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by the whole of the tribes between the Caledon and the Vaal.—Career of the Mantati horde.—Defeat of the horde in June 1823 by the Griquas.—Subsequent career of the sections into which it broke up.—Devastation of the territory now termed Basutoland.—Fate of the Bushmen in the Maluti mountains.—Depopulation of the territory between the Tugela and the Umzimvubu.—Valour of the chieftainess Gubela.—Account of the Tembu tribe.—Defeat of the horde under Madikane by the Tembus and Xosas.—Origin of the people now termed Fingos.—Career of the Amakwabi.—Invasion of Tembuland by the Amangwane.—Flight of a section of the Tembus into the Cape Colony.—Invasion of Pondoland and Tembuland by a Zulu army.—Defeat of the Amangwane by a British force.—Flight of Moselekatse from Zululand.—Destructive career of the Matabele.—Estimate of the loss of life in these wars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Formation of new Bantu communities with which the Cape colonists had afterwards to deal.
Probable early history of the Bantu.—General character of the Bantu.—Mode of formation of the tribes.—Genealogy and early days of Moshesh.—Occupation of Thaba Bosigo by Moshesh.—Growth of his power.—Settlement of the Batlokua under Sikonyela on the upper Caledon.—Account of the Baputi.—Their submission to Moshesh.—Unsuccessful siege of Thaba Bosigo by a Matabele army.—Ravages by Griqua and Korana marauders.—Belief of the Basuto concerning missionaries.—Arrival in South Africa of missionaries of the Paris evangelical society.—Foundation of the station Motito.—Arrival of French missionaries in the Lesuto.—Foundation of the station Morija.—Condition of the country at that time.—Foundation of the station Bethulie.—Growth of the Basuto tribe.—Account of the Barolong tribe.—Foundation by the London society of the mission station Kuruman.—Residence of the reverend Robert Moffat at Kuruman.—Dispersion of the Barolong.—Guidance by Wesleyan missionaries of a Barolong clan to Thaba Ntshu.—Account of the Bangwaketse tribe.—First visit of Mr. A. G. Bain to Betshuanaland.—Arrival of the Matabele under Moselekatse.—Destruction of the Betshuana.—Settlement of Moselekatse at Mosega.—Visit of Messrs. Bain and Sauer to Betshuanaland.—Guidance of various clans by Wesleyan missionaries to the banks of the Caledon.—Transactions of the Wesleyan missionaries with Moshesh and Sikonyela.—Description of the mission settlements.—First visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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