Here were the very conditions which should have produced peace and amity—two kindred white races of the same faith, and almost of the same blood, confronted by hourly peril from the blacks.
Why, then, was it that Englishmen and Dutchmen could not dwell in peace? Hereafter we shall have to follow the whole sad story out in detail; in this place it may suffice briefly to recapitulate the most essential facts.
OLD DUTCH HOUSE IN PAPENDORP IN WHICH THE CAPITULATION OF THE CAPE FROM HOLLAND TO GREAT BRITAIN WAS SIGNED IN 1806.
PRETORIA NACHTMAAL.
Four times a year the country Boers come into Pretoria for Nachtmaal (Holy Communion). They outspan their waggons on the Church Square, camp out for a week with their wives and families, and do their shopping for the ensuing three months.
BATTLEFIELD OF BRONKHORST SPRUIT.
The scene of the battle between the Boers and the English in 1881, when a detachment of the 94th regiment was surprised by a party of the enemy in ambush and nearly annihilated.