435

Isandhlwana, 150

J

Jameson, Dr., 202, 220, 223

Johannesburg, 15, 174-176, 298-308, 405-431

Journalism, 386

Joubert, General, 159

K

Kafirs, 38, 56, 66-69, 83-97, 108, 113, 120-122, 135, 137, 151, 155, 209-212, 221-225, 230, 246, 287, 303, 348 et seq., 361 et seq., 444-458, 464

Kafir Wars, 26, 140 et seq.

Kalahari Desert, 20 et seq., 42, 51.

Karroo, the Great, 7, 16, 25, 34 et seq., 48, 55, 106, 195, 433-436

Khama, 68, 124, 165, 207-212

Kruger (President), S. J. P., 117, 155, 164, 166, 167, 309, 420 et seq.

Kei River, 141

Klip River, 159

Kimberley, 16, 129, 144, 181, 196-201

King William's Town, 26

Krugersdorp, 159

L

Labour, 443 et seq.

Laing's Nek, 159, 160, 291

Lake Ngami, 6

Leopards, 17 et seq.

Lerothodi, 322 et seq.

Limpopo River, 9, 14, 20, 39

Limpopo Valley, 42

Lions, 18 et seq., 213

Literature, 385, 386

Livingstone, David, 47, 146, 153

Lo Bengula, 20, 165, 170, 172, 173, 209, 216

Lo Bengula's sister, 217 n

Loch, Sir H., 414

Locusts, 23, 229, 245, 252, 260

Lourenço Marques, 146, 147 n, 281

Lüderitz, Herr, 99, 168

Lynxes, 22

M

Maceo, the Cuban leader, 102 n

Machacha, 325, 327, 329

Mafeking, 28, 202, 203

Majuba Hill, 159 and n, 160, 161-164, 292-294

effects of the victory on public opinion at home and abroad, 161-164

Makalanga, or Makalaka, 83, 216, 219 and n, 237, 238

Malarial fever, 13

precautions against, 14

Mangwe Pass, 213-215

Manicaland, 28 et seq., 52

Maritzburg, 284, 290

Mashonaland, 25, 42, 52, 70, 170, 220, 242

resources and future of, 268-280

Mashonas, 53, 172, 173

Matabili, 53, 91, 94, 96, 118, 119, 172, 173, 216, 217, 222, 226, 235 et seq.

Matabililand, 12, 15, 28, 53, 56, 220, 222-224, 242

resources and future of, 268-280

Matoppo Hills, 214, 227

Minerals, 437 et seq.

Missionaries, 113, 128, 129, 131, 136, 137, 340

Missions, 370-378

Modder River, 144

Molteno, Mr., 147 n

Mombasa, 99

Montsioa, 203

Moshesh, 68, 123-125, 129, 143

Mossel Bay, 179

Mosilikatze, 118

Mtali, 226, 251-254

Mulattoes, 101

Mzila, 255

N

Namaqualand, 27, 36, 169

Natal, 14, 25, 35 et seq., 52, 119-123, 134 et seq., 144, 149, 179, 286, 287, 467, 469

National Union formed by the Uitlanders, 413

Nature, influence of, on South African history, 44 et seq.

Newcastle, Duke of, 131

Nixon, Mr. John, 155 n

Nyassaland, 268

O

Orange Free State, 26, 38, 52, 133, 134 et seq., 143, 144, 145, 148, 162, 311-318, 469, 471, 472

Orange River Sovereignty, 129, 131, 132, 144

Orange River, 9, 34 et seq., 119, 123, 140, 145

Ostriches, 21, 27, 135, 436

Oudzi River and Waterfall, 250, 251

Ox-Waggon, 182-186, 203-208, 226, 231

P

Palapshwye, 207, 210, 211

Panda, 149, 165

Philip, Dr., 128, 129

Phillips, Lionel, 417 n

Physical features, 2-10, 33-35, 433

Pietermaritzburg, 36, 284, 290

Pitsani, 204, 220, 223

Pitso, Basuto National Assembly, 88 and n, 338

Plateau, great interior, 5-7, 15, 27, 48, 101

Politics, Natal, 286, 287

Politics in the two British Colonies, 392-404

Population, mixed state of the, 395

Portuguese, 20, 36, 99 et seq., 171, 256-258

Portuguese Territory, 20, 37 et seq., 171, 243, 255-258

Pretoria, 47, 160, 398-340

Pretorius, Andries, 129, 130

Pretorius, M. W., 152, 158

Pungwe river, 261-266

Q

Quagga, 18

Quathlamba Mountain Range, 5, 10, 15, 25, 35, 37, 39, 52, 116

R

Race Problem, the, 345-369, 453 et seq., 469-473

Race question, the, 345-369, 399

Railways, 180 et seq., 258-262

Ranching, 440

Religious bodies, 354, 372-375, 388

census of, 389

Riebeck, Jan van, 103

Rising (Raid) at Johannesburg, 174-176

Rhinoceros, 20 et seq.

Rivers—

Orange, 9, 34 et seq., 45, 123, 140

Limpopo, 9, 14, 20, 39, 100, 118, 119, 123, 209

Notwani, 14, 209

Congo, 14

Zambesi, 19, 37, 41, 52, 102, 156

Tugela, 47, 159

Great Fish, 99, 108, 113

Keiskama, 113

Kei, 141

Klip, 159

Pungwe, 261-266

Rhodes, Cecil, 170, 175-196, 197, 236, 418

Rhodesia, 278

Government and administration of settled by Order in Council, 278

S

St. John's River, 144

St. Lucia Bay, 165

St. Paul de Loanda, 47

Sand River Convention, 130, 131, 152

Sanatoria, Ceres, 15

Beaufort West, 16

Kimberley, 16, 129, 144, 196-201

Scenery, aspects of, 50-57

Schools, 387, 466 n

Selous, Mr. F. C., 222 and n

Shangani River, 226

Sikukuni, 154

Simon's Bay, 192

Slavery, 113, 130

Smith, Sir Harry, 129

Snakes, 21

Society, upper, curious condition of, 390

Sofala, 45, 99, 102

South African Republic. See Transvaal

Spring-bok, 18

Steamer communication, 179, 180

Stellenbosch, 31, 33, 193

Stores, 245

Sun-stroke, relation to climate, 13

Swazis, 167

T

Temperature, variations of, 12

Thaba Bosiyo, 328 et seq.

Tonga-land, 35, 37, 168

Transvaal, 14, 28, 39, 49, 132, 133, 134 et seq., 159, 173 et seq., 405 et seq.

Transvaal Boers, their history and characteristics, 405-431

Travelling and communications, 179-187

Treeless South Africa, 26, 27

Trees—

Australian, 30

Oak, 31

Planting, 30-32

Trek, the great, 115 et seq., 151

Tsetse-fly, 225, 259, 273

Tshka, 68, 84, 118 et seq., 149, 255, 332

U

Uitlanders, their grievances, 175, 408-431

National Union formed by, 413, 422, 469-472

V

Vaal River, 140, 144, 151, 201

Vandals, 108

Vegetation, 24-32

Victoria Falls, 6

Voyage out, 188-190

W

Wages, 444

Walfish Bay, 37, 169

Warren, Sir Charles, 165

Waterboer, Andries and Nicholas, 144, 145

White ants, 23, 206, 231, 252

White population, 449, 450

Wissmann, Dr. von, 22

Witwatersrand, 39, 49, 156, 296-305, 441

Z

Zambesi, 19, 37, 41, 52, 268-270, 273

Zambesi Valley, 101

Zebra, 18

Zimbabwye, 75 et seq., 234-237

Zoutpansberg, 151, 152

Zululand, 13, 35, 36, 150

Zulus, 84-89, 115, 118, 120, 142, 149, 154

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FOOTNOTES:

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · See further as to this primary assembly the remarks on the Basuto Pitso in Chapter XX.Note 2 · I have heard from Lord Wolseley that in his expedition against Sikukuni, a Kafir chief in the north-east of the Transvaal, he was told by a Note 3 · Maceo, the well-known leader of the Cuban insurgents who was killed in 1896, was a half-breed, in whose band there were plenty of pure white Note 4 · The word Boer means farmer or peasant (German Bauer).Note 1 · It has been stated (see Mr. Molteno's Federal South Africa, p. 87) that Portugal was then prepared to sell her rights for a small sum—accord Note 2 · In 1891 the southern boundary of Portuguese territory was fixed by a treaty with Great Britain at a point on the coast named Kosi Bay, about Note 4 · Some extracts from the narrative, vindicating his conduct, which he had prepared and which was published after his death (in 1882), may be f Note 7 · A description of Majuba Hill will be found in Chapter XVIII.Note 9 · Sir B. Frere reported after meeting the leaders of the discontented Boers in April, 1879, that the agitation, though more serious than he su Note 1 · A singular story was told me regarding the death of Lo Bengula's sister. She had enjoyed great influence with him, but when he took to wife Note 2 · The original inhabitants of the country, belonging to the tribes which we, following the Portuguese, call Makalanga or Makalaka, are called Note 4 · See his book, published in the end of 1896, entitled Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia. I do not gather from it how far, in his opinion, what w Note 5 · It is in these woods that the honey bird is found, whereof the tale is told that it hunts about for the nests of wild bees in the hollows of Note 1 · The above was written in 1897. The subsequent extension of the railway from Mafeking to Bulawayo stimulated production, and in July, 1899, t Note 3 · Five colleges receive Government grants.Note 5 · Copies of the letters written by Mr. Lionel Phillips were seized after the rising and published by the Boer Government.