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killed in the colony: the Caffers describe this by a figure, 
purporting that the killed lay scattered about lke stones. 
Hintza will doubtless use every exertion to make it appear 
that he is an innocent man; against which almost every fact 
connected with him, both just previous to the war and since 
its commencement, is at perfect variance. It is well known 
that numerous bodies of Caffers have marched from the 
other side of the Buffalo, and have joined in the invasion of 
the Colony. Some of these have been distinctly recognized 
as Hintza’s people, and cattle innumerable have been driven 
from the Colony the same route; and it is not denied that 
they are now grazing in Hintza’s territory. 
Another interesting incident is the return to the Colony 
of Messrs. Fynn and Shepstone, accompanied by the chief 
Cobus, who voluntarily placed himself in the power of the 
British Government as a hostage for the fidelity of his 
brothers and the people whom they command. This line 
of policy, as might be expected, greatly roused the indigna- 
tion of the hostile tribes; and there was reason to fear 
that, unless speedy succour was afforded from our Govern- 
ment, the two brothers Pato and Kama would fall a sacri- 
fice to their vindictive countrymen. 
The following extract gives a full detail of the affair in 
which a son of the Field-cornet Groepe was severely 
wounded. 
«The brave conduct of this young man deserves more 
than a passing notice. He and his uncle were the advanced 
guard upon a herd of cattle, and had off-saddled to rest 
the horses a short time; unfortunately they did so in an 
avenue between bushes, to be sheltered from a drizzling 
rain; a party of eighteen Caffers had already occupied the 
same bush unperceived by them, and when the Groepes 
