CHAPTER XXVI

I proceed with the column under Colonel Spreckley's command for

Shiloh—A bad time for the horses—I find the bodies of three

Zambesi boys at Stuart's mining camp—Account of the murders—A

fort built on the site of the old police camp—March for the

Queen's Mine—Part of the column sent on to Inyati—Bodies of

six murdered men found—Narrow escape of Mr. Rees and his

family—Church and mission houses at Inyati burnt down by the

Matabele—Column move to Fynn's farm—Patrol fall in with a

large body of Kafirs—Council of war decides to endeavour to

drive rebels from their position—Kafirs decamp during the

night—A faithful servant—Kafirs disheartened but afraid to

surrender—Large amount of grain captured—Return to Bulawayo—News

of the rising in Mashunaland—A force sent to Eastern Rhodesia—The

prophetess "Salugazana"—Umlimos responsible for the outbreak in

Mashunaland—Loot the object of the Mashunas—Captain Laing arrives

at Bulawayo—His successful engagements with the rebels—Matibi's

valuable assistance—Loyalty of Chibi and Chilimanzi—The Bulawayo

Field Force disbanded—Lord Grey's address to the members of the

Bulawayo Field Force.

Owing to the delay caused by the attack on and pursuit of the impi from

the Umguza, as I have just narrated, Colonel Spreckley's patrol did not

leave Bulawayo for Shiloh until the afternoon of the following day,

Sunday, 7th June. This patrol comprised about 330 white men, about half

of whom were mounted, 100 Colonial Boys, and 100 Friendly Matabele—over

500 men altogether.

As we did not proceed along the main road, but first took a branch

track to the old Imbezu kraal, and then followed the course of the

Kotki river until we struck the main road, we did not reach the site

of the old police camp near Shiloh mission station until Thursday,

11th June. Up to this time we had not seen a single native, whilst all

the kraals we passed had been long deserted and all stores of grain

removed, so that our horses and mules, having to depend entirely on the

dry scanty grass for their sustenance, lost condition rapidly.

One day we outspanned close to a miner's camp, which was situated on

a rise above the Kotki river, and as I was field officer for the day

and had to post the videttes, I placed two of them on the site of

the mining camp. Here we found the dead bodies of three natives, who

proved to be Zambesi boys who had been working at the mine at the time

when the rebellion broke out. On inquiry I found that this camp had

belonged to an American miner named Jack Stuart—a lieutenant in Grey's

Scouts—from whom I learned, that on hearing rumours towards the end of

March that a native rising was imminent, he and his partner had gone

in to Bulawayo to ascertain if there was any truth in the report. Six

Zambesi boys were left working in the shaft, which had been sunk on

a reef just alongside of the camp, and two days later one of these

boys came to town and reported that on the previous evening a party of

Matabele had visited the mine, and forthwith proceeded to murder all

the Zambesi boys they found there. He himself, he said, had managed

to escape by running, but he thought that all his companions had been

killed. A few days later, however, another of these boys turned up who

had been very badly wounded and left for dead by the Matabele.

It appears that, on seeing two of his friends attacked, this boy had

made a bolt for it, but was overtaken and knocked down by a heavy

blow on the back of the head from a knob-kerry. He fell on his face

stunned, and was then stabbed in the back with an assegai, the weapon

being driven clean through him, and then twice nearly but not quite

withdrawn from the wound, and again driven through him, so that,

although there was only one wound on his back, there were three in

front, where the point of the assegai had come through, just below

his breast-bone, and his right lung must have been punctured in three

different places. This boy would seem to have lain a day and a night,

insensible, where he fell, but on regaining consciousness had found

strength enough to walk to Bulawayo, some twenty miles distant from the

mining camp where he had been knocked down, assegaied, and left for

dead.

On his arrival in town he was at once taken to the hospital, and, owing

to the kind nursing and skilful treatment which he received there, he

in a few weeks' time completely recovered, and although he still bears

the scars of the wounds which he received, his general health appears

to be as good as ever it was.

On Friday, 12th June, the day after our arrival on the site of the old

police camp, a fort was built, and here Native Commissioner Lanning was

left in charge with a garrison of about seventy white men and twenty

Friendly Matabele and a stock of provisions sufficient to last for two

months.

On the following morning we struck across country towards the Queen's

Mine, a property belonging to Willoughby's Consolidated Company. That

night we slept on the way there, and the fresh tracks of Kafirs and

cattle having been seen late in the afternoon, a patrol was sent after

them very early the next morning, the column shortly afterwards getting

under way and arriving at the mining camp at about eight o'clock.

Here it was found that although a good deal of property had been

destroyed by the Kafirs, but little damage had been done to the

machinery and pumping gear, the savages probably not having recognised

its value nor been sufficiently energetic to give themselves the

trouble of smashing it up. Another short trek in the afternoon brought

us to the ford of the Impembisi river, on the main road between

Bulawayo and the mission station of Inyati. Here the patrol which had

left us in the early morning under Captain Gradwell rejoined us just at

dusk, having been unsuccessful in coming up with any Kafirs or cattle,

all of whom seemed to have gone down the Impembisi river.

As the mules and horses were now getting into very low condition, it

was determined not to take the whole column on to Inyati, but only to

send on the contingent who were to remain in garrison there under the

command of Lieutenant Banks-Wright, together with another 100 men who

were to return to the main column as soon as the fort was in a fair way

towards completion. This force was accompanied by four waggons carrying

provisions and other necessaries for the garrison of the fort, and the

Rev. Mr. Rees also went with it, in order to bury the remains of the

six white men who had been murdered near the police camp of Inyati on

27th March.

Five of these bodies were found lying on the roadside near together,

about a mile on this side of the police camp, while the sixth was

discovered near the camp itself. The corpses had been partially

mummified by the dryness of the atmosphere, and were all quite

recognisable. Mr. Graham, the native commissioner, and his four

companions had evidently been attacked by a large force of Kafirs

soon after they had left the police station, and were killed whilst

defending the waggon on which they were travelling to Bulawayo. In

addition to their bodies the remains of two Colonial Boys were also

found who had been murdered at the same time as their white masters.

That Mr. Graham and his companions had made a good fight of it,

and sold their lives dearly, was evident from the number of empty

cartridge-cases which were found on the ground round their dead bodies,

Lieutenant Howard having picked up and counted eighty-five. As,

however, the Matabele had removed their dead, it is quite impossible to

say what loss they had suffered. The murdered men were all buried with

military honours in the cemetery near the old mission station by Mr.

Rees. This gentleman himself, with his wife and family, must have had a

very narrow escape, as they only left the mission station on the 26th

March, the day before Mr. Graham and his companions were attacked and

killed; and they must too have only just passed through the Elibaini

Hills on their way to Bulawayo before the rebels collected there.

Both mission houses at Inyati were found to have been burnt down and

destroyed, as well as the church, in which it was evident that large

quantities of wood had been piled up in order to set light to the heavy

beams supporting the roof. The natives had also taken the trouble to

chop down fruit trees and ornamental shrubs growing round the mission

houses, and had evidently done their best, not only to rid themselves

of the presence of all white men in the country, but also to destroy as

far as possible all traces of their ever having been there.

On Wednesday morning the men who had been sent to assist in building

the fort at Inyati returned to the Impembisi, and in the afternoon the

whole column moved some four miles up the river to Mr. Fynn's farm.

On the morning of the same day Lieutenant Mullins—Mr. Colenbrander's

brother-in-law—had been sent on to this point with some fifty Colonial

Boys to look for grain, and had come across a considerable number of

armed Kafirs in a very broken, densely-wooded piece of country, just to

the east of the Impembisi river. As it was impossible for Lieutenant

Mullins to tell the numbers of the rebels in the broken country, he

retired with his Colonial Boys to the top of a single hill to the west

of the river, and sent back to camp for reinforcements. Captain Grey

was at once sent on with his Scouts, and the whole column followed more

leisurely, arriving at Fynn's farm just before sundown.

Captain Grey had seen a considerable number of natives, evidently

watching his men from the tops of different kopjes, but as the country

they were in was altogether impracticable for horses, he was unable to

attack them, and they on their side showed no disposition to come out

of the hills. At a council of war that evening it was determined to

endeavour to clear the hills in the morning with as large a force of

footmen as could be spared from the laager; Grey's Scouts at the same

time being sent round at the back of the hills in order to cut off any

Kafirs who might be driven out of them into the level country beyond.

The general impression in camp was that the Kafirs were in force, and

that we should have all our work cut out to drive them out of their

positions. And so we should have had, if they had only remained to

dispute our advance. However, leaving the laager on the following

morning just as day was breaking, we entered the hills at sunrise, and

went right through them without seeing a sign of the rebels, who we

found had decamped during the night and fled to what they considered

a more secure stronghold—to wit, the "Intabas a Mambo," a sort of

miniature Matopos some twenty miles farther eastward.

To this fastness it was not possible for Colonel Spreckley to follow

them, so, as we met no other natives during our farther progress up the

river to Mr. Arthur Rhodes' homestead, nor on our return journey from

there to Bulawayo, we had absolutely no fighting during the whole trip.

Curiously enough, the temporary huts in which Mr. Fynn had been living

before the outbreak of the insurrection had not been burnt, and on

going up to a kraal some few miles higher up the river, where had dwelt

a native to whom he had entrusted some Merino sheep, pigs, and a number

of very handsome black Spanish fowls, Mr. Fynn found the fowls and

pigs still there and in very good condition, and on making a closer

examination observed fresh Kafir footprints, and therefore came to the

conclusion that the man he had left in charge of his live stock was

still looking after it, retiring into the hills by day and feeding his

master's pigs and fowls by night. Mr. Fynn therefore asked Colonel

Spreckley to allow him to take two friends that evening, and return to

the kraal in the hope of being able to intercept his servant, and bring

him down to the camp.

The plan succeeded perfectly, for just after dusk the man came along

the footpath leading from the river to the kraal, and was suddenly

confronted by Mr. Fynn, who had been waiting for him concealed behind

a bush. The Kafir was at first very much taken aback, but when he

recognised his master, he burst out laughing and said: "Why, is it you,

Willy? you've caught me now." This man was a native of Delagoa Bay, and

being lame had been able to escape being forced into taking part in the

rebellion, and ever since the outbreak had been able to surreptitiously

look after a portion of his master's property, for though the Merino

sheep had been driven off to the "Intabas a Mambo," the pigs and fowls

had been left, and these the faithful servant had fed and watered

regularly every night.

He was able to give us a great deal of useful information, and told us

that the men who had been seen the day before amongst the hills on the

other side of the Impembisi river were a portion of the impi which had

suffered so heavily at the Umguza, on Saturday, 6th June. He informed

us that they were thoroughly disheartened, and wished to surrender,

but were afraid to do so, knowing that they had made the white men

very angry by murdering their women and children. He gave the names of

thirteen headmen of kraals who had been killed on that fatal day, all

of whom had been personally known to Mr. Fynn, as they had been one and

all living on Mr. Arthur Rhodes' block of farms before the rebellion

broke out.

The next three days were spent in collecting grain, an immense amount

being found stored in all the kraals on Mr. Arthur Rhodes' farms. In

almost every kraal was found something or other which had been taken

from his homestead, which had evidently been completely looted before

it was burnt down. Several hundred head of cattle were also recovered

which had been stolen from Mr. Rhodes, but the rinderpest was amongst

them and they died by the score every day. As it was very important to

get as much corn as possible to Bulawayo for the use of the horses and

mules stabled there, and it could not be all carried in at once on the

waggons at Colonel Spreckley's disposal, a large amount was stored in a

kraal near Mr. Fynn's dwelling-house, and Captain Robinson with fifty

men and some Friendly Matabele left in charge of it until it could be

sent for.

When this matter had been arranged, the column moved up to Mr. Arthur

Rhodes' desolated homestead, which was reached at mid-day on Sunday,

21st June, and leaving again the same evening arrived in Bulawayo two

days later after an absence of seventeen days.

On our arrival in town we heard for the first time of the insurrection

which had broken out in Mashunaland, and learned the sad news that many

settlers had been murdered in the outlying districts of the country.

Colonel Beal was at this time already on his way back to Salisbury with

the entire force under his command, and two days after our return to

Bulawayo sixty more mounted men of Grey's Scouts and Gifford's Horse,

under the command of Captain the Hon. C. White, were despatched to the

assistance of their fellow-colonists in Eastern Rhodesia.

When the secret history of the rebellion in Mashunaland comes to be

known, I fancy it will be found that it was brought about by the

leaders of the Matabele insurrection through the instrumentality of the

Umlimos or prophets, who exist amongst all the tribes in Mashunaland,

where they are known as "Mondoros," _i.e._ "Lions." In the district

to the north-west of Salisbury there lives a prophetess known as

"Salugazana," whose magical powers were apparently believed in by Lo

Bengula, as he was in the habit of sending messengers to consult with

her.

Now, we know that messages have been sent to this wise woman either

by the leaders of the Matabele or the agents of one of the Umlimos

or priests during the present rebellion, and I think that she was in

all probability informed that the white men had all been killed in

Matabeleland, including the column under Colonel Beal, and asked to

disseminate this news amongst all the members of the priestly families

throughout the country, bidding them at the same time to call upon the

people to destroy the few surviving white men still left alive in the

eastern province of Rhodesia.

As for the rising in Mashunaland proving that the natives of that

country have been very cruelly treated by the whites, as Mr. Labouchere

has asserted, it really demonstrates nothing of the kind; it only

shows that the Mashunas imagined that they would be able to possess

themselves of a vast amount of valuable loot with little danger to

themselves, and no fear of punishment. The kindness or otherwise of the

government of the whites would not be likely to weigh with them one way

or the other, given the belief in their own power to kill the whites

and take possession of their property without fear of retribution.

That is the crux of the whole question; for no one who has lived long

amongst the various peoples generically known as Mashunas, whose

principal characteristics are avarice, cowardice, and a complete

callousness to the sufferings of others, will be inclined to doubt that

were they governed by an angel from heaven, they would infallibly kill

that angel, if his wing feathers were of any value to them, provided

that they believed at the same time that the crime might be committed

with impunity.

[Illustration: CAPTAIN TYRIE LAING

who was in command at BELINGWE on the outbreak of the native

insurrection.]

Towards the end of June Captain Laing arrived in Bulawayo in command

of the relief forces which had been sent to him from Tuli and Victoria,

Lieutenant Stoddart being left in command of the laager at Belingwe.

On his way to Bulawayo, Captain Laing had had several successful

engagements with the tribes in rebellion living between Belingwe and

Filibusi, who are all Mashunas, with a small number of Matabele living

amongst them; these latter having been the ringleaders of the rebellion

in this part of the country. Captain Laing received very valuable

assistance from Matibi, a Mashuna chief living near the Bubyi river,

who sent several hundred of his men to accompany him on his march to

Bulawayo. These men did good service and fought well when supported

by white men. They accompanied the column as far as the Umzingwani

river, twenty-five miles from Bulawayo, returning home from this point

loaded up with loot of all kinds which they had taken from their rebel

countrymen.

Besides Matibi, it is worthy of remark that Chibi and Chilimanzi,

the two most important chiefs in the district between Belingwe and

Victoria, have both not only held aloof from the present rebellion,

but have given active assistance to the whites since the outbreak of

hostilities, whilst Gutu's people—the Zinjanja—have also remained loyal

to the Government.

I have now, I think, given a fairly comprehensive history of the

late insurrection in Matabeleland up to the time when, relief forces

having arrived in the country, it was deemed expedient to disband the

volunteer troops which had been originally raised to suppress the

rebellion, and I will therefore leave to abler and more accustomed pens

than mine the task of describing all the subsequent incidents of a

campaign which we will hope is now fast drawing to an end. I will only

say that no one appreciates more than myself the excessive difficulties

that have been encountered in dislodging the rebels from such

fastnesses as the Intabas a Mambo and the Matopo Hills, or recognises

more fully the brave work which has been done under the guidance of

Major-General Sir Frederick Carrington, by Colonel Plumer, Major Baden

Powell, and all the officers and men under their command.

The Bulawayo Field Force was not actually disbanded until Saturday, 4th

July, upon which occasion the assembled troops were addressed by Lord

Grey after they had been first inspected by Major-General Sir Frederick

Carrington. The Administrator concluded his address to the members of

the force in the following words:—"All of you have acquitted yourselves

as brave men, and I would particularly commend the conduct of Colonel

Napier, who throughout the campaign has performed his very arduous

duties so satisfactorily. But mingled with our enjoyment there must be

some pain in looking back upon many of the episodes of this rebellion.

The Company has done its best to look after your comfort, but you have

undergone notwithstanding some severe hardships, which, however, you

have borne like men; and the only complaint I have heard is that you

were not always able to go out against the enemy, but had to perform

as well the hard and monotonous work of laager and fort duty. Many of

you have a Matabele memento in the shape of a wound, the mark of which

you will carry to your graves. Many too have lost friends; and possibly

none of us realise the loss of life which has taken place both before

and during hostilities; for our losses have been heavy, and form a

large percentage of the total number of people who were engaged in

the exploitation of the country. I cannot refer to individual cases

of bravery where all have done so well, but I would again especially

mention Colonel Napier's services to the country. He has exhibited

remarkable tact and judgment, and has freely given great assistance

to the Government. I regret that he is to-day retiring from the

service, but I hope that he will continue to give us the benefit of his

experience. I do not like to mention any particular troop, as each has

acted so creditably, but I would note the excellent services rendered

by the Africander Corps in this war, as showing the whole world the

complete brotherhood which exists between the two races of Dutchmen

and Britons in Rhodesia. I trust that an Africander troop will again

form part of the new force which is now being raised by the Government.

Information reached this country by last mail that Her Majesty has been

pleased to allow a medal to be worn for the last Matabele war, and I

shall represent strongly to Her Majesty that the same honour ought to

be conferred on the members of the Bulawayo Field Force. You have as

much right and title to the distinction as those who fought in the

first war, and I hope there will be a sufficient number struck for both

those who fought in the first war and those who have fought during the

present rebellion. I thank you for your assistance in the past, and I

hope you will remain in the country to witness the prosperity which is

certain to come."

* * * * *

And now, Lord Grey's speech to the members of the Bulawayo Field Force

having formed the closing scene in the history of the corps, whose

deeds in the cause of civilisation, and for the preservation of British

supremacy in Rhodesia, it has been my endeavour to describe in the

foregoing pages, it only remains for me to bid adieu to my readers, and

to hope that the intrinsic interest of the scenes I have attempted to

describe in very plain and homely fashion may be sufficient to atone

for the deficiencies which will doubtless be only too apparent in my

literary style.

SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER

CONTAINING A FEW THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS UPON MATTERS RHODESIAN AND SOUTH

AFRICAN

No one, I think, who has carefully read the little history which I

have just brought to a close, can fail to have been struck by the

conspicuous part which has been played by the Dutch settlers in

Matabeleland in the recent struggle for supremacy between the white

invaders of that country and the native black races; and it will

probably come as a surprise to many to find that the Boer element

is so strong as it is in Rhodesia, for that country has always been

considered more exclusively British as regards its white population

than any other State in South Africa, not except Natal and the Eastern

Province of the Cape Colony, both of which territories, though almost

purely British in the large towns, yet possess a large Boer population

in the farming districts, whose ancestors were living on the land

before the arrival of the British colonists.

But, in the opening up and colonisation of Rhodesia by means of the

pioneer expedition of the British South Africa Company, which took

possession of Eastern Mashunaland in 1890, a new departure was made in

South African history, for the British became the pioneers instead of

the Dutch, and a British colony was established in the far interior

of the country many hundred miles to the north of the most northerly

Dutch state; and it is the fact that the occupation of Mashunaland in

1890 and the invasion and conquest of Matabeleland in 1893 were purely

British enterprises, which has, I think, created the belief generally

held in England that Rhodesia at the present day is a purely British

colony. Yet this is not the case, for within the British state there

are two Boer colonies, the one of which has been established subsequent

to the Matabele war in the country to the south of Fort Charter,

whilst the other has occupied the hills and valleys of Gazaland since

the latter part of 1891. Besides these agricultural colonies, where

a number of contiguous farms are occupied by Boers who have settled

on the land with their wives and families, there are many other Boer

farmers scattered throughout Rhodesia, whilst up to the time when the

rinderpest destroyed all their cattle, a large number of Dutchmen were

constantly present in the country, earning their living with their

waggons and oxen as carriers from one district to another.

When the rebellion broke out, Commandant Van Rensberg at once formed

an Africander Corps, the great majority of whose members were Boers,

although it numbered in its ranks a certain proportion of colonists of

British blood, and it is a matter of history that these Dutchmen under

Commandant Van Rensberg and Captains Van Niekerk and Pittendrigh have

done splendid service during the recent insurrection in Matabeleland,

and have fought side by side with Grey's Scouts and Gifford's Horse,

and all the other troops of the Bulawayo Field Force, in a way which

has won for them the admiration and respect of their brothers in arms

and fellow-colonists of British blood; and that the mutual esteem and

good fellowship engendered between the two races during the recent

time of common peril may be fostered and maintained in the coming years

ought not only to be the earnest desire of all thinking men, but should

be also one of the main objects constantly kept in view by the English

Administrator of these territories.

[Illustration: COMMANDANT VAN RENSBERG

who raised the Africander Corps of the Bulawayo Field Force.]

Many years ago, at a time when the scheme for the colonisation of the

high and healthy plateaus lying between the Limpopo and the Zambesi

had not yet assumed definite shape in the fertile brain of Mr. Cecil

Rhodes, I remember writing in the course of an article, published, I

think, in the _Fortnightly Review_, that those territories were in my

opinion the natural heritage of the British and Dutch colonists in

the older states of South Africa. My forecast was true enough, for

although in its first inception the colonisation of Rhodesia was a

purely British enterprise, yet to-day, in less than six years from the

date when the Union Jack was hoisted at Fort Salisbury and the country

proclaimed to be a province of Britain, it already numbers amongst

its inhabitants a very considerable number of Dutch Boers, who form

an element of the population, which in all South African history has

been found indispensable for the gradual conversion of vast uncultured

wastes into civilised states.

Now I might, I think, have gone further, and said that the whole of

temperate South Africa (in which must be included the high plateaus

lying between the Limpopo and the Zambesi) was the joint possession of

the British and Dutch races; for in all the states of that country,

the old and the new alike, we find the two races living side by side,

whilst, curiously enough, in the British province of the Cape Colony

the Dutch outnumber the British, and in the Boer State of the Transvaal

the British outnumber the Dutch.

Throughout South Africa the Dutch live away from the towns on their

farms, and, speaking generally, form the agricultural and pastoral

population of the country. They are naturally a kindly, hospitable

race; but as the inevitable result of their surroundings and the

circumstances in which they have lived for generations, they are

for the most part very poorly educated, and therefore ignorant,

unprogressive and bigoted; whilst among the descendants of the

"voor-trekkers," who some forty years ago abandoned their farms in the

Cape Colony and fled, with their wives and their children, their flocks

and their herds, into the unknown interior beyond the great Orange

River, in order to escape from what they considered the injustice of

British rule, there exists an ingrained hatred and distrust, not of

the individual Englishman, but of the government of the country under

whose flag they believe their fathers suffered wrong, and it is this

sentiment which at the present moment, unfortunately, is being used as

a political lever, which threatens nothing but disaster to the whole of

South Africa, by the anti-British, but non-Boer adventurers, who are

fighting for their own hands in Pretoria.

The recent deplorable invasion of Transvaal territory by a British

force in defiance of all international law, to accomplish I still

fail to understand what, has naturally exasperated the Dutch of the

Transvaal, and caused them to look upon everything British with more

distrust and suspicion than ever; but the history of that disastrous

expedition, evoking as it did the most intense national sentiment, not

only amongst the Boers of the Transvaal, but also in a somewhat milder

degree perhaps, though still in a most pronounced manner, amongst their

compatriots in the Orange Free State, coupled with the very notorious

fact that in the exclusively Dutch districts both of the Cape Colony

and Natal a very strong anti-British feeling was excited, must have

convinced even the most infatuated that a conflict between Dutchmen

and Englishmen, in whatever portion of South Africa it may arise, will

be but the prelude to a war between the two races throughout every

province from Cape Agulhas to the Zambesi—a war which would retard

the general progress of the country for a generation, which would be

infinitely disastrous to both races engaged in the struggle, and yet

could be beneficial to neither, no matter which proved victorious.

In future let us hope that neither young military aspirants to fame,

who, being ignorant of everything concerning South Africa, would yet

climb their way to glory over the dead bodies of British and Dutch

South Africans with the most light-hearted carelessness, just in the

way of their professional business, nor cold-hearted self-seeking

foreign politicians, who would use the ignorance and prejudice of the

Boer to assist them in gratifying their jealous hatred of England,

will be allowed to sway the councils of the statesmen, British or Boer,

on whose decree the fate of South Africa really depends.

Not being a politician nor anything else but a wandering Englishman

with a taste for natural history and sport, it may be held most

presumptuous on my part to have written as I have done; but yet I have

the most profound conviction that a war between the Boers and British

in South Africa can only be a calamity of incalculable dimensions to

both races; whilst the name of that statesman, whether Boer or Briton,

who should without just cause on the one hand "cry havoc and let loose

the dogs of war," or on the other compel the slipping of such dogs by

fatuous obstinacy, and a cynical disregard for all the principles of

enlightened government, will be assuredly held in execration by unborn

generations of Boers and Britons alike. Neither race can get away from

or do away with the other, and therefore both must try and rub off

their mutual prejudices, and live harmoniously together.

This is not difficult in a new country like Rhodesia, where the

representatives of the two peoples are in the nature of things thrown

much together, and where there has always been a good understanding

between them, which has of late been very much strengthened by the

mutual assistance given by each to the other during the recent

troublous times; and the fact that in these territories a very good

understanding prevails between the Dutch and British gives one reason

to hope that in time a similar state of things may be attained in the

Transvaal, although unfortunately in that State there are several

factors which militate against such a result being speedily arrived at.

In the first place, the great mass of the European population in the

Transvaal, the greater part of which is British, resides in one great

city, where it leads its own life, and does not come in contact with

the Dutch farming population, of which it knows neither the language

nor the history, and with whose modes of thought and manner of life it

is altogether out of sympathy; whilst, on the other hand, the rough

Boer, in too many cases, despises the ultra-civilised, sharp-witted,

faultlessly-dressed European, and does not recognise that many amongst

them are fine fellows and good sportsmen, and are capable of throwing

off their coats and doing a day's work, hunting or fighting, with the

roughest Boer amongst them, should occasion serve.

And yet these mutual prejudices and misunderstandings between the two

peoples might easily be rubbed away if it were not for the presence of

an anti-British clique of Hollanders and Germans in Pretoria, whose

object it is to widen the breach between the Boers and the British; and

as many of these men occupy official positions in the Government of the

country, and are therefore more in touch with the Boer legislators than

the citizens of Johannesburg can hope to be, they have opportunities

which they do not fail to use of increasing the distrust and suspicion

already existing between the two races who alone have got to work out

the destiny of South Africa between them, and amongst whom they are

only meddlesome self-seeking interlopers.

All the various States of South Africa will no doubt be united sooner

or later under one flag, but I am beginning to have my doubts as to

what flag that will be. It is true that at the present time there

exists in South Africa a very large British population of highly

intelligent and energetic men, who have been attracted to that

country by the diamond and gold fields. That population is constantly

increasing, but it is not one which settles on the land. It is rather a

population which has come to the country on a visit, in the endeavour

to make a fortune with which to retire to the old country, and as the

recent census taken in Johannesburg has shown, it is for the most part

composed of young men, the greater number of whom are unmarried. Now

I suppose it is conceivable that a day may come, say in fifty, eighty

or a hundred years time, when all the treasures have been dug up out

of the South African earth; and should such a day arrive, is it not

also conceivable that the great mining populations which have built

the cities of Kimberley and Johannesburg in what a few years ago was a

sparsely-inhabited wilderness, may dwindle down to comparatively small

proportions, leaving the Boer population, which during all that time

will have been increasing at a very rapid rate, once more numerically

very much in excess of the British?

It does not appear to me very probable that during the present

generation at least the Boers, either of the Transvaal or the Orange

Free State, are likely (except under compulsion, which presupposes a

deplorable war) to enter any confederacy of South African States, on

any terms whatever, under the British flag; and therefore should the

large British mining population now existent in the country gradually

vanish, and the Boer population at the same time very much increase,

the eventful confederation may take place under some other flag than

the Union Jack. After all, as the Boers hold as large a stake in land,

if not in wealth, as the British in South Africa, and as they were the

first comers, and can lay claim to having killed off as many natives,

and generally prepared as much country for occupation by white men, as

the British, I think they are entitled to some consideration in the

matter of the flag which is eventually to fly over the confederated

States of South Africa; and for my part I would rather see a

confederation take place under a compound flag, composed of equal parts

of the Union Jack and Dutch ensign, with a bit of a French flag let

in, to represent the Huguenots who, on their first arrival in South

Africa, formed one-sixth of the entire white population of the country,

and to whom the South African Boers of to-day owe many of their most

estimable qualities, than have the country plunged into war in order to

enforce its acceptance of the Union Jack.

However, this flag question is a problem of the future, and in the

meantime it is the duty of all South Africans who have the welfare

of the country as a whole at heart to do all they can to obliterate

the remembrance of events galling to the national pride either of

Dutchmen or Englishmen, and to endeavour to bring about once more a

feeling of mutual trust and confidence between the two races. The Dutch

must forget Slagter's Nek and Boomplaats, and the English must learn

to think no more of avenging the defeats of Laing's Nek and Majuba

Hill than they do of avenging the battles lost by the British troops

in America which culminated in the surrender of Cornwallis and the

declaration of American independence.

Now there has been for some years past an association in South Africa

called the African Bond, which in some quarters at least must be

considered anti-British, since another association called the Loyal

Colonists' League has been inaugurated to counteract its effects. This

latter society, judging by some speeches which have lately been made

by some of its members, is frankly anti-Dutch. Now, would it not be

better, if, in place of the latter society, whose object seems to be to

widen and accentuate the breach which, in the Transvaal at least, is

existent between the two races, an association should be formed, which

all clergymen of all denominations, including ministers of the Dutch

Reformed Church, should be invited to join, whose object should be the

gradual obliteration of race-hatred and race-jealousy between the Dutch

and British throughout South Africa, by the promotion of knowledge

amongst the ignorant and prejudiced of both peoples?—for that, after

all, is what is most required in order to bring about mutual respect

and mutual forbearance, and enable every member of every State in South

Africa to work under equal laws for the general prosperity of the whole

country, a prosperity which can never attain to full fruition until the

Dutch and British have attained to a political unity throughout South

Africa as complete as it is to-day in the Cape Colony.

And now, after this long digression upon matters South African, and

the expression of many opinions which, should they be read at all,

will possibly only excite ridicule, coupled with a rebuke upon my

presumption in wandering from the fields of sport and natural history,

where I may be at home, into the arena of politics, where, it will be

said, I certainly am not, let me say a few words about the present

position and future prospects of Rhodesia.

Should the lists I have given at the end of my book be glanced through,

it will be seen that the number of the settlers who were murdered in

Matabeleland alone at the outbreak of the native insurrection, added

to those who have since been killed and wounded in the subsequent

fighting, amounts to over 300, or more than ten per cent of the entire

white population of the country at the time of the outbreak of the

rebellion, a proportion, I think, which ought to be entirely gratifying

to even the most determined enemies of colonial expansion in Africa,

whilst it gives the lie direct to the statement which has so frequently

been made, that the settlers in Matabeleland have run no greater risks

in fighting with the Matabele in order to put down the rebellion than

would be incurred by a sportsman engaged in shooting hares and rabbits

at home.

I do not expect that the publication of these lists will call the

blush of shame to the cheeks of those who have been so eager to vilify

their countrymen in Rhodesia, but I do hope that it will arouse a

feeling of indignation in the minds of many who have hitherto been

more or less led astray by these dishonest, spiteful, and unpatriotic

mentors, and at any rate they must be sad reading to all but the most

prejudiced. However, the rebellion can now, I think, be considered as

almost at an end. The Kafirs have entirely failed in their attempt to

kill all the white men in Matabeleland, and to re-establish themselves

as an independent nation. To the west, north-west, north, north-east,

and east, the impis which four months ago had formed a cordon round

all those faces of Bulawayo have one and all been driven from their

positions, and have now broken up into hundreds of little bands, living

in the forests with their wives and children. From all the information

one can gather, the vast majority of these people are already suffering

from want of food, as their cattle are all or nearly all dead from

rinderpest, and a large proportion of their year's supply of grain has

been taken possession of or destroyed by the white men. Under these

conditions they cannot hold out much longer, and they would probably

have already come in to surrender were it not that on the one hand,

knowing the exasperation caused amongst the whites by the crimes they

have committed, they are afraid to throw themselves on their mercy, and

on the other they are kept from doing so by their chiefs, who having

been the ringleaders of the rebellion, and fearing that in case of

surrender their own lives at least would be forfeited, are still doing

all they can to prevent their people from submitting.

In the Matopos, Mr. Cecil Rhodes and Mr. Johan Colenbrander are at the

present moment carrying on negotiations with the insurgent chiefs,

which may or may not end in peace. Should no satisfactory arrangement

be arrived at, and the war be continued, the natives will be driven

to desperation, and it will not only require a much larger force than

there is at present in the country, but the expenditure of a vast

amount of money, and the loss of many valuable lives, before they

can be absolutely all killed or hunted out of the almost impregnable

fastnesses and hills honeycombed with caverns which exist all over the

large area of country known as the Matopos.

Now I think that, in view of the enormous cost and great loss of

life that would be entailed by the decision to make no terms with

the natives, it would be better to accept their submission on lines

consistent with the future safety of the country. The chiefs must stand

their trial, but the lives of all those who have had no part in the

murder of white men, women, and children, could be guaranteed. The

whole nation must of course be disarmed as completely as possible,

and the actual murderers of white people during the first days of

the rebellion must be shot or hanged. But should these conditions

be complied with, whilst at the same time a large police force is

maintained in the country, and the native administration carried on in

such a way that, although the natives are treated with firmness, their

grievances will always be heard, and as far as possible remedied, I do

not think we need fear another rebellion.

Of course there are those who say that it is a great mistake to hold

any parley with them at all. Go on killing them, they say, until the

remnant crawl in on their hands and knees and beg for mercy. Well, that

end could only be attained, as I have already said, at a cost of much

money and many lives; so I think that there are many here, who, some

for the sake of expediency and others for the sake of humanity, would

now wish to see this rebellion ended as soon as possible, if it can be

done in such a way as to ensure the future safety of the settlers in

the country. As soon as the chiefs submit and their people are again

located on the lands from which they have been driven, I think there

can be no doubt that the country will, for the time being, be perfectly

safe for white men; for history has shown us that when a Kafir tribe

submits it does so absolutely for the time being, and no murders of

isolated individuals are committed until the chiefs are ready for

another insurrection.

It may of course be said that the Matabele have not yet been thoroughly

beaten, and that, having gained a good deal of experience during the

last five months, their idea in submitting is to get in their next

year's crops and then begin again, on the principle of "reculer pour

mieux sauter." But is this at all probable? After the first war they

were more or less surprised into submission to the white men, the

greater part of them never having fought for their country at all.

Then they found that the shoe of the white man's rule began to pinch,

but they wore it for two years, and did not attempt to throw it off

until the country appeared to them to have been left in an absolutely

defenceless condition by their conquerors.

They have now had their rebellion, and it has absolutely failed, and

they have lost at least twice as many men in the recent fighting as

they did in the first war. Nor is there any longer a cattle question

to excite their resentment, for the cattle are all, or almost all,

dead from the rinderpest. Therefore it appears to me, that if they

are disarmed as far as is possible, and if a strong police force is

maintained in the country for the next few years, their submission

can be safely accepted, and the mass of the people be allowed to go

unpunished; but justice and common sense both demand that all who are

proved to have been implicated, either directly or indirectly, in any

of the murders which marked the outbreak of the rebellion, shall be

most summarily dealt with. They will be gradually discovered, and some,

it may be, may not be brought to justice for years to come, but no

mercy must be shown them whenever or wherever they may be found.

In less than two years' time the railway now being pushed on through

the Bechuanaland Protectorate will have reached Bulawayo; and if the

natives can be kept quiet by a firm and just rule until the advent of

the iron horse in Matabeleland, there is little fear of their ever

again rising in rebellion against the white man.

In the meantime the development of the country must remain at a

standstill, and the country retained as a British possession, by an

occupation which will be almost purely military, as not only has the

cost of living been rendered almost prohibitive through the destruction

of all the cattle in Matabeleland and Bechuanaland by the rinderpest,

and the consequent substitution of mules and donkeys in the place of

oxen for draught purposes, but farming also has been rendered very

difficult, as, putting aside stock and dairy farming, no ploughing

can be done without oxen, nor can agricultural produce be carried to

market without the assistance of those useful animals, for salted

and acclimatised horses and mules are too scarce and expensive to be

reckoned on for farm work. The rinderpest, therefore, has for the

present put an end to all European enterprise in the way of mining and

farming in Matabeleland.

People in England can only realise the disastrous effect which this

dread disease has had on the prosperity of the country by endeavouring

to picture to themselves what the consequences would have been had a

disease suddenly made its appearance in Great Britain in the early part

of the present century, before the introduction of railways, which

destroyed ninety-nine per cent of all the horses in the British Isles;

yet even that would scarcely represent the extent of the calamity from

the effects of which we are now suffering, when it is considered what

an immense tract of barren wilderness yet lies between Matabeleland and

the nearest railway station.

In the early part of this year there were over 100,000 head of cattle,

all sleek and in excellent condition, in Matabeleland, but when it

closes, I think it very doubtful if 500 will be still left alive in the

whole country. Even this loss is small as compared with that sustained

by Khama and his people, who were the largest cattle-holders in South

Africa, and whose loss it has been computed, from reliable data,

exceeds 800,000 head of horned cattle.

However, the rinderpest is a calamity which is not likely to occur

again, but which, when it does occur, sweeps everything before it both

in Europe and Africa. That Matabeleland as a whole is a country second

to none in South Africa for cattle-breeding is the opinion of everyone

who has lived there for any length of time and had the opportunity of

studying the matter. When, therefore, the rinderpest has died out,

and the railway has reached Bulawayo, the country will be gradually

restocked; and then, too, mining machinery will be imported, and our

mines will at last be worked with a result which will give the final

death-blow to all those who have for the last six years been engaged in

disseminating falsehoods concerning Rhodesia.

From the statistics supplied to me by the Compensation Board, which

I have given in the form of an appendix, it will be seen that a good

deal of farming work had already been done at the time of the outbreak

of the rebellion, and that the population of Matabeleland were not all

"gin-sellers" or "men who had gone out to Matabeleland in order to

swindle the British public, by inducing them to subscribe for shares

in worthless companies, whose so-called gold claims contained no gold."

The fact, too, that farmers and prospectors were living all over the

country in perfect health rather explodes the theory of a noxious

vapour rising to some four feet from the ground which is so deadly

to Europeans that all colonisation of the country is impossible; but

this, if I remember aright, was the theory propounded by one of Mr.

Labouchere's "reliable" correspondents—a fit contributor, forsooth, to

the pages of _Truth_.

It is now known throughout South Africa that Matabeleland and

Mashunaland are white men's countries, where Europeans can live and

thrive and rear strong healthy children; that they are magnificent

countries for stock-breeding, and that many portions of them will

prove suitable for Merino sheep and Angora goats; whilst agriculture

and fruit-growing can be carried on successfully almost everywhere

in a small way, and in certain districts, especially in Mashunaland

and Manica where there is a greater abundance of water, on a fairly

extensive scale.

As for the gold, there is every reason to believe that out of the

enormous number of reefs which are considered by their owners to be

payable properties some small proportion at least will turn up trumps,

and, should this proportion only amount to two per cent, that will be

quite sufficient to ensure a big output of gold in the near future,

which will in its turn ensure the prosperity of the whole country.

Once let the railway reach Bulawayo, and given intelligent legislation

in the best interests of the settlers and miners in the country,

Rhodesia will soon prove its value to the most sceptical; but the

prosperity which I predict will, I am afraid, be very much retarded,

if not completely destroyed, by the revocation at the present moment

of the Charter which was granted to the British South Africa Company

in 1889, and the substitution of Imperial rule for the present form of

Government. For this reason:—Under the present régime the Company's

administrator is always accessible to the people living in the country,

and whatever local reforms may be deemed necessary by the latter are

always capable of discussion, and can be acceded to by him on the spot,

without despatches having first of all to be forwarded to the High

Commissioner at the Cape, by whom they would be sent on to the Colonial

Office, with the result that a local reform, urgently required, might

be delayed for months or never granted at all.

Under the Company's government, too, the administrator himself would

always be a man acquainted with the history of the territories he was

governing, and would be probably one who not only had the prosperity of

the country he was governing deeply at heart, but who also would have

a very good idea as to how that prosperity was likely to be attained.

During the next few years, too, which will be a very critical period

in the history of Rhodesia, such an administrator would always have

the benefit of the advice of the man through whose energy and genius

the territories forming that state have been secured for the British

Empire. But should this territory be converted into a Crown colony and

governed from Downing Street on hard-and-fast lines, some of them not

at all applicable to local requirements, with an administrator very

likely ignorant of his local surroundings, and possibly out of sympathy

with the settlers—Dutch and British—who have made the country their

home, nothing but disaster is to be expected.

Surely the people who have stuck to Rhodesia through good and evil

times, and who, under the auspices of the Chartered Company, have added

a vast territory to the British Empire and laid the foundations of

what will soon be a prosperous colony, which, given an intelligent and

adaptable form of government, will be able to pay its way, ought to

have some say in this matter, and not be transferred unwillingly to a

rule which they know would be ill suited to local requirements, and

under which local enterprises would surely languish for want of the

fostering care which only a local administrator can provide.

The white population of Rhodesia have had many a growl at the

government of the Chartered Company, but in most cases they have got

what they growled for—to wit, the extension of the railways, both from

the Cape Colony and the East Coast; the reduction of the Company's

percentage of interest in the mines; and full and most generous

compensation, where the claims were just, for cattle destroyed in

the endeavour to stay the progress of the rinderpest, and for all

losses sustained owing to the late native insurrection. Under Imperial

rule they know that no compensation has ever been granted for losses

sustained through a native rebellion, and they also know that little

or no assistance could be hoped for in the construction of railways

or other public works. Recognising all these things, having as an

object-lesson just before their eyes the wretchedly slow progress

made in Bechuanaland under the Imperial administration, and knowing,

moreover, that the Transvaal war of 1880-81, if not the loss of the

Transvaal itself as a British possession, was brought about solely by

a Government from Downing Street, through an administrator entirely

ignorant of local requirements and absolutely out of sympathy with the

people he was chosen to govern, can it be wondered at that at a recent

meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in this town, the people of Bulawayo

expressed confidence in the government of the Chartered Company and in

Mr. Cecil Rhodes, representing as they do a corporation of capitalists

who hold the largest financial stake in the country, and whose aims and

objects are identical with those of the people living in the country,

whilst they resented the idea of being handed over to Imperial rule

without having their wishes in the matter consulted, in order to please

the Little Englander party at home?

One of the most noteworthy features at the meeting to which I have

referred was the remarkable unanimity shown by the British and Dutch

on this subject, for the Dutch up here believe in Mr. Rhodes, and have

the most absolute confidence in his ability to insure the prosperity of

the country. The natives, too, as has just been shown, look upon him as

their father; and I believe that through his influence and the strength

of his personality, a peace will soon be arranged with them, which

would have been impossible at the present time but for his presence in

the country.

BULAWAYO, _26th August 1896_.

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A

HEADQUARTERS, INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT,

BULAWAYO, _August 1896_.

Amended List of Persons murdered in Matabeleland during the

recent native insurrection.

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│ │ │ Date │ │

│ Names. │ District. │ (1896). │ Details. │

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│ │ │ │ │

│ Anderson, │ Sebakwe │ End March │ On way to │

│ Joscelyn Hepburn │ │ │ Mafungabusi; │

│ │ │ │ engineer. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Anderson, Alex. │ Boola Boola │ 25th " │ Reported killed by │

│ │ │ │ F. Evans, his mate, │

│ │ │ │ who escaped. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Bertlesen Family │ Shangani │ End " │ Farming 12 miles │

│ (6) (father, │ River │ │ north of Hartley │

│ mother, and 4 │ │ │ Hills Road. │

│ sons) │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Baragwanath, John │ Filibusi │ 24th May │ Brother in the B.F.F. │

│ Albert │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Bentley, Arthur │ " │ " " │ A N.-C. from │

│ │ │ │ Queenstown district. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Barr, W. A. │ Shangani │ End March │ Family, contractors │

│ │ │ │ at Bristol. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Barnard, Harry │ Umvungu │ 25th " │ Partner of West │

│ Edgar │ │ │ Brothers, Umvungu │

│ │ │ │ Store; late with │

│ │ │ │ Parker Wood, │

│ │ │ │ Johannesburg. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Bolton │ Inyati │ End March │ Killed with Cyril │

│ │ │ │ West (Williams' │

│ │ │ │ Ex. Coy.) │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Bowen, Jimmy │ Mavene │ 30th " │ Hammond's Mines; │

│ │ │ │ killed with │

│ │ │ │ S. Van Blerk. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Borgen or Vorgen │ Shangani │ ... │ Prospector. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Bowker, Trooper │ Lower Gwelo │ 30th " │ M.M.P. sent to warn │

│ │ │ │ people, Lower Gwelo. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Colas, Dionysius │ Inyati │ End " │ A Greek trader. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Cunningham, James │ Filibusi │ 24th " │ One of Cunningham │

│ Samuel │ │ │ family, away carting │

│ │ │ │ wood. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Clark, W. E. │ Mavene │ End " │ Body found—Gwelo │

│ │ │ │ patrol. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Carpenter, John │ Filibusi │ 24th " │ Body found near │

│ Loran │ │ │ Filibusi Store. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Cunningham Family │ Filibusi │ 24th March │ Farmers near Store │

│ (8) (father, │ │ │ (brother, F. H. │

│ mother, and 6 │ │ │ Cunningham, Dundee, │

│ children) │ │ │ Natal). │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Classen, Henry │ Makukapene │ 26th " │ Body seen. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Case, George │ Inyati │ " " │ M.M.P., killed with │

│ │ │ │ Graham, Handley, │

│ │ │ │ Hurford, and Corke. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Corke, Leighton │ " │ " " │ Ex. M.M.P., do. │

│ Huntley │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Comploier, P. │ Gwelo │ " " │ Prospector; body │

│ │ │ │ buried by Napier's │

│ │ │ │ Gwelo patrol. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Cumming, Percy H. │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ Son of Mr. and Mrs. │

│ │ │ │ Cumming, Bulawayo; │

│ │ │ │ body seen near │

│ │ │ │ Filibusi Store. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Crawley, Alaine │ " │ " " │ Working with J. │

│ M. │ │ │ Schultz. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Cato, Colin │ " │ " " │ Body seen at edge of │

│ │ │ │ shaft. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Donovan, Timothy │ Inyati │ " " │ Killed with Seward │

│ (?S. A.) │ │ │ near Ancients Reef; │

│ │ │ │ working for Mallert. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Durden, Charles │ Ingwena │ " " │ Killed with Surveyor │

│ │ │ │ Fitzpatrick. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Dufra │ Lower Gwelo │ 30th " │ Killed at Shangani. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Daly, John │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ Left for Gambo's │

│ (?James) │ │ │ kraal. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Davies, Harold │ Bembisi │ 2nd April │ Killed near Thaba │

│ John │ │ │ N'Couga. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Danby, Lewis │ Bulawayo │ ... │ Prospector. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Daly, James M. │ Bubi │ 25th March │ Managing Glen's │

│ │ │ │ farms; sick at time │

│ │ │ │ of death. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Edwards, Norman │ Inyati │ " " │ Surveyor (of Fletcher │

│ │ │ │ and Espiro). │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Edkins, E. C. │ Filibusi │ 24th " │ Storekeeper (brother │

│ │ │ │ in Johannesburg); │

│ │ │ │ body seen in store. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Eaglestone, │ Makukapene │ End March │ Partner of Joseph │

│ Charles Percy │ │ │ Clinton. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Ehlert, Ferdinand │ Filibusi │ " " │ Working with J. │

│ (known as │ │ │ Jeffries. Family in │

│ "Bill") │ │ │ Kimberley. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Earst, Ayerst │ " │ " " │ Working with J. │

│ Alfred │ │ │ Jeffries. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Edgell, E. R. │ On way from │ " " │ Murdered by natives, │

│ │ Gwelo to │ │ as reported by │

│ │ Hartley │ │ Adjutant Taylor, │

│ │ Hills │ │ Gwelo. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Fitzpatrick │ Lower Gwelo │ 25th " │ Surveyor; body seen. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Farquharson, │ Bulawayo │ ... │ Storekeeper. │

│ James John │ │ │ │

│ Edward │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Forster, Wilson │ Makukapene │ " " │ Prospector; body seen.│

│ │ │ │ │

│ Fourie Family (8) │ Tekwe River │ 2nd April │ Farming; bodies │

│ (Stephanus, │ │ │ buried by Napier's │

│ wife,and 6 │ │ │ Gwelo patrol. │

│ children) │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Fourie, Caspar │ Near │ 20th April │ Transport rider, │

│ Hendrick │ Bulawayo │ │ killed with │

│ │ │ │ Potgieter. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Farrar │ Lower Gwelo │ End March │ Prospector, with │

│ │ │ │ companion (name │

│ │ │ │ unknown). │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Foxkerk, Stanley │ Shangani │ 25th " │ Prospector. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Grenfell, Pascoe │ Inyati │ End " │ Left Inyati for Bubi; │

│ St. L. │ │ │ Manager Company. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Gordon, John │ Gwelo │ " " │ Miner. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Graham, A. M. │ Inyati │ 26th " │ A N.-C. Family in │

│ │ │ │ Glasgow. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Grant, John │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ Mining with Robert │

│ M'Innes │ │ │ Sharpe. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Grant, Jock │ " │ " " │ Killed with Jock │

│ M'Leod. │ │ │ Nimmo at Godlway's │

│ │ │ │ kraal; body buried │

│ │ │ │ by Salisbury column. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Greenhaugh, John │ Hotel, │ " " │ Working with Whawill │

│ │ Filibusi │ │ and Reddan. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Gracey, Robert │ Shangani │ End " │ Body buried by │

│ │ │ │ Napier's Gwelo │

│ │ │ │ patrol. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Hunter, H. E. │ Bembisi │ " " │ Body seen. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Handley, Mark │ Inyati │ " " │ Sub-Inspector M.M.P., │

│ │ │ │ son of Henry Handley,│

│ │ │ │ Natal. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Hurford, George │ " │ " " │ Late M.M.P., killed │

│ │ │ │ with Graham, Handley,│

│ │ │ │ Case, and Corke. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Hurlstone, │ Pongo River │ " " │ Partner of H. P. │

│ Frederick │ Hotel │ │ Selmes. Family in │

│ │ │ │ Coventry. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Harbord, H. M. │ Mavene │ " " │ Store on Hartley Hill │

│ │ │ │ Road (brother, A. G. │

│ │ │ │ Harbord, Longton, │

│ │ │ │ near Nottingham). │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Hammond, And. │ Shangani │ " " │ Killed with Palmer │

│ Robt. │ │ │ and Johnson, │

│ │ │ │ engineers. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Hartley, Joseph │ Ingwena │ " " │ Body found at │

│ │ Store │ │ Harbord's Store; age │

│ │ │ │ about forty-five, │

│ │ │ │ height 5 ft. 8 in. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Holstein │ Shangani │ ... │ Prospector. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Ivers, Colin │ Filibusi │ 24th " │ Body found Celtic │

│ Campbell │ │ │ Reef. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Johnson, W. H. │ Shangani │ 30th " │ Killed with Hammond │

│ │ │ │ and Palmer. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Jensen, Charles │ " │ " " │ A Swede. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Johnston │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Jeffries, J. │ " │ " " │ Working with Ehlert │

│ │ │ │ and Earst. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Kirk, Agnes │ Tekwe River │ 2nd April │ J. Ross's │

│ │ │ │ stepdaughter; body │

│ │ │ │ buried by Napier's │

│ │ │ │ patrol. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Keefe, Charles │ Shangani │ 2nd March │ Working with Webster. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Keefe, Christopher│ " │ " " │ " " │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Koch │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ Killed with Jeffries, │

│ │ │ │ Ehlert, and Earst. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Livesay, E. R. │ Filibusi │ End March │ Late Lieutenant 3rd │

│ Eustace │ │ │ Dragoon Guards. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Luckcass, Herbert │ " │ 25th " │ Killed at O'Maker's │

│ │ │ │ waggon; others │

│ │ │ │ escaped. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Lennock, George │ Gwelo │ End " │ Body found Mavene; │

│ │ │ │ almost │

│ │ │ │ unrecognisable. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Langford (2), Dr. │ Insiza │ " " │ Bodies found on │

│ and Mrs. │ │ │ Rixon's farm and │

│ │ │ │ buried by Napier's │

│ │ │ │ Gwelo patrol. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Lemon, C. J. │ " │ " " │ Father G. D. Lemon, │

│ │ │ │ Raleigh, Bedeford, │

│ │ │ │ North Devon; money │

│ │ │ │ at Standard Bank; │

│ │ │ │ buried by Napier's │

│ │ │ │ Gwelo patrol. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Lewis, Arthur B. │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Lund, Severin │ Gwaai River │ End " │ A Dane. │

│ H. C. │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ M'Heugh, Harry │ Bembisi │ " " │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Maddocks, Thomas │ Filibusi │ 23rd " │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Melford, William │ Gwelo │ End " │ │

│ B. │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Matthews │ Shangani │ " " │ With Van der Doorten; │

│ │ │ │ a Jew from Melbourne.│

│ │ │ │ │

│ Mathey, Ernest │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ Body recognised near │

│ │ │ │ Store. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Marcussen, │ Hartley │ ... │ Prospector. │

│ Andreas E. │ Hills │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Morrison, James E.│ Queen's │ 29th " │ Refused to leave. │

│ │ Reef │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ M'Cormack │ Ingwena │ End " │ Working with H. B. │

│ │ Store │ │ Taylor; body not │

│ │ │ │ seen. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Macdonald, Colin │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ Killed with Classen. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Nimmo, Walter │ " │ " " │ Murdered with John │

│ (known as Jock │ │ │ M'Leod Grant. │

│ or Watty) │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Palmer, H. M. │ Shangani │ 30th " │ Killed with Hammond │

│ │ │ │ and Johnson. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Potgieter, Derk │ Bulawayo │ 20th April │ Transport rider. │

│ Rainer │ Road │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Ottens, Wilhelm O.│ Filibusi │ 24th March │ Family lives near │

│ │ │ │ Assen, Holland. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ O'Reilly, T. │ Gwelo │ End " │ Murdered on Leechdale │

│ │ │ │ Co.'s property. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ O'Connor, │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ Brother saved; in │

│ ("Jack") John │ │ │ Bulawayo. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Reddington, │ Pongo River │ End " │ Clerk to Hurlstone. │

│ Reginald │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Reddan, Valentine │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ Murdered with │

│ │ │ │ Greenhaugh and │

│ │ │ │ Whawill. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Rowe, F. R. │ Shangani │ 30th " │ Miner of St. Austell. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Richards, John │ Bulawayo │ ... │ Prospector. │

│ Edward │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Ross (2), Joseph │ Tekwe River │ 2nd April │ │

│ and wife │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Rowlands, John │ Bembisi │ │ Miner of King │

│ James │ │ │ William's Town. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Radford, A. │ Shangani │ End March │ Partner of Leech. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Raw │ Lower Gwelo │ ... │ Prospector. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Sharpe, Robert │ Filibusi │ 25th March │ Killed with Grant. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Stanley, Frank │ Sebakwe │ End " │ Brother, late Lieut. │

│ Harrison │ │ │ Royal Irish Rifles, │

│ │ │ │ c/o Armstrong Bros., │

│ │ │ │ bankers, │

│ │ │ │ 93 Bishopgate St., │

│ │ │ │ London. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Stobie, James │ Mavene │ 25th " │ Murdered with Joseph │

│ │ │ │ Hartley, both working│

│ │ │ │ for G. R. Ainnocks. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Smith │ Lower Gwelo │ ... │ Miner. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Seward, George E. │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ Killed with Cato, │

│ │ │ │ near Ancients Reef; │

│ │ │ │ working for Mallett. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Talman, Frank │ Gwelo │ End " │ Near Pongo Store; │

│ │ │ │ body recognised by │

│ │ │ │ Robinson. Age 24; │

│ │ │ │ 5 ft. 5 in.; light. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Taylor, George │ Shangani │ " " │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Thomas, Jock │ " │ " " │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Tyass, George (of │ Bembisi │ " " │ Sent with medicine to │

│ Natal) │ │ │ J. H. Daly. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Van Blerk, Sid. │ Mavene │ 30th " │ Hammond's Mines; age │

│ │ │ │ 30; killed with │

│ │ │ │ Jimmy Bowen. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Vaughan, Thomas │ Pongo River │ 25th " │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Van Gorckim, │ Bulawayo │ ... │ Bricklayer. │

│ Martinus │ │ │ │

│ Gerhardus │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Vavaseur, Robert │ Stoneybrook │ June │ Reported murdered to │

│ │ Thabas M. │ │ Charter. │

│ │ Simbi │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Van der Doorten │ Shangani │ 30th March │ From Rotterdam. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ White, Robert │ Inyati │ End " │ Left Inyati for Bubi. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ West, Cyril │ Inyati │ End " │ Killed with Bolton. │

│ (Willoughbys) │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ West Bros. (2) │ Shangani │ " " │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Wren │ " │ 25th " │ Cattle-inspector in │

│ │ │ │ district. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Wyllie, David │ Gwelo │ End " │ Working for Warwick │

│ │ │ │ Colliers. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Wright, James │ Bembisi │ ... │ Storeman (of │

│ │ │ │ Johannesburg). │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Woods, Arthur │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ Working and killed │

│ W. P. │ │ │ with E. Mathey. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ White, Charles │ Shangani │ " " │ │

│ │ │ │ │

│ White, Edward │ Filibusi │ " " │ Killed with Jack │

│ │ │ │ O'Connor. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Walsh, William │ Mavene │ End " │ Body found Gwelo │

│ │ │ │ patrol; aged 40; │

│ │ │ │ buried Mavene patrol.│

│ │ │ │ │

│ Whawill, John │ Filibusi │ 25th " │ Killed with Reddan │

│ │ │ │ and Greenhaugh. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Webster, R. │ Shangani │ End " │ Killed with Keefes, a │

│ │ │ │ partner of Peacock's.│

│ │ │ │ │

│ Weinand │ " │ " " │ Cattle-inspector. │

│ │ │ │ │

│ Zeeburg, H. │ Pongo River │ 26th " │ Trader. │

│ │ │ │ │

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List of Persons supposed to have been in Matabeleland at the

time of the outbreak of the insurrection, of whom nothing has

since been heard, and the greater part, if not all, of whom must

therefore be numbered amongst those murdered by the natives.

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│ │ Details and │ │

│ Names. │ Address. │ Last heard of. │

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│ Ansterhauzen │ Thabas Mamba │ Trading at Thabas Mamba. │

│ │ │ │

│ Bird, Robert George │ ... │ Left Cape Town 13th April. │

│ │ │ │

│ Band │ ... │ Late of Johannesburg Police. │

│ │ │ │

│ Burch, Dr. │ ... │ Reported to be in Matabeleland.│

│ │ │ │

│ Bridge, Walter │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Batchelor, Franc D. │ ... │ Reported to have been on some │

│ │ │ mining property near Bulawayo.│

│ │ │ │

│ Bruce, Stewart │ ... │ A Trooper in Dr. Jameson's │

│ │ │ force. │

│ Bent │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Bowen, O. │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Beaton, James │ Johannesburg │ Left Scotland in 1880 East for │

│ │ │ London, afterwards in │

│ │ │ Kimberley and Johannesburg, │

│ │ │ and left latter place │

│ │ │ probably for Bulawayo. │

│ │ │ Height 5 ft. 10 in.; │

│ │ │ black curly hair; well built; │

│ │ │ 42 years of age. │

│ │ │ │

│ Cook, James P. │ Bulawayo │ Photographer's assistant, │

│ │ │ Bulawayo. │

│ │ │ │

│ Cook, Thomas │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Cook, Robert │ ... │ Late of M.M.P. │

│ │ │ │

│ Carstens, John E. A. │ Bulawayo │ Formerly in Captain Selous' │

│ │ │ Troop. │

│ │ │ │

│ Carter, James │ " │ Civil engineer in Bulawayo. │

│ │ │ │

│ Dickson or Dixon │ Gwelo │ Gwelo district. │

│ │ │ │

│ Douvre │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │

│ Dixon, R. │ ... │ Formerly in army. │

│ │ │ │

│ Doveton, W. T. │ Inyati │ Seen in Bulawayo between 1-13 │

│ │ │ April, and not heard of since.│

│ │ │ │

│ Evers, Harold Cecil │ Bulawayo │ Bulawayo district. │

│ │ │ │

│ Greyling (5), John, │ " │ On road to Bulawayo. │

│ wife, and 3 │ │ │

│ children │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Grant, Jimmy │ " │ Bulawayo. │

│ │ │ │

│ Hill, John Shutter │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Jacobs, Charlie │ ... │ Gwelo camp, 2nd June. │

│ │ │ │

│ Jones, William │ Bulawayo │ Bulawayo at time Matabele War. │

│ Stevens │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Kerr │ Gwelo │ Shangani district. │

│ │ │ │

│ Kroger, Frans J. │ Chemist │ Delagoa Bay. │

│ │ │ │

│ Lee, Thomas │ Gwelo │ Gwelo district. │

│ │ │ │

│ Mackenzie, Thomas │ Bulawayo │ Bulawayo. │

│ │ │ │

│ Morrison, Wm. │ ... │ Late of B.B.P. │

│ Hutchinson │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Matthews, Stuart │ Bulawayo │ Late of Dunraven mines. │

│ │ │ │

│ Honey, Clifford │ ... │ Formerly of B.B.P. │

│ Francis │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Mitchell, Basil │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Magee, Joseph │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Nieuwenhaus │ ... │ Bulawayo road. │

│ │ │ │

│ Oosthuizen │ Gwelo │ Shangani district. │

│ │ │ │

│ Orton, Henry │ ... │ Sebakwe drift. │

│ Sambourne │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Palmer, William R. │ Johannesburg │ Bulawayo, end February. │

│ │ │ │

│ Reet, P. │ Transport │ Pietersburg. │

│ │ rider │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Rothman, John │ Bulawayo │ Bulawayo. │

│ │ │ │

│ Reynard, J. J. │ ... │ Believed to be in Colonel │

│ │ │ Plumer's force. │

│ │ │ │

│ Reed, William James │ late │ Bulawayo. │

│ │ Johannesburg │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Richardson, Arthur │ ... │ A prospector. │

│ │ │ │

│ Stalmp, Frank J. │ London │ Bulawayo. │

│ │ │ │

│ Spalteholz, Kurt │ Dresden, │ Left Johannesburg for Bulawayo,│

│ │ Germany │ December 1895. │

│ │ │ │

│ Spalteholz, Kurt │ Amsterdam │ Last heard of, Pietersburg, │

│ │ │ 2nd Jan. 1896, when on road │

│ │ │ Bulawayo with party by ox │

│ │ │ waggon. Height 6 ft.; age 24; │

│ │ │ smooth face; light brown hair;│

│ │ │ sharp features. Papers of his │

│ │ │ have been found on Rixon's │

│ │ │ farm, and bag (possibly │

│ │ │ belonging to him) at Thabas │

│ │ │ Mamba. │

│ │ │ │

│ Smith, Sidney Z. │ Mafeking │ Reported to have left Mafeking │

│ │ │ with M.R.F. │

│ │ │ │

│ Tilbury, George │ ... │ Mafeking, 24th April. │

│ │ │ │

│ Taylor, Alfred West │ ... │ Possibly passing under his │

│ │ │ step-father's name of Bent. │

│ │ │ │

│ Wright, James │ Bulawayo │ Bulawayo. │

│ │ │ │

│ Wilson, Edward E. │ ... │ Bulawayo, June 1895. │

│ │ │ │

│ Walsh, Frederick │ │ │

│ Byron. │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Webster, R. │ │ │

│ │ │ │

│ Walsh, I. │ Bulawayo │ Came in from Golingena at │

│ │ │ beginning of rebellion. │

│ │ │ │

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APPENDIX B

HEADQUARTERS, INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT,

BULAWAYO, _August 1896_.

List of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Men killed in

action during the Matabele rebellion.

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│ │ │ │ │ Date │

│ No.│ Rank. │ Name. │ Where killed. │ (1896). │

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│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 1 │ Sergeant │ O'Leary, T., │ Cumming's Store │ 27th March │

│ │ │ M.M.P. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 2 │ Corporal │ Reynolds, Ernest │ Gifford's patrol │ 6th April │

│ │ │ E., R.H.V. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 3 │ Trooper │ Mackenzie, S. │ " " │ " │

│ │ │ Kenneth, R.H.V. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 4 │ " │ Baker, Richard │ Gwanda patrol │ 10th April │

│ │ │ Arthur, R.H.V. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 5 │ " │ Hayland, Edward, │ " " │ " │

│ │ │ R.H.V. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 6 │ " │ Packe, Christopher │ " " │ " │

│ │ │ J., R.H.V. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 7 │ Corporal │ Greer, Stewart │ " " │ " │

│ │ │ George, R.H.V. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 8 │ Trooper │ Forbes, J. │ " " │ " │

│ │ │ M'Ainsch, R.H.V. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 9 │ " │ Boyes, George │ Macfarlane's │ 19th April │

│ │ │ Walter, B.F.F., │ patrol │ │

│ │ │ Afcr. Corps │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 10 │ " │ Heinemann, J. J., │ Vedette duty │ " │

│ │ │ B.F.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 11 │ " │ Van Zyl, W., │ " " │ " │

│ │ │ B.F.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 12 │ " │ Montgomerie, │ " " │ " │

│ │ │ Henry, B.F.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 13 │ " │ Baxter, Frank Wm., │ Grey's Scouts, │ 22nd April │

│ │ │ B.F.F. │ Bisset's patrol │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 14 │ " │ Whitehouse, Henry │ Ambulance, │ 25th April │

│ │ │ George, B.F.F. │ Macfarlane's │ │

│ │ │ │ patrol │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 15 │ " │ Gordon, Charles, │ Dawson's Scouts, │ " │

│ │ │ B.F.F. │ Macfarlane's │ │

│ │ │ │ patrol │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 16 │ " │ Parsons, Benj., │ D Troop, vedette │ " │

│ │ │ B.F.F. │ duty │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 17 │ " │ Hay, Carrick, │ Coope's Scouts, │ 25th May │

│ │ │ B.F.F. │ Plumer's patrol │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 18 │ Trooper │ Parker, Arthur, │ L Troop, Napier's │ 22nd May │

│ │ │ B.F.F. │ Gwelo patrol │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 19 │ " │ Rothman, George, │ L Troop, Napier's │ " │

│ │ │ B.F.F. │ Gwelo patrol │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 20 │ " │ Langton, Courtney, │ Thabas Mamba │ 6th July │

│ │ │ E Squad, M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 21 │ " │ O'Reilly, John, │ " " │ " │

│ │ │ Brand's Troop, │ │ │

│ │ │ B.F.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 22 │ Corporal │ Pringle, James F., │ " " │ " │

│ │ │ A Squad, M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 23 │ Sergeant │ Warringham, Fred. │ Matopos, Babian's │ 20th July │

│ │ │ Chas., A Troop, │ impi │ │

│ │ │ M.M.P. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 24 │ Corporal │ Hall, John, │ Inugu engagement, │ " │

│ │ │ Belingwe F.F. │ Matopos │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 25 │ Trooper │ Bennett, Peter, │ Inugu engagement, │ " │

│ │ │ E. Troop, M.M.P. │ Matopos │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 26 │ " │ Bush, William │ Inugu engagement, │ " │

│ │ │ Henry, E. Troop, │ Matopos │ │

│ │ │ M.M.P. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 27 │ " │ Matheson, R. B., │ Bezury Hills │ 21st July │

│ │ │ Major Hurrell's │ engagement │ │

│ │ │ Troop │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 28 │ Corporal │ Hayes, Dan., Major │ Sinango kopje │ 7th July │

│ │ │ Hurrell's Troop │ engagement │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 29 │ Major │ Kershaw, C Squad, │ Sikombo engagement │ 5th │

│ │ │ M.R.F. │ │ August │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 30 │ Sergeant │ M'Closkie, Oswald, │ " " │ " │

│ │ │ C Squad, M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 31 │ " │ Gibb, William, │ " " │ " │

│ │ │ D Squad, M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 32 │ " │ Innes, Kerr, Maxim │ " " │ " │

│ │ │ gun, M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 33 │ Battery │ Ainslie, │ " " │ " │

│ │ Sergt.- │ Alexander, M.M.P. │ │ │

│ │ Maj. │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 34 │ Lieut., │ Hervey, Herbert │ " " │ " │

│ │ Dismnt. │ John Anthony, │ │ │

│ │ Troop. │ died from │ │ │

│ │ │ wounds, late │ │ │

│ │ │ Paymaster-General │ │ │

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APPENDIX C

HEADQUARTERS, INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT,

BULAWAYO, _August 1896_.

List of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Men wounded;

or died in hospital from wounds received in action during the

Matabele rebellion.

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│ │ │ │ │ Date │

│ No.│ Rank. │ Name. │ Details. │ (1896). │

├――――┼――――――――――┼―――――――――――――――――――┼―――――――――――――――――――─―┼―――─―――――─――┤

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 1 │ Trooper │ Hill, Eustace │ Gifford's patrol, │ 27th March │

│ │ │ │ Insiza │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 2 │ " │ Hocking, John │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 3 │ " │ Luis, Wilton │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 4 │ Corporal │ Strutt, M. M. P. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 5 │ Trooper │ Saunders, Charles │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 6 │ │ O'Connor, Joseph │ Prospector, escaped │ " │

│ │ │ │ from Filibusi │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 7 │ Trooper │ Stracey, A. H. │ Selous' patrol │ 28th March │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 8 │ " │ Munzberg, │ " │ " │

│ │ │ Berthold │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 9 │ A. N. C. │ Carter, Samuel │ Shiloh patrol │ 29th March │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 10 │ Serg.- │ Haden, Thomas │ " (Afric. Corps) │ " │

│ │ Maj. │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ " │

│ 11 │ Trooper │ Celliers, John │ Shiloh patrol (died │ " │

│ │ │ │ in hospital, 16th │ │

│ │ │ │ May 1896) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 12 │ " │ Anderson, August │ Shiloh patrol │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 13 │ Lieut.- │ Gifford, Hon. │ Fonseca's Farm │ 6th April │

│ │ Col. │ M. R. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 14 │ Captain │ Lumsden, J. W. │ Fonseca's Farm │ " │

│ │ │ │ (died in hospital, │ │

│ │ │ │ 10th April 1896) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 15 │Lieutenant│ Hulbert │ Fonseca's Farm │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 16 │ Trooper │ Eatwell │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 17 │ " │ Fielding │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 18 │ " │ Walker │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 19 │ M. O. │ Levy, Dr. J. │ Gwanda patrol │ 10th April │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 20 │ Trooper │ Harvey, F. J. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 21 │ " │ Whitlow, Chas. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ Ern. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 22 │ " │ Stowell, W. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 23 │ " │ Ormsby, O. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 24 │ Trooper │ Ferreira, J. │ Gwanda patrol │ 10th April │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 25 │ " │ De Villiers, │ " │ " │

│ │ │ Isaac James │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 26 │ " │ Wilson, J. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 27 │ " │ Collins, C. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 28 │ " │ Ashley, W. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 29 │ " │ Kramer, S. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 30 │ " │ Blackwell, J. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 31 │ " │ Wallace, E. C. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 32 │ " │ Farrell, E. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 33 │ " │ Swift, Henry │ Gwanda patrol (died │ " │

│ │ │ │ in hospital, 14th │ │

│ │ │ │ April 1896) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 34 │ " │ Harker, George, │ Local patrol │ 17th April │

│ │ │ B.F.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 35 │ " │ Ter. Blanche │ Macfarlane's patrol │ 19th " │

│ │ │ Esiah Michael, │ │ │

│ │ │ Afric. Corps. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 36 │ Captain │ Grey, George │ Bisset's patrol │ 22nd April │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 37 │Lieutenant│ Hook, Godfrey │ " │ " │

│ │ │ Blair │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 38 │ " │ Crewe, F. H. │ Bisset's patrol │ " │

│ │ │ │ (Grey's Scouts) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 39 │ Corporal │ Wise, George │ Bisset's patrol │ " │

│ │ │ │ (Grey's Scouts) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 40 │Lieutenant│ Lyons, M. H., │ Macfarlane's patrol │ 25th April │

│ │ │ Hosp. Corps │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 41 │ T.S.M. │ Botha, Joh. │ Macfarlane's patrol │ " │

│ │ │ Christian │ (Afric. Corps) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 42 │ Trooper │ Howell, Thos. │ Macfarlane's patrol │ " │

│ │ │ Easton │ (Grey's Scouts) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 43 │ " │ Price, F. H. │ Macfarlane's patrol │ " │

│ │ │ Talbot │ (Maxim detachment) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 44 │ " │ Appleyard, Edward │ Macfarlane's patrol │ " │

│ │ │ │ (Dawson's Scouts). │ │

│ │ │ │ Died in hospital │ │

│ │ │ │ same evening │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 45 │ " │ Lovatt, Ronald │ Macfarlane's patrol │ " │

│ │ │ Venables │ (Grey's Scouts). │ │

│ │ │ │ Died in hospital, │ │

│ │ │ │ 29th April 1896 │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 46 │ " │ Beatty-Pownall, │ Laing's Camp, │ 2nd May │

│ │ │ W. C. │ Belingwe │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 47 │ " │ Hamilton, H. Rice │ Unattached, │ 25th May │

│ │ │ │ Plumer's patrol │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 48 │ Sergeant │ Peacock, Arthur │ Plumer's patrol (B │ " │

│ │ │ W. │ Troop) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 49 │ Trooper │ Slowey, W. John │ Plumer's patrol (A │ " │

│ │ │ │ Troop) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 50 │ " │ Beinedell, Pieter │ Napier's Gwelo │ 22nd May │

│ │ │ │ patrol (L Troop) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 51 │ " │ Niemand, Jac. P. │ Napier's Gwelo │ " │

│ │ │ Joh. │ patrol (Mangwe │ │

│ │ │ │ detachment) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 52 │ Trooper │ Geldenhuis, Elias │ Napier's Gwelo │ 22nd May │

│ │ │ Jac. │ patrol (Mangwe │ │

│ │ │ │ detachment) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 53 │ Corporal │ Combrink, Jacobus,│ Spreckley's patrol │ 6th June │

│ │ │ Afric. Corps │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 54 │ Trooper │ Davey, Cecil, │ Spreckley's patrol. │ " │

│ │ │ A Troop, B.F.F. │ Serious gun-shot, │ │

│ │ │ │ right hip since │ │

│ │ │ │ amputated │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 55 │ Sergeant │ Hamilton, Geo. │ Spreckley's patrol. │ " │

│ │ │ Michael, R.V.H. │ Assegai wound │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 56 │ T.S.M. │ Morrison, S., │ Macfarlane's Gwaai │ 8th June │

│ │ │ 8 Troop, M.R.F. │ patrol. Bullet │ │

│ │ │ │ wound on head │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 57 │ Trooper │ Clark, A Troop, │ Macfarlane's Gwaai │ " │

│ │ │ Gifford's Horse │ patrol. Slight │ │

│ │ │ │ wound │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 58 │ T.S.M. │ Blatherwick, S. │ Macfarlane's Gwaai │ " │

│ │ │ M., M.R.F. │ patrol │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 59 │ Trooper │ Hill, John H., │ Thabas Mamba. │ 6th July │

│ │ │ A Squad, M.R.F. │ Dangerously │ │

│ │ │ │ wounded; died same │ │

│ │ │ │ day │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 60 │ " │ Meyer, George, │ Thabas Mamba │ " │

│ │ │ A Squad, M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 61 │ " │ Cooper, David E., │ " │ " │

│ │ │ A Squad, M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 62 │ " │ Dupreez, Arthur, │ " │ " │

│ │ │ M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 63 │ " │ Dunn, George, │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 64 │ " │ Potgieter, L., │ Belingwe patrol │ 26th June │

│ │ │ Belingwe F.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 65 │Lieutenant│ Taylor, Scouts, │ Matopos, Babian's │ 20th July │

│ │ │ M.R.F. │ impi │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 66 │ Sergeant │ Halkett, C. H., │ Matopos, Inugu │ " │

│ │ │ Belingwe F.F. │ engagement │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 67 │ " │ Eadio, Malcolm, │ Matopos, Inugu │ " │

│ │ │ A Troop, M.M.P. │ engagement │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 68 │ Trooper │ Dick, Duncan, │ Matopos, Inugu │ " │

│ │ │ Belingwe F.F. │ engagement │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 69 │ " │ Judge, T., │ Matopos, Inugu │ " │

│ │ │ Belingwe F.F. │ engagement │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 70 │ " │ Toulson, John │ Matopos, Inugu │ " │

│ │ │ George │ engagement │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 71 │ " │ Parker Parker, │ Severe bullet │ " │

│ │ │ F.F. │ wound, thigh │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 72 │ " │ Morgan, Charles │ Matopos, Inugu │ " │

│ │ │ Oglethorpe A., │ engagement (died │ │

│ │ │ M.M.P. │ 23rd July, buried │ │

│ │ │ │ at Usher's Farm) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 73 │ " │ Stewart, A. M., │ Matopos, Inugu │ " │

│ │ │ Belingwe F.F. │ fight │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 74 │ " │ Sell, Charles A. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ T., M.M.P. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 75 │ " │ Millar, Fredk., │ " │ " │

│ │ │ M.M.P. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 76 │ Trooper │ Roger, Scott, │ Matopos Inugu fight │ 20th July │

│ │ │ Belingwe F.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 77 │ " │ Wilson, Campbell, │ Hope Fountain │ 12th " │

│ │ │ A Squad, M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 78 │ " │ Cheres, Laurence, │} Nicholson's }│ │

│ │ │ M.M.P. │} patrol, Inugu }│ 25th July │

│ │ │ │} gorge (died and }│ │

│ 79 │ " │ Bern, William, │} buried at }│ │

│ │ │ M.M.P. │} Usher's Camp, }│ │

│ │ │ │} 27th July) }│ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 80 │ Trooper │ Heathfield, │ Nicholson's patrol, │ " │

│ │ │ Richard, Jr., │ Inugu gorge │ │

│ │ │ M.M.P. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 81 │ " │ Bell, James, │ Nicholson's patrol, │ " │

│ │ │ M.M.P. │ Inugu gorge │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 82 │ Corporal │ Porter, Joseph │ Nicholson's patrol, │ " │

│ │ │ Kirk, M.M.P. │ Inugu gorge (died │ │

│ │ │ │ in Bulawayo │ │

│ │ │ │ hospital, 3rd │ │

│ │ │ │ August) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 83 │Lieutenant│ Norton, Frederick │ Taylor's patrol, │ 27th July │

│ │ │ Cunningham, │ Sobisi │ │

│ │ │ M.M.P. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 84 │ Captain │ Lloyd, Chas. P., │ Inyandi engagement │ 3rd Aug. │

│ │ │ Engineer Train │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 85 │ Trooper │ Little, Edward │ Gun accident, │ " │

│ │ │ Runnell, M.R.F. │ Spargo's (died 3rd │ │

│ │ │ │ August) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 86 │ " │ Champion, William │ Gun accident, │ " │

│ │ │ Lewis, M.R.F. │ Spargo │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 87 │ " │ Silberhazen, │ " │ " │

│ │ │ George, M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 88 │ " │ Macdougall, Lorne │ Fort-Spargo │ 5th Aug. │

│ │ │ Somerlea │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 89 │Lieutenant│ M'Culloch, Robert │ Sikombo engagement │ " │

│ │ │ H., Royal Art. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 90 │ " │ Frazer, Norman │ " │ " │

│ │ │ Warden, West │ │ │

│ │ │ Riding Regt. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 91 │ Captain │ Fowler, Charles │ " │ " │

│ │ │ H., M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 92 │ Staff- │ Josephs, William, │ " │ " │

│ │ Sergt.- │ M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ Major. │ │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 93 │ Sergt.- │ Dumeresq, │ " │ " │

│ │ Maj. │ Rawlings, M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 94 │ Sergeant │ Brabant, Arthur │ " │ " │

│ │ │ E., M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 95 │ Corporal │ Turnbull, │ " │ " │

│ │ │ Richard, M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 96 │ Trooper │ Currie, William, │ " │ " │

│ │ │ M.R.F. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 97 │ " │ Holmes, Evelyn, │ " │ " │

│ │ │ M.R.F. │ (Died 9th August) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 98 │ " │ Gordon, Thomas, │ Sikombo engagement │ " │

│ │ │ M.M.P. │ │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│ 99 │Lieutenant│ Howard, Hon. H. │ " │ " │

│ │ │ │ (Robertson's Cape │ │

│ │ │ │ Boys) │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

│100 │ Captain │ Windley │ Robertson's Cape │ " │

│ │ │ │ Boys │ │

│ │ │ │ │ │

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APPENDIX D

HEADQUARTERS INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT,

SALISBURY, _August 1896_.

List of persons murdered in Mashunaland during the recent native

insurrection.