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mand for the defence of the points most vulnerable to the 
enemy in that part of the country. 
Intelligence was also received from the Northern Fron- 
tier, of a suspicious and unpleasant character, to the effect 
that the Griqua Chief Adam Kok had been necessitated 
to assemble all his men at Philippolis for the purpose of 
defending himself against the Chief Masalikatse, who had 
sent him information—a custom among the native tribes— 
of his determination to attack him. 
On the 20th of January despatches were received by 
Colonel Smith, communicating the perilous position of the 
Missionaries and traders who had escaped the massacre, 
who were still in the territories of the hostile Chiefs. These 
despatches were received at seven o’olock. At one o’clock 
Major Cox started from town merely with an escort, having 
received orders to collect a sufficient force from Kat River, 
Fort Beaufort, and Fort Wiltshire, to cover their retreat 
into the Colony. By the 25th, two hundred and fifty men 
had been collected, and on the 26th, at daybreak, the party 
proceeded on the route to Burn’s Hill, where they arrived 
the same evening. Heavy rains had set in—but as a num- 
ber of Caffers had been seen in the neighbourhood, and 
as it was probable that the rivers would soon become im- 
passable, the party immediately set off on its return, accom- 
panied by all the Kuropeans who had been spared in that 
part of the country. These consisted of the Missionaries 
Keyser, Mac Dermot, Laing, and three traders. Mr. 
Bennie and other persons afterwards joined them at Love- 
dale, making a total of thirty-five persons who had thus 
been rescued from their perilous station. 
Matawa, brother of Tyali and Macomo, accompanied 
the Missionaries at his own request. On their way towards 
the Colony, the advanced guard fell in with a party of 
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