Missionary and philanthropic press: tone of, [259]
Moselekatse: effect of the wars of, [258]
Natal: description of, [263]; number of Bantu residing in 1835, [264]; condition of the emigrant farmers in after the massacres by the Zulus, [290]
Potgieter, Andries Hendrik: is leader of the second party of emigrants from the Cape Colony, [275]; after the massacres by the Zulus goes with his men to the assistance of the distressed people in Natal, [290]; with Pieter Uys marches into Zululand to attack Dingan, [292]; on the 11th of April 1838 encounters a great Zulu army, and is compelled to retire, ib.; shortly afterwards leaves Natal and returns to Winburg, [294]
Preller’s Piet Retief, Lewenskets van die Grote Voortrekker: reference to, [288]
Province of Queen Adelaide: is created by Sir Benjamin D’Urban, [260]; is abandoned by Lord Glenelg, [262]
Historical Sketches.
van Rensburg, Jan: is leader of a small party of emigrants from the Cape Colony, [268]; in July 1833 leaves Louis Triegard’s party at the Zoutpansberg to open up a road to Delagoa Bay, [269]; and with every individual in his company is murdered by blacks on the journey, ib.
Resolutions adopted by Pieter Uys and those who agree with him, asserting independence of Mr. Retief, [283]
Retief, Pieter: is leader of the fourth party of emigrants from the Cape Colony, [275]; in June 1837 is installed as governor and commandant-general of his own party and the one under Maritz, [276]; on the 21st of July 1837 writes to Sir Benjamin D’Urban desiring that the emigrants may be acknowledged as an independent people, [286]; in October 1837 goes over the Drakensberg into Natal, [285]; on the 6th of February 1838 is murdered with all his companions at Dingan’s kraal, [280]