CHAP. IIT. 
ENO'S BRAVE DAUGHTER. 
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both men and women, fly from the villages, or kraals, 
and take shelter in the bush, and Eno thus escaped 
unscathed into the bush in his brave daughter’s skin 
robe, who was shot in two places while 4 drawing off ’ 
the fire from her father. I came up in time to save 
the poor girl’s life, for she could not be induced to 
discover herself by putting aside the chief’s tiger-skin 
kaross ; and there were men present, smarting from the 
ruin of hearths and homes, who had no idea of taking 
prisoners. 
After a halt and resting the horses the expedition 
retraced part of its route as far as Breakfast Yley, then 
continued up what was called the 4 Neutral Territory,’ 
and reached Fort Wiltshire, on the right bank of the 
Keiskama Biver. This was the largest and one of the 
strongest outposts on the Frontier, and was under the 
command of Major Halifax; but for some reason the 
troops had been withdrawn from it to Fort Beaufort. 
They had marched out a couple of da}^s before we arrived, 
leaving everything exactly as it stood. The Kafirs had 
ransacked the place, but could not carry away the vast 
stores still remaining there. Furniture was smashed, 
doors and windows broken, spirit-casks stove in, feather¬ 
beds, &c. that had been buried in the Commissariat corn 
stores ripped open, and the feathers all mixed with the 
grain, much to our annoyance, as our horses required 
forage. However, we soon found the way to remedy 
