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... chief Dingaan , for Port Natal and the country round it , which they earnestly required as a means of communication with the outside world . It was held by a small company of British traders , under Alexander Biggar , to whose queen ...
... chief Dingaan , for Port Natal and the country round it , which they earnestly required as a means of communication with the outside world . It was held by a small company of British traders , under Alexander Biggar , to whose queen ...
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... chief , Mapela , in return for which the chief had the use of the milk . One day Mapela had sent for him , saying there were an exceptionally large number of elephants in his country . Hermanus Potgieter , a splendid shot and a great ...
... chief , Mapela , in return for which the chief had the use of the milk . One day Mapela had sent for him , saying there were an exceptionally large number of elephants in his country . Hermanus Potgieter , a splendid shot and a great ...
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... chief by a respect which he could not but feel for a man who was serving his nation in the same way as he himself was serving his , and when Commandant Fick and General Schoeman returned , satisfied , to Bloemfontein , Paul , at ...
... chief by a respect which he could not but feel for a man who was serving his nation in the same way as he himself was serving his , and when Commandant Fick and General Schoeman returned , satisfied , to Bloemfontein , Paul , at ...
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affairs Andries Pretorius annexation army arrived asked attack Barnato Basutos Bechuanaland Boers British Government burghers Cape Colony Carnarvon Casper Kruger cattle Cetshwayo Chamberlain chief church Commandant Commandant-General Delagoa Bay deputation Dingaan district Dopper Dutch elected elephant England Europe faith farm farmers favour fear fight fire force Free gold hand Hendrik Potgieter herds horses hundred independence Jameson Johannesburg Kimberley knew kraal laager land leader lion London Convention looked Lord Lydenburg Mapela Marthinus Wessel Pretorius Matabele Moshesh mountain Mzilikazi Natal native never Oom Paul party Paul Kruger peace Piet Joubert position Potchefstroom President Brand President Pretorius Pretoria refused returned Rhodes rifle rode round Rustenburg Schoeman Sekukuni sent settled Shepstone shot South Africa South African Republic Soutpansberg Steyn stoep stood territory Theophilus Shepstone tion took town Transvaal treaty trek troops Uitlanders Vaal River veld Volksraad Voortrekkers wagons young Zulus