THE SECOND KAFFIR WAR. 
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Towards effecting this desired end; Sir Ben- 
jamin, previous to drawing up the second Kaf- 
fir treaty here alluded to, made proclamation, 
as governor, on the 10th of May, 1835, in these 
words: " The eastern boundary of the Colony of 
the Cape of Good Hope is henceforward extended 
Eastward to the right bank of the Kei River P 
This he did at the Kei, where he drew up his 
army, and fired three cannons. In the wording 
also of the treaty itself, which bore date the 17th 
of September, 1835, it was provided that "the 
chiefs and their tribes became subjects of his 
Britannic Majesty. 5 ' Thus far the sword and 
the arm of power were employed to hold these 
savage tribes in check : and there are fair 
grounds for supposing that they would now 
have been in a very different state of control, 
had the same line of policy been unremittingly 
carried out. 
Instead of this, however, a change was soon 
made. A new governor appeared on the arena : 
and, yielding to what has since proved itself to 
be very fallacious and injudicious advice, he 
determined to try the power of concession on 
the Kaffirs ; conceiving, philanthropically, that 
possibly they would be more contented and 
peaceable, if they were given back their fast- 
nesses. 
Accordingly, Sir Andreas Stockenstrom, then 
