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—Efforts of Sir John Cradock and Lord Charles Somerset to settle a farming population in the Zuurveld.—Arrangements with Gaika made by Lord Charles Somerset in 1817.—Formation of new lines of military posts.—Expedition under Lieutenant Vereker.—Reduction of the military force in the colony.—Continuation of the feud between Gaika and Ndlambe.—Particulars concerning the chief Dushane and the leader Makana.—Description of Gaika's residence.—Particulars concerning the counsellor Ntsikana.—Battle of Amalinde.—Crushing defeat of Gaika.—Expedition under Lieutenant-Colonel Brereton.—Invasion of the colony by the Amandlambe.—Attack on Grahamstown by Makana.—Repulse of the assailants with heavy loss.—Invasion of Kaffirland by British and colonial forces.—Destruction of Ndlambe's power.—Surrender and subsequent fate of Makana.—Conference between Lord Charles Somerset and the Rarabe chiefs.—Substitution of the Tyumie and the Keiskama for the Fish river as the Kaffir border.—Construction of Fort Willshire.—Prohibition of all residents except soldiers in the territory between the old and the new border. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Major-General Sir Rufane Shawe Donkin, acting governor 12th January 1820 to 30th November 1821.
European inhabitants of the Cape Colony before 1820.—Introduction of Scotch artisans by Mr. Benjamin Moodie, of destitute English boys by Mr. James Gosling, and of Scotch labourers by Mr. Peter Tait.—Disbandment of soldiers in Capetown.—Condition of the working classes in Great Britain after the close of the Napoleonic wars.—Scheme of emigration to the Cape Colony.—Conditions offered to emigrants.—Selection of heads of parties.—Composition of the parties.—Arrival of the immigrants in the colony.—Location of the various parties.—Occupation of ground at Clanwilliam by the Irish parties.—Conduct of Mr. William Parker.—Abandonment of Clanwilliam by most of the settlers.—Location of four parties in the valley of the river Zonderend.—Abandonment of this place by the settlers.—Location of the great body of the immigrants in Albany.—Causes of their dissatisfaction.—Foundation of the village of Bathurst.—Naming of Port Elizabeth.—Loss by fire of the Abeona and most of the emigrants on board her.—Arrival of other immigrants than those sent out by the imperial government.—Appointment of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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