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Page 81 - It is hereby further agreed by Lo Bengula, Chief in and over the Amandebele country with its dependencies as aforesaid, on behalf of himself and people, that he will refrain from entering into any correspondence or treaty with any Foreign State or Power to sell, alienate, or cede, or permit or countenance any sale, alienation, or cession of the whole or any part of the said Amandebele country under his chieftainship, or upon any other subject, without the previous knowledge and sanction of Her Majesty's...
Page 80 - The Chief, Lo Bengula, Ruler of the tribe known as the Amandebele, together with the Mashona and Makalaka, tributaries of the same, hereby agrees to the following articles and conditions : — That peace and amity shall continue for ever between Her Britannic Majesty, her subjects, and the Amandebele people...
Page 80 - Makalaka tributaries of the same, hereby agrees to the following articles and conditions : — " That peace and amity shall continue for ever between Her Britannic Majesty, her subjects, and the Amandebele people; and the contracting Chief...
Page 14 - Grand Old Man ' and Lord Derby were willing to concede everything and on every point (so they said from the outset), only upon this point they could not give in. They would keep the Trade Route to the north open.
Page 50 - Most of the working parties, being unprovided with funds •sufficient for the long and laborious processes of mining till they reached the gold, and then requiring to provide machinery to crush it, had sold out or abandoned their claims, and yielded to the more brilliant attractions of the diamond fields; and in the beginning of -August, 1871, only Messrs.
Page 50 - The former obtained leave to proceed to the northern gold fields — the latter returned to Natal, and had a stamping machine constructed there by Mr. Gavin, of Durban. About this time quite a little village had arisen on the north bank of the Tati River, and nine companies were at work digging for gold.