D1.8.38: [Untitled]

D1.8.38: [Untitled]

Newspaper Clippings

Bleek speculates on the fate of Thaba Bosiu and whether the Free Staters have successfully taken all the surrounding accessible parts of Basutoland. Moshesh and his subjects are well-fortified by the almost inaccessible Drakensberg valleys. When they exhaust their provisions, they will likely head southeast, passing into the territories between Natal and the Cape Colony where Nehemiah (Sekhonyana) Moshoeshoe and Adam Kok III's people have been fighting in and around Matatiele. This Basotho influx may trigger more bloodshed despite Moshesh and Faku's present peace as non-immediate neighbours but might change 'when the Drakensberg no longer intervenes between them'. Despite the catch-all term 'Kafir', the AmaMpondo and Basotho are distinct nations, and encroachment from either side threatens conflict. British territories must consolidate their hold over 'terra nullius' like Kaffraria to discourage the Basotho. Moshesh, who offers no reparations for his marauders, remains an obstacle so long as he is undefeated. Basutoland, excluding mission lands, should be apportioned into farms rewarding military service using the Cathcart system. He enumerates how these farms should operate before turning to Bishop Colenso's return to Natal.

Printed newsprint glued on paper

17 August 1865

Two cut-out columns of printed newsprint mounted on foolscap folio (warped).

Thaba Bosiu (Moshesh's fate at), Basutoland (its terrain), Moshesh (dislodging him from Thaba Bosiu), Drakensberg, Adam Kok (fighting with Nehemiah), Nehemiah (fighting with Adam Kok), Kaffraria (extermination of Kaffrarian tribe), Faku (AmaMpondo chief), Kafirs (Moshesh's people are called), Amaponda (Faku's people), Cathcart system (land allotment), locations (small native communities called), Frontier Mounted Police (to secure Free State's eastern frontiers), Free State Exchequer (needs fresh resources), Bishop of Natal (returns to his Diocese)

Pressed clippings of Victorian current affairs opinion pieces by Wilhelm Bleek. Published in Het Volksblad on Thursday, August 17th, 1865. Nehemiah Sekhonyana Moshoeshoe was one of 'Moshesh's' younger sons. Adam Kok III, son of Griqua chief Adam Kok II, chased Nehemiah away from Matatiele on May 10th, 1865. 'Faku' here refers to Faku kaNgqungqushe, the last ruling monarch of the United AmaMpondo Kingdom in Southern Africa (1818-1867). Bleek uses the Germanic suffix '-en' to mark the plural of Drakensberg, producing the pre-standardised form Drakensbergen.. Dean Milman, Dean Stanley, Dr Temple, Professor Jowett helped pay for Colenso's return to his diocese. Bleek, or Het Volksblad's editorial team, inconsistently use both 'Thaba Bossion' and 'Thaba Bosigo' as alternative spelling for Thaba Bosiu.

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