Everard Tunstall, Volume 2; Volume 4241851 |
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adventurer affairs Africander Amakosa Amapakati appeared arms Arneveld assegais attack band bank Bashee Bastaard Böers border chiefs brother Buffalo River Caffre cattle cavern Chumie Clu Clu Clu's colonists colony coloured dark defence door Dutch dwelling English government exclaimed favour feeling fell fire Fish River followed forest formed Fort Beaufort frontier further Gaika's kraal garrison girl Grahamstown herd hills Hintza horse Hottentot huts Johanna journey Kaffirland kaross Keiskamma Keiskamma rivers kloof learnt light Macomo meeting at Gaika's ment missionary mountains musket native neighbours Nonubé observation ornamented party Petiersen present principal chiefs proceeded race reached replied the Kaffir rest ridge roer Rosendal round rushed Sandili savage scene seemed settlers side skins spirit stall station stream Suta thicket thought tion track traveller tribes Tunstall Uhlanga Umtata valley Van Arneveld warriors wild Winterberg wood young Englishman young Kaffir
Popular passages
Page 57 - ... MAKANNA'S GATHERING. WAKE ! Amakosa, wake ! And aim yourselves for war. As coming winds the forest shake, I hear a sound from far : It is not thunder in the sky, Nor lion's roar upon the hill, But the voice of HIM who sits on high, And bids me speak his will ! He bids me call you forth, Bold sons of Kahabee, To sweep the White Men from the earth, And drive them to the sea...
Page 57 - MAKANNA'S GATHERING. WAKE ! Amakosa, 1 wake ! And arm yourselves for war, As coming winds the forest shake, I hear a sound from far : It is not thunder in the sky, Nor lion's roar upon the hill, But the voice of Him who sits on high, And bids me speak His will ! He bids me call you forth, Bold sons of Kahabee, To sweep the white men from the earth, And drive them to the sea...
Page 187 - I cannae chuse, but ever will Be luving to thy father stil : Whair-eir he gae, whair-eir he ryde, My luve with him maun stil abyde : In weil or wae, whair-eir he gae, Mine hart can neir depart him frae.
Page 142 - Uthlanga, the Great Spirit, to avenge their wrongs; that he had power to call up from the grave the spirits of their ancestors to assist them in battle against the English, whom they should drive, before they stopped, across the Zwartkops river and into the ocean; 'and then,' said the prophet, 'we will sit down and eat honey!
Page 64 - Afar in the desert I love to ride, With the silent Bush-boy alone by my side. Away — away from the dwellings of men, By the wild deer's haunt...
Page 58 - Remember - and revenge! Fling your broad shields away — Bootless against such foes; But hand to hand we'll fight today, And with their bayonets close. Grasp each man short his stabbing spear And, when to battle's edge we come, Rush on their ranks in full career, And to their hearts strike home!
Page 58 - Your herds, your wives, your comrades lostRemember — and revenge! Fling your broad shields away — Bootless against such foes; But hand to hand we'll fight to-day And with their bayonets close. Grasp each man short...
Page 123 - ... a Kaffir's mind. Their other superstitions are less hurtful, and some of them almost approach religion. A Kaffir selects as his guardian the spirit of some former chief or friend ; invokes him on all occasions of difficulty ; thanks him on all escapes from danger; sacrifices to him part of the ox he kills, part of the game that he takes ; and in harvest-time, scatters a portion of the grain as an offering. In crossing a ford, or a drift, as it is called, he calls upon him. And I know of few places...
Page 207 - There was just light enough to see their outline at the edge of the ridge against the sky. A volley from the post brought down two of the party. It was instantly followed by a dropping fire from the garrison of the house, while the whole body of savages, scrambling up the bank, successively exposed themselves as they disappeared behind the ridge. Discomfited in two attempts the Kaffirs now held council ; they had received unexpected checks and had been severely handled, but they were not disheartened...
Page 207 - ... were not disheartened; they had been able to ascertain that the prize was worth fighting for. That they must get rid of the defenders first and then the prey would be theirs. . And now the whole body of the Kaffirs advanced openly, with loud cries and imprecations, to the assault of Van Arnveld's post, pouring a flight of assegais, and firing such muskets as they possessed at every point in the building which seemed to offer a chance of being penetrated. The Africander had expected the movement...