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SPOET AND WAR. 
chap. y. 
passing the liberated Fingoes and cattle over under 
escort en route to the Cape Colony. A proclamation 
was also issued declaring the country west of the Kie to 
be British territory (now British Kaffraria), and a royal 
salute of twenty-one guns, was fired. This annexation 
more immediately affected the subordinate Kafir chiefs 
living between the colony and the Kie River, who thus 
became British subjects. The paramount chief, Hintza, 
had yet to be punished, and the Governor imposed on 
him a very heavy fine of cattle—I think it was 50,000 
or 100,000 head. To this the chief at once agreed, 
but said he must himself go to collect them. This of 
course was not to be thought of, and Hintza said he 
would communicate with his people and have the 
cattle got together. After waiting for three weeks 
and no cattle making their appearance, the Governor 
determined to resume hostilities. Hintza then pro¬ 
posed that he should leave his son Kreilli, the present 
paramount chief of Kafirland, and his uncle Bookoo as 
hostages, and that he should accompany a small patrol 
into the heart of his country, where the cattle were 
being collected. 
This arrangement was agreed to, and Sir Harry Smith 
was named to command the expedition. I was myself 
at this time (May 1835) a volunteer in the corps of 
Guides, and was appointed one of Sir Harry Smith’s 
body-guard. I forget the exact number of troops 
