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whether or not to complain of the conduct of the Caffers in 
affairs of this kind; they have an unquestionable right to 
defend ‘their territory against the inroads of the colonial 
troops; and if we are to have no other system adopted than 
that of ‘ might is right,’ let us look to it that in future no 
patroles, consisting of about a dozen men, and headed by a 
mere stripling, be sent across the border to beard a whole 
nation within their own limits.” 
Immediately after this affair, the whole country appears 
to have been thrown into a state of the greatest consterna- 
tion from the alarming inroads of the Caffers. “ It is 
impossible,” says the same journal, ‘ accurately to describe 
the state of excitement into which Graham’s ‘Town and neigh- 
bourhood have been thrown, by the audacious and menacing 
Caffers. It appears that the fracas arose out of an indulgence 
which had been granted to the Caffers, to re-occupy tempo- 
rarily the ceded country. Some horses had been stolen, and 
having been traced by Lieutenant Sutton to a kraal situated 
there, he seized a number of cattle by way of restitution, 
with which he was returning towards his post. ‘The Caffers, 
however, collected in considerable force, and showed every 
disposition to dispute his progress. Finding himself greatly 
pressed, this officer collected his little force, and defended 
himself with great judgment and gallantry, in the course of 
which, it is said, several Caffers were killed, whilst one of 
his party was severely wounded by an assagai. The Com- 
mandant upon receiving a report of this affair, proceeded 
with the utmost celerity to the spot; soon after which he 
perceived that the Caffers were in a state of considerable ex- 
citement, and that there was every reason to apprehend 
from them a determined attack. As many as two thousand 
were seen at one point, and it was apparent that their first 
