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such are the native feelings of the honest, 
honest Tambouchis. 
The profligate character ascribed to these 
unoffending people originated in motives 
of still superior wickedness. The colonists 
are the fabricators of these tales, and pro- 
pagate them throughout the country, and 
at the Cape, with uncommon industry. 
When the natives, incensed at an unpro- 
voked and designed aggression of a colo- 
nist, retaliate and kill a white man, the intel- 
ligence is sure to be conveyed immediately 
to the seat of government, but without 
ever so much as hinting at the real cause of 
the dispute. The poor savages are described 
as a herd of wolves prowling throughout 
the country, and devastating wherever 
they come. The christian farmers seizing 
this opportunity, immediately assemble, 
penetrate the country of the people they 
call their enemies, and then massacre entire 
hordes without any distinction of sex or 
infancy. Their object being chiefly to get 
possession of the cattle, they drive whole 
herds before them, and then wait until they 
hear of more being within their reach. 
