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What people are saying - Write a reviewWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places. Common terms and phrasesaboriginal acres adopted Africa Amazulu amongst amount appointed authority aware become believe Boers Boshof British Government Bushmen Cape Colony Captain Struben cattle chief circumstances civilization claims Cloete colonists Commission Commissioners consider customs Dingan Diplomatic Agent District of Natal Drakensberg Dutch emigrants European evidence evil extent Faku farmers farms feel force frontier Kafirs habits huts Inanda location Klip River Division kraals labor land Lieutenant Governor living magistrate Majesty's Majesty's Government means measure ment missionaries Moreland native population native tribes necessary object obtain occupied opinion Pakadi Panda peace persons Pietermaritzburg polygamy Port Natal portion possession proposed protection question recommend refugees regard remove residing respect Scheepers Secretary secure settled Shepstone South Africa territory Theophilus Shepstone tion tribes Tugela Tyaka Umcomas Umgeni Umkomazi Umlazi Umtata Umvoti Umzimkulu Umzinyati Umzumbe Volksraad white inhabitants white population whole wives Zulu country Popular passagesPage 11 - Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation ? The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. Page 53 - That no aggression shall be sanctioned upon the natives residing beyond the limits of the colony, under any plea whatever, by any private person, or any body of men, unless acting under the immediate authority and orders of the government. Page 76 - District, except so far as the " same may be repugnant to the general principles of " humanity recognized throughout the whole civilized " world, and that We have not interfered with, or abrogated " the powers which the laws, customs, and usages of the... Page 47 - Majesty's and the Colonial Government will spare no pains to secure protection and justice to the native tribes around Natal ; and that they are not to be restricted in locating themselves to any particular spot or district, nor are they to be excluded from occupying any land whatever which remains at the disposal of the Crown. The Government will neither disturb them, nor allow them to be disturbed in their occupation or selections. Page 62 - Although dancing and other amusements be continued, the bridegroom and bride may from that moment be regarded as man and wife (so long as the relations of the bride remain at the bridegroom's kraal the bride remains with her relatives), but she is not designated a wife until she has borne a child, or has a house under her charge... Page 2 - We have not interfered with, or abrogated the power which the Laws, Customs, and Usages of the Inhabitants vested in the said Chiefs, or in any other persons in authority among them, but that in all transactions between themselves, and in all Crimes committed by any of them, against the Persons or Property of any of them, the said Natives are (subject to the Conditions already stated) to administer justice towards each other as they had been used to do in former times. Provided... Page 91 - We have not interfered with, or abrogated, any Law, Custom, or Usage prevailing among the Inhabitants previously to the assertion of Sovereignty over the said District, except so far as the same may be repugnant to the general principles of humanity recognized throughout the whole civilized world, and that... Page 61 - ... highly elated, or assume too much importance in her new position. On the other hand, the old women who accompany her boast of her beauty and chastity, extolling her goodness of heart, and proclaiming how carefully she has been reared by her parents. The dance having continued for some time, the bride leaves her position and dances by herself in front of her companions. She then proceeds, accompanied by two of her bridesmaids, towards the bridegroom who is surrounded by his nearest relatives,... Page 92 - Agent, acting under the authority and instructions of the Lieutenant-Governor, whom the several native chiefs and tribes have hitherto regarded as their Supreme Chief, and to whom they have voluntarily yielded the same respect and obedience which they have been accustomed to yield to Supreme Chiefs of their own race ; and it is expedient, in pursuance of the power reserved by Her Majesty, to amend the native laws, and provide for the better administration of justice among them, that this salutary... Bibliographic information
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