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ing on the war—Destruction of the kraals of Kreli, Sigcawu, and others—Overtures for peace made by Kreli—Scouring of the Galeka country—Defeat of the enemy at Lusizi—Retirement of the whole Galeka people under Kreli over the Bashee—Their pursuit to Western Pondoland by Colonel Griffith—Return of the colonial forces to Ibeka and their disbandment—Proposed arrangements for the settlement of the territory recently occupied by the Galekas		52
Chapter IV.
The Ninth Kaffir War (continued).
General fear of a rebellion of the Rarabe clans—Flight of the Ndlambe chief Mackinnon into the Gaika location—Successful mission of Mr. W. B. Chalmers—Return of the Galeka warriors after their families have been placed in safety—Successful encounters with the enemy at Umzintsani—Measures adopted to obtain a field force—Removal of all the troops in Capetown to the eastern frontier—Employment of a naval brigade—Supersession of Colonel Griffith by Colonel Glynn as commander of the forces east of the Kei—Fruitless negotiations for peace—Appeal by Kiva to the Rarabe clans to aid the Galekas—Attitude of the old counsellor Tyala—Rebellion of the great majority of the Rarabes—Enrolment of Pulleine's rangers and Carrington's horse—Murder of Messrs. Tainton and Brown—Raids into Fingoland—Engagement near Kentani Hill—Enlargement of the area of disturbances—Defection of Dukwana—Murder of old Jacobus Vanderkemp—Participation of some Tembu clans in the strife—Arrival of volunteers and burghers on the frontier—Sweeping of the Gaika location by Commandant Frost—And of the Tshetshaba valley by Colonel Lambert—Expedition against Gongubela—Second and successful expedition against that chief—Decisive victory at Kentani on the 7th of February 1878—Abandonment of the contest by Kreli and end of the war with the death of Kiva		74
Chapter V.
Compulsory retirement of the Molteno ministry.
Change of ministry in the Cape Colony—Altered condition of things caused by the rebellion of the Rarabe clans—Wide-