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harassed, and having lost all their cattle, suffered from a 
scarcity of provisions. ‘The Missionaries were quite unable 
from a want of oxen to remove their families to town, and 
their situation was truly pitiable. The Hottentots defended 
themselves with distinguished bravery. A letter from this 
Station states that on the 10th a party arrived there, three 
of whom started on foot from Port Elizabeth on the 6th 
with one gun. At Quagga Flat they were joined by six 
others, with three guns. On Saturday they found them- 
selves near a body of thirty or forty Caffers, whom they 
immediately attacked with so much determination, that the 
enemy fled, leaving behind them twelve horses; one Caffer 
and a horse were killed in this affair. 
On the 14th instant, about midnight, two Hottentots 
arrived at Graham’s Town, from the place of the late 
D. Mahony, in which direction a patrole, under the charge 
of Mr. J. Brown, had been stationed. It appears that 
on the morning of that day a considerable body of Caffers 
presented themselves, and surrounded the building in which 
the patrole had taken refuge. J. Brown was accompanied 
by a man named P. Whittaker, and the Caffers demanded 
a parley with them, making great professions of kindness 
and good will. Notwithstanding J. Brown’s knowledge 
of the perfidy of the Caffer character, he, under a sort 
of infatuation, was prevailed on with his companion to 
place himself in their hands; and he had no_ sooner 
done so than the barbarians instantly marched them up 
the hill, to a short distance from the house, and then 
amidst the most heliish shouts and vociferations proceeded 
to butcher them in cold blood, in the presence of their com- 
panions. Upon seeing this, the two Hottentots who brought 
the intelligence, succeeded in escaping from the back of the 
house, and ultimately in reaching town as before stated. 
