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ing been pursued into, and surrounded in, a 
deep kloof in Kkffirland, whither they fled, the 
second Bezuidenhout was killed, two others 
were wounded, and the remainder captured. # 
Of the latter, six of the leaders were sentenced 
to suffer capital punishment in sight of their 
companions, on the spot where they had first 
assembled in rebellion — a place still alas ! too 
well remembered amongst -the boers, called 
"Slachters Neck." — The others after witnessing 
the execution, were to undergo various degrees 
of punishment, such as transportation, banish- 
ment, and fines. Five of these unfortunate 
men were put to death, their sufferings being 
much lengthened in consequence of the scaffold 
giving way with the weight of their bodies, and 
obliging them to be hanged a second time. 
This ended the Dutch rebellion of 1815, 
which mistaken and unhappy event sowed the 
indelible impressions of distrust, and a rankling 
dislike which gradually ripened into that utter 
alienation of feeling, between the Dutch and 
English, and finally led the former to leave 
the Colony, and "trek" beyond the Orange 
river. 
Another minor cause of dissatisfaction arose 
from the change in the currency of the colony, 
which took place in June, 1825. The ordi- 
nance effecting this, which was sent, out by the 
