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ACCOUNT OF KREEGA, &c. 
[1820. 
morning, the ground being thinly covered with 
snow ; this the Missionaries had not seen, even 
on the hills, during their residence at Lattakoo. 
Tzeleele is the Bootshuana word for cold, and 
seramee for frost ; but they have no word for ice 
or snow, calling them also seramee. Not one 
Matchappee attended the morning worship, nor 
were any seen moving from their houses, all were 
trembling and crouching round fires in their 
yards. Therm, at sunrise 30 : noon 39 : sun- 
set 52. The snow was all gone by noon, in con- 
sequence of the wind gradually veering round 
from the S. to N. E. 
The young man whom we met at Clohah's 
place, on his way to Patannee to demand his 
mother's cattle, returned to Lattakoo. The fol- 
lowing is a fuller statement of his business. 
Kreega, a boor from the colony, lived among 
the Griquas about fourteen years ago, when Dr. 
Cowan and his party were on their journey into 
the interior. The Doctor finding him likely to 
be useful on such a journey, prevailed on him to 
accompany them ; Kreega left four or five wives 
behind, and a considerable stock of cattle. 
When there was no prospect of the party ever 
returning, it being believed that they had been 
murdered by the Wanketzens, one of his Mat- 
