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object of the military occupation of the port and its shores 

 would admit. Every assistance moreover was proffered to 

 those who mig'ht feel desirous of returning- to their domi- 

 ciles j but this indulg-ence was neither appreciated nor re- 

 sponded to. Whilst Mynheer evinced a determination to 

 prosecute his plans which no concessions on the part of the 

 Cape Government could induce him to relinquish — the g-ood 

 vrouw was even more obstinate than her unyielding- husband 

 — reg-ardin^ it in the lig-ht of a sacred duty to tarry on the 

 spot where the blood of her sons had been so lavishly poured 

 forth. The return indeed of the tide of emigration can 

 hardly be looked upon as an event of even probable occur- 

 rence ; want of room in the Colony for the immense flocks 

 and herds of the more prosperous, who have relapsed into 

 nomadic habits, being- scarcely a less marked impediment 

 than the absence of means at the disposal of the orphan, 

 the widow, the destitute, and the impoverished. 



Whatever may have been considered the issue of the last 

 attack upon Ding-aan, the advantag-e resulting- from it to the 

 emig-rants became speedily apparent. Having* sacrificed the 

 g-reater portion of his devoted warriors in the protracted 

 strug-g-le, and narrowly escaped at last with his own life, the 

 hunted monarch fled with the remnant of his " dog's," — ■ 

 abandoned his dominions to his white foes the Amaboro, 

 and soug-ht a precarious asylum with Macanzana, a chief 

 residing- on the Mapoota river at no g-reat distance from 

 Delag'oa. Unable to rally, and his once formidable poAver 

 completely subverted, the fug-itive had here no alternative 

 but to sue for a cessation of hostilities which he had himself 

 80 treacherously commenced ) and according-ly about the 

 beg'inning- of March, ^ peace-makers' were despatched to the 

 military camp at Natal, bearing- the olive branch. The depu- 

 tation, which consisted of two of the principal captains or 

 indumis, st^ded Conquin and Cong-uana, accompanied by the 



