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Too much cannot be said in })raise of the Rev. J. Williams, who, 

 at a time when the whole border was in a state of ferment, and 

 in great fear of the natives, who were continually robbing the 

 colonists of their cattle, not hesitating to kill any who ventured 

 to oppose them, with supreme courage went and dwelt, with his 

 wife and two little children, in the midst of the dreaded Kaffir 

 hordes. Mr. Williams having died, Gaika requested, as we 

 have already seen, that another missionary should be sent, and 

 accordingly the second resident Government agent was the Rev. 

 J. Brownlee. It is not possible to trace out at length, in 

 this all too brief study, the subsequent evolution of Native 

 administration ; suffice it to say that these pioneers, admittedly 

 working as missionaries, opened the door to progress by winning 

 the confidence of the Natives. 



Sometimes it was necessary to speak out boldly for the 

 Native — and they did not fail to do so when occasion demanded — 

 at other times they spoke against the evils of heathenism without 

 shadow of compromise, and their unfailing altruism gradually 

 commanded respect. As the whole situation developed and 

 various officials were needed, the Government utilised the sons 

 of these agents, the boys who had grown up amongst the natives, 

 could think in the native way, and talk the language ; and the 

 great influence exerted by these in moulding the whole native 

 policy over a long period of years can never be adequately 

 estimated. As proof of the widespread influence exerted thus, 

 it is sufficient to note some of the great and honoured names 

 of the South African mission field, and to point out how many 

 of their descendants occupy important positions to-day in the 

 administration of Native affairs. 



Thus we have names like Brownlee, Moffat, Schreiner, 

 Hargreaves, Welsh. Dower, Stanford, and Warner, all of which 

 are to-day prominent in Transkeian Administration. 



With this in mind it will readily be seen that the government 

 of the natives would tend to be strongly Christian, at least in 

 its theoretical outlook and sympathy. When laws affecting the 

 natives were made they would tend to uphold those views of 

 morality and righteousness which the early- missionaries had 

 strongly insisted upon, and in any case, should the whole weight 

 of missionary influence be declared ag^ainst any particular policy 

 or proposal, due consideration would be given to their reasonable 

 representations, the Government recognising that none were in 

 a better position to judge than those who worked amongst and 

 thoroughly understood the natives. 



One of .the first things to be dealt with was the question 

 of supplying liquor to the natives, and it is gratifying to find 

 that the traditional policy has been consistently to prohibit liquor. 

 Those who got drunk, or otherwise offended against the law, 

 were dealt with by the Magistrate. 



Ordinance No. 23 for facilitating^ the commerce ivith the 

 Caffres, and other Nations living beyond the Boundaries of the 

 Colony, dated 1826, provided as follows : — 



