CHAP. VI. 
THE HIGHLAND MAJOR. 
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CHAPTER VI. 
THE HIGHLAND MAJOR. 
At the termination of the Kafir War of 1834-5 the 
subjugated Territory of Kafirland was held by a 
military force under martial law, and was at first 
called the Province of Queen Adelaide, but was sub¬ 
sequently called British Kaffraria. 
The head-quarters of the army was stationed at 
King William’s Town, under the command of Sir 
Harry Smith, and a number of outposts were estabr 
lished throughout the province to keep the Kafirs 
in subjection. 
It fell to my lot to be stationed at Fort Beresford, 
a post established on the sources of the Buffalo River, 
near to the forest known as the Buffalo Poorts. This 
outpost was an earthwork, with parapet and ditch, and 
built in the shape of a star, with a square of 4 wattle- 
and-daub ’ buildings inside as barracks. The garrison 
consisted of a company of the 72nd Highlanders, a 
company of native infantry, and a detachment of the 
Cape Mounted Rifles. 
