. Die Geschichte der Schlachten und Abenteuer der Briten, der Buren, und der Zulus, etc. Im südlichen Afrika, von der Zeit des Pharao Necho, bis 1888 . ANCE, die dazu führte. Fort Beaufort und die Stadt mit diesem Namen wurden an den Grenzen von Kaffirland. Zwei Kaffern, Männer von einiger Bedeutung unter den Stämmen, stahlen eine Axevon einem Ladenbesitzer in der Stadt Beaufort; sie wereaught in der Tat und sicherte. Kriminelle am Kap werden am Circuit Courtsungefähr alle sechs Monate versucht; aber die Circuit Richter gehen nicht zu allen kleinen Städten und den Gefangenen von FortBeaufort ha

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. The history of the battles and adventures of the British, the Boers, and the Zulus, etc. in Southern Africa, from the time of Pharaoh Necho, to 1888 . ance that gave rise to it. Fort Beaufort and the town of that name were thensituated on the very borders of Kaffirland. Two Kaffirs, , men of some importance among the tribes, stole an axefrom a shopkeeper in the town of Beaufort ; they werecaught in the very act and secured. Criminals at the Cape are tried at the Circuit Courtsabout every six months ; but the circuit judges do not goto all the small towns, and the prisoners from FortBeaufort had therefore to be sent to trial at GrahamsTown, a distance of over fifty miles, and the main roadsfrom the two places ran almost parallel with the Kafirborder. The prisoners were sent from Fort Beaufort in chargeof constables, and when they had got about twelve mileson the road they were attacked by a body of Kafirs fromacross the border, and although the constables made a fightfor it, they were overcome, and the prisoners were rescuedby the Kafirs. It so happened that the two Kafirs, whomthey were most desirous to release, were handcuffed to two. THE WAR OF THE AXE. other prisoners, who were British subjects ; and as timewas precious, in order to escape with their countrymen, theymurdered the two men to whom they were attached, andcut off their arms at the elbow joints in order to free theKafir prisoners. Hence the War of the Axe. The Government demanded that the prisoners shouldbe restored and the murderers surrendered ; but the demandwas treated with contempt. The young men wanted warand war they would have. First a palaver took place at Block Drift MissionStation, afterwards Fort Hare, where the then Lieutenant-Governor and senior military officer on the frontier met theGaika chiefs, with a large retinue of their people. TheLieutenant-Governor luckily had a small body of troops withhim, who were drawn up m line while the negotiationswere going on, in the presence of the thr

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