CHAPTER II. 



Dutch and Kaffir words Frontier Kaffirs Kaffir women Kaffir soldiers 

 Cattle-stealing Bush-fighting Colonel Napier's opinion Equipment 

 of English soldiers A British soldier in the bush Kaffir manoeuvres 

 Corn-pits Treatment of Kaffir thieves The assagy and other weapons 



Moral qualities of the Kaffirs Native marksmen Power of the 



chiefs Religious opinions Hottentot soldiers. 



THE different terms that I shall employ, viz., Kraal, 

 Spoor, Kaffir, and Assagy, are not known to the Kaffirs 

 themselves, except through their commerce with the white 

 men ; but as the words are in general vogue through the 

 colony, I am forced to use them. 



Kraal is a Dutch term, and means an inclosure for 

 animals. I fancy that they call the Kaffirs' residences by 

 this name to indicate their contempt for the people; the 

 Kaffirs call their villages " umsi." 



Spoor is also Dutch : the Kaffirs speak of spoor as 

 umkondo. The footmarks of a particular animal are then 

 named as Amasondo injlovu, footmarks of elephants; 

 umkondo being the singular, one footmark. 



" Kaffir " is also a term unknown to the men so called ; 

 they speak of themselves by the designation of the tribe. 

 Kosa is a frontier Kaffir, ama, the plural, being prefixed, 

 makes Amakosa Kaffirs; thus, Amazulu, Amaponda, 

 c. A Hottentot is called Umlao. 



An assagy is called umkonto ; the plural is here 

 irregular, izakali being assagies. A karcss is called by 

 Kaffirs ingubu. 



