The African Colony: Studies in the Reconstruction

INDEX.

John Buchan

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Z

Agricultural Bureau of the United States, the, 283.

Agricultural prospects in South Africa, 267-270.

Altenroxel, Mr H. S., 121-124.

Amsterdam, 134, 139-141, 177.

Angling in South Africa, 55, 182-184.

Angoni, the, 15.

Arabs, the, 4, 8, 23, 29.

Army in South Africa, the, 368-385;
value of training ground, 373;
necessity of reorganisation on new model, 375, 376, 381-385.

Assegai River, the, 143.

Athole, 57, 140, 141.

Australia, land legislation in, 276-279;
labour party in, 321;
federation of, 363-365;
local forces in, 368, 369.

Austro-Hungary, parallel with, 360, 361.

Baines, Mr, 8.

Bantu races, the. See Kaffir.

Barberton, 214, 228, 274, 341, 342.

Barnard, Lady Anne, 35.

Barolongs, the, 15, 45, 286, 306.

Baronga, the, 30 n.

Barreto, 25, 27 n.

Basutoland, 11, 12, 16, 17, 216, 286, 326.

Bataungs, the, 43, 45.

Bechuanaland, 11, 12, 15, 286, 326.

Belfast, 341.

Bell’s Kop, 134.

Bent’s ‘Ruined Cities of Mashonaland’ quoted, 8, 10.

Bethel, 218.

Bezuidenhout, Frederick, 36.

Bilad Ghana, discovery of, 21.

Birds of South Africa, 54, 178-181.

Blaauwberg, 152, 153.

Bleloch, Mr W., quoted, 192.

Bloemfontein, 216.

Bloemfontein Conference of March 1903, the, 362.

Bloemhof, 265, 341, 342.Boers, the, origin of, 35;
as hunters, 49-54;
horsemanship of, 55;
character of, 58-76;
farming methods of, 256-260;
political attitude of, 343-345, 389, 390.

Boschdaal, 108.

Botha, General, 105, 138.

Brak River, the (Zoutpansberg), 153, 154.

Bruderstroom, the, 116.

Bruintje Hoogte, 36.

Bryce, Mr James, quoted, 271 n., 326 n., 350, 355 n.

Buffalo River, the, 5.

Bushmen, the, 5, 6.

Byles, Mr, 53.

Cabral, Pedro Alvarez, 23.

Calicut, 23, 25.

Callaway, Bishop, his works, 14 n.

Cam, Diego, his discovery of the Congo, 22.

Canada, nature of federation of, 363, 365;
local forces in, 368.
See Durham, Lord.

Cape Colony, native taxation in, 298;
constitution of, 325;
franchise in, 339;
local forces in, 369, 378, 379.

Cape of Good Hope, discovery of, 22.
Carolina, 131.

Casalis, M., 14 n.

Castrol’s Nek, 144.

Celliers, Sarel, 44, 62.

Cetewayo, 15.

Climate, 195.

Coal, 193.

Commando Nek, 82, 110.

Compensation, to slave-owners in Cape Colony, 39, 40;
to loyalists in Cape Colony and Natal, 244.

Compies River, 141.

Congo Free State, 367.

Conquered territory, the, 216.

Constabulary, the South African, 105, 115, 246, 249, 376.

Constitutie of Orange Free State, the, 327-329.

Conto, Portuguese writer, quoted, 9.

Copper-mining, 159, 193.

Coster River, the, 107.

Cost of gold-mining, 203 n.

Cost of living in new colonies, 220, 221.

Crocodile Poort, 82, 110-112, 161.

Crocodile River, 15. See Limpopo.

Crown Colony administration, nature of, 331-334.

Customs Union, the South African, 235-241, 355.

da Gama, Vasco, 23, 24.

d’Albuquerque, Affonso, 24.

Damaraland, German acquisition of, 366.

de Barros, 19.

de Buys, Conrad, story of, 36, 37.

Decentralisation, colonial, 29;
administration in Transvaal, 242, 243.

Delarey, General, 88, 102, 138.

de Silveira, Gonsalvo, 26.

Diamonds, 193, 194.

Dias, Diniz, 20.

Diaz, Bartolomeo, 22.

Dingaan, 3, 15.

Dingiswayo, 14.

do Espirito Santa, Luiz, 27.

Dominicans in East Africa, the, 26, 27.

dos Santos, 19.

Drakensberg Mountains, the, 43, 113, 144, 173, 177.

Durham, Lord, his Report on Canada, 331, 389.

Dutch East India Company founded, the, 26.

Dutch, the. See Boers.

Education, 309, 389.

Egypt, 7, 84;
comparison of South Africa with, 224, 253, 388.

Elands River (Lydenburg), 129.

Elands River (Rustenburg), 106.

Ericsen, Mr, 52, 53.

Ermelo, 57, 137.

Expenditure of Transvaal, the normal, 241.

Federation, Imperial, 395, 396.

Federation of South Africa, the, 347, 348-367;
advantages of, 350-353;
tendencies towards, 353-355;
tendencies against, 355-358;
the first steps towards, 359-363;
nature of, 364-367.

Forestry in the Transvaal, 194.

Fourteen Streams, 215.

Franchise in the new colonies, axioms which govern, 338;
types of, 339, 340;
division of constituencies, 341, 342.

Francis, Mr, 53.

Frere, Sir Bartle, 348.

Fura, Mount, 9, 25.

Game laws in Transvaal, 169-171.

Game reserves, 170, 171, 185.

Glenelg, Lord, his Kaffir policy, 38, 40.

Glen Grey Act, the, 298, 299, 307.

Goa, 24, 25.

Gold, how found in Transvaal, 191-194;
quartz and alluvial, mining for, 193;
nature of industry, 196-200.

Gold Law Commission, Report of, 227-231.

Gordon-Cumming, Mr, 53, 168.

Graaff-Reinet, 3, 7, 40.

Greylingstad, 192.

Grey, Sir George, 348.

Grondwet, the Transvaal, 328, 340.

Guaranteed Loan, the, 216, 222, 244-250, 360.

Haenertsburg, 115, 116, 120.

Hall and Neal, Messrs, their ‘Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia,’ 10 n.

Harrier packs, 181.

Harrismith, 214.

Hartley, Mr, 50, 53.

Havilah, 9.

Heidelberg, 192. Henry the Navigator, Prince, 20-22.

High Commissionership, functions of, 353.

Hillier, Dr A., quoted, 6 n.

Himyarites. See SabÆans.

History of South Africa, difficulties in way of, 4.

Hottentots, the, 6, 7.

Huguenot strain in the Boers, the, 35, 60.

India, 208 n., 370.

Ingwenya Mountains, the, 131.

Inhambane, 28.

Inter-Colonial Council, the, 246-248, 359-362.

Irene, Mr van der Byl’s park at, 57.

Iron ore, 193.

Irrigation, 263, 268.

Jacottet, M., his works on folk-lore, 14 n.

Jesuits in East Africa, the, 26, 27.

Jew, the, 100, 154, 313.

Johannesburg, 311-324;
description of, 311, 312;
false ideas of, 314, 315;
force of social persistence in, 315-317;
critical position of, 317;
present stage of development, 319;
labour party in, 320;
solidarity of spirit in, 322.

Johnston, Sir Harry, 204.

Joubert’s Hoogte, 144.

Junod, M., his works on folk-lore, 14 n., 30 n.

KKaffir races, the, 5, 11;
religion and law of, 12;
folk-lore of, 13, 30 n.;
superstitions of, 150, 164;
as hunters, 164;
as farmers, 265, 292;
their political future, 284-310;
taxation of, 298-301;
education of, 309.

Kalahari, the, 102, 169, 173.

Keane, Professor, 8, 9, 10 n.

Kirk, the Dutch, 42, 328, 389.

Klerksdorp, 93, 192, 215.

Komati Poort, 214, 216.

Komati River, the, 130, 141.

Korannafontein, 99.

Koranna tribe, the, 6, 99.

Krabbefontein, 122, 123.

Kruger, Paul, 43, 69, 110, 317, 330.

Labour party in the Transvaal, the, 319-321.

Labour question in the Transvaal, the, 200-214;
nature of labour on mines, 201;
Kaffir labour, 202;
Central African labour, 204, 205;
white labour, 205-208;
Asiatic labour, 208-212;
labour for the railways, 218, 219;
compulsory labour, 292-295.

Lake Banagher, 132.

Lake Chrissie, 136, 137, 220.

Land settlement in South Africa, 244;
sums alloted for, 252, 255-283;
extent of Crown land, 256, 273, 274;
political importance of settlement, 270-273;
Government scheme of, 274-280;
comparison with Australasian precedents, 276-279.

Lebombo flats, the, 134.

Lebombo hills, the, 118, 172.

Legislative Councils of Transvaal and Orange River Colony, the, 336, 337.

Letaba River, the, 113, 117-124.

Letsitela River, the, 113.

Leydsdorp, 113, 114, 216.

Lichtenburg, 97, 100, 101, 218, 264.

Lichtenstein, his ‘Travels in South Africa,’ 36 n.Limpopo River, the, 7, 36, 45, 63, 106, 147, 150, 156, 160, 161, 172, 287.

Linschoten, publication of his works, 26.

Livingstone, 8.

Lobengula, 15, 16.

Louis Trichard, 154.

Lydenburg, 37, 43, 121, 129, 186, 216, 274, 341, 342.

Macdonald, John, 53.

Machadodorp, 129.

Machadodorp-Carolina railway, the, 130, 215, 217.

Machubi, 124.

Mackenzie, John, quoted, 294.

Magalakween River, the, 149.

Magaliesberg, the, 15, 44, 82, 107-112, 160, 312.

Magata, 9, 286.

Magata’s Nek, 107.

Magatoland, 172, 184.

Main Reef formation, extent of, 192.

Majajie’s location, 117, 304.

Makalanga, the, 10, 11, 12, 24-27.

Makasi Spruit, the, 96.

Malapoch, 152. Malietsie’s location, 150.

Malmani Oog, 102-104.

Manicaland, 11.

Manuza, 27.

Marah, 37.

Marico, river and district, 15, 45, 106, 177, 274, 342.

Maritz, Gerrit, 44.

Market, nature of, 219, 261, 266, 267.

Mashonaland, 10, 11, 169, 286.

Mazimba, the, 11.

Middelburg, 193, 341.

Missionaries, 101, 309.

Monomotapa, 10, 11, 24-27.

Mont aux Sources, 134, 153.

Mooi River, the, 43, 87, 184.

Mosega, 3, 44.

Moshesh, 3, 16, 17.

Mosilikatse, 15, 16, 43-45, 112.

Mountaineering in South Africa, 153.

Mozambique, 23, 25.

Municipal government in Transvaal, 335.

Murchison Hills, the, 117.

Mynpacht, 229, 230.

Natal, discovery of, 23;
native taxation in, 298;
constitution of, 325;
franchise in, 339;
local forces in, 369, 379.

Native Labour Association, the, 202, 213, 351.

Natives. See Kaffirs.

Nauraghes, the Sardinian, 8, 9.

Neolithic age, traces of, 6.

Netherlands railway, the, 217.

New Scotland, 140, 141.

Nomenclature, Dutch, 47, 48, 82.

Nyl, the river, 34.

Nylstroom, 341.

Occupation farms in Transvaal, 255.

Ogilby’s ‘Itinerarium AngliÆ’ quoted, 282.

Olifant’s Poort, 82.

Olifant’s River, 121, 172, 173.

Ophir, 9, 21.

Orange River Colony, the, 176;
railway system of, 217 n., 246;
financial position of, 223, 224, 248;
taxation of natives in, 298;
census of, 342.

Oswell, Mr, 53, 168.

Ovampas, the, 11.

PalÆolithic age, traces of, 5.

Panda, 16.

Parties in the Transvaal, probable division of, 344, 345.

Phoenicians, the, 4, 8, 160.

Pietersburg, 113, 114, 148, 214, 216, 341.

Piet Potgieter’s Rust, 42, 341.

Piet Retief, 142, 143.

Pongola River, the, 129, 141, 144.

Portuguese in East Africa, the, 4, 7, 11;
their age of discovery, 19-24;
their African empire, 24-32.

Potchefstroom, 87, 192, 274.

Potgieter, Andries, 43, 44.

Prazos, the Portuguese, 28, 119.

Prester John, 21, 24.

Pretoria, 42, 312, 341.

Pretoria-Pietersburg railway, the, 217.

Pungwe River, the, 169.

Railway Extension Conference, the, 216.

Railway system in South Africa, the, 214-219, 246;
revenue of, 249.

Reitz, Mr F. W., his songs, 69.

Repatriation, 94, 95, 109, 136, 138, 139, 149, 244.

Retief, Pieter, 37, 38, 142.

Revenue of Transvaal, the, 224-241;
mining revenue, 225.

Rhodes, Mr C. J., his native policy, 307;
his policy of federation, 348;
his influence on South African politics, 392, 393.

Rhodesia, 7, 8-10, 161, 173, 210, 215, 326, 379.

Rooijantjesfontein, 100.

Rooi Rand, the, 118.

Rustenburg, 82, 107-110, 171, 216, 274.

Ruwenzori, 147, 392.

SabÆans, the, 8, 9.

Sabi game preserve, 171.

Sabi River, the, 9.

Sand River, the (Zoutpansberg), 114, 216.

Sardinha, Manoel, 27.

Schlichter, Dr, 8, 10 n.

Schoon Spruit, the, 93.

Scriptural parallels, the Boer sense of, 34.

Selati railway, the, 120.

Selons River, the, 107.

Selous, Mr, quoted, 10, 50, 52, 53, 168. Sharpe, Sir A., 53.

Slaangaapies mountains, the, 132, 141-143.

Slachter’s Nek, story of, 36, 41.

Slave question in Cape Colony, the, 38-40.

Smith, Sir Harry, 41.

Sofala, 24-28.

Somerset, Lord Charles, 38.

Spelonken, the, 113, 149.

Springbok Flats, 171, 264, 265 n.

Springs-Ermelo railway, the, 215.

Squatters’ law, the, 304, 305.

Standerton, 265, 341.

Stock diseases, 262;
prevention of, 262 n.

Swaziland, 129, 132-135, 177, 215, 286, 326.

Taqui, 155, 156.

Tarshish, 9.

Taxation in Transvaal, 225, 226;
of unoccupied lands, 232, 233;
of share quotations, 234.

Tchaka, 3, 14-16.

Tete, 28.

Thaba Bosigo, 16.

Thaba ’Nchu, 43.

Theal, Dr, his work, 14 n.

Tobacco-growing, 110, 269.

Transvaal, estimated population of, 342.Trek, the Great, 15, 33-48.

Trichard, Louis, 42, 43.

Trout Acclimatisation Society of the Transvaal, 184.

Trusts, possibility of, in South Africa, 197-199.

Umpilusi River, the, 132, 134.

Usutu River, the, 183.

Uys, the family of, 44, 48.

Van Rensburg, Jan, 42, 43.

Van Riebeck, Jan, 210 n.

Van Rooyen, Mr, 54.

Vechtkop, 3, 43.

Veld, nature of, 80;
bush veld, 87;
veld fires, 99;
quality of soil of, 257, 265.

Vergunnings, 230.

Volksraad, the, of the Orange Free State, 328;
of the Transvaal, 328;
second, 329.

Volunteer forces in South Africa, the, 379, 380 n.

Voortrekkers, the. See Trek, the Great.

Wakkerstroom, 108, 145.

War debt, the, 222, 244-250, 318.

Warm Baths, 220, 341.

Waterberg, 171, 218, 264, 342.

Werfs, 229, 230.

Willcocks, Sir W., his Report on Irrigation, 263.

Wilmot, Mr A., his ‘Monomotapa,’ 10 n., 28 n.

Winburg, 44.

Wolkberg, the, 113, 116.

Wolmaranstad, 96, 97, 218.

Wood Bush, the, 113-128, 149, 186, 228.

Zambesi River, the, 7, 10, 147, 168, 172, 177, 296, 350, 367.

Zeerust, 102-105, 177.

Zimbabwes, the, 7-11.

Zoutpansberg, 37, 43, 150-154, 156, 171, 274, 342.

Zulus, the, 11, 14, 15.

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