The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... claimed seniority . The chieftainship of the whole tribe was hereditary in this clan . Each clan consisted of a number of families claiming descent from some remote ancestor in the male line after whom it was named , and marriage within ...
... claimed seniority . The chieftainship of the whole tribe was hereditary in this clan . Each clan consisted of a number of families claiming descent from some remote ancestor in the male line after whom it was named , and marriage within ...
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... claimed , and in Bantu law claimed justly , that they were Basuto vassals . In the lower valley there were Boers who coveted the cornlands and even Basuto- land itself for its immunity from the horse sickness , while Moshesh , on his ...
... claimed , and in Bantu law claimed justly , that they were Basuto vassals . In the lower valley there were Boers who coveted the cornlands and even Basuto- land itself for its immunity from the horse sickness , while Moshesh , on his ...
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... claimed for the Barolong a territory that included the whole diamondiferous area claimed by the Transvaal , on the grounds that the voortrekker leader Potgieter had guaranteed these lands to the father of Montsiwa , chief of the ...
... claimed for the Barolong a territory that included the whole diamondiferous area claimed by the Transvaal , on the grounds that the voortrekker leader Potgieter had guaranteed these lands to the father of Montsiwa , chief of the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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