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off. The Boers then slaughtered 1,000 men, 30 
women, and 10 children, without meeting any re¬ 
sistance. 
But to return to myself and Sechele. For two 
days I took no notice of him, outspanning far off, 
and avoiding him on every occasion. The third 
day he came to the wagon. I did not salute him in 
any way, or offer him a seat, or take any notice, but 
maintained a dignified silence ; and he asked me 
what my thoughts were. I told him I had thought 
he was my friend, and for friendships sake I had 
brought his daughter out of the desert, and treated 
her in every respect as I would my sister; and, 
instead of receiving his thanks, he had taken my 
horse, and left me and my people to die of hunger 
in the desert; that one of my people had already left 
me on that account; and I asked him whether this 
was acting a friendly part. After a long rigmarole 
about his reasons for taking the horse, he said that, 
as I took it so much to heart, if I gave him a gun 
instead, he would return the horse. 
His ground for claiming the horse was this : When 
I asked him on the road for two people to go with me, 
he asked a horse in payment; but I would not listen to 
such an exorbitant demand, and told him so, and then 
he said he hoped God would take care of me, as I 
was determined to go without people. Our roads 
separated ; and the following day a Bechuana came 
to my wagon, and I engaged him for two heifers. 
However, though Sechele’s claim was unjust, I was 
