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ON KURREECHANE. 
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this halt they were discovered by Kassanna, king- 
of Doughooboone, whom we saw at Kurreechane, 
on his way back to it, and who is united in a 
league of friendship with the Marootzee. On 
making the discovery, he immediately hastened 
to the Marootzee cattle-posts, and spread the 
alarm, and then proceeded to Kurreechane, where 
he gave information of the approaching enemy. 
On which all was alarm, bustle, and confusion. 
In the mean time the Mashow very prudently 
loaded his pack-oxen and fled. Such was his 
speed, that he had travelled at the rate of fifty 
miles a-day, and so great the dread which he felt 
of the Boquain nation, that he would not even 
halt and proceed to Mashow with us, but after 
telling his story, went forward as fast as he 
could. 
These Boquains, in consequence of their having 
possessed much cattle, have been so often at- 
tacked by the covetous nations around, that they 
must have become a warlike people, and may in 
their turn be a scourge to others. 
All the interior nations are so dependent on 
their cattle for subsistence, that to deprive them 
of either the whole or a part must make them 
almost desperate, and render them formidable 
enemies. It is scarcely necessary to observe, 
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