Roy,, a relation of, the man •who ihot the three deferters, to aik-
fpi a littje milk feu his wife and child,, who were nearly ex--
lianfted with hunger. The unfeeling monfter feized the man,,
undbringing a, loaded mufquet, ordered a Hottentot in. his &r-
yi?e to flioot, him j the Hottentot obftinat$ly perfifting to refufe,
the exafperated boor featchedj the gun and Ihot him dead upon,
the (pot, and then caufed the other. Hottentot with his wife and
child to be murdered ! If, obfer ves Mr. Vander Kemp, atrocious
deeds like thefe are to pafs with impunity, the unfortunate Hot-
stentotSj not knowing-whomdO-trnft) would be. driven to defpera-
itipn, and a general infurreition would be the confequence.
It is, indeed., much lefs furprifing that this nation ihould, at
length, be roofed, to a fpirit of vengeance, than that it ihould
foJLong and, fo patiently have-endured every fpecies of injury.
As pretended friends, and matters, the boors have always treated
them with injuftice and ■oppreiEon; as enemies, with barbarous
inhnmanity. In their expeditions againft the Bosjefmans, of
which I have fpoken at large, in the former volume, their chief
.aim is to murder the men, and make the children Haves. I cannot
convey a better idea in -what manner, they have been accuf-
tomed to. conduit their hoftile expeditions againft the Kaffers,
than by inferting a few articles of the, inftruitions, propofed by
the Landroft of one of the diftriits, to be given to the commandant^
•“ Article i ft. No unnecefljary cruelty to be exercifed on the
“ pjifouers, on pain of exemplary, puniihment
“ Article
“ Article 2d. The women and children, and efpecially thofe
“ of the Kaffers, that may happen to fall into the hands of the
“ Commando, are not to be iiial-treated, nor the children taken
.away ; but, on the contrary, to be fafely returned by a proper
“ perfon to their refpedtiye families, after the late example
“ Jhewn by the Kaffers at Plettenberg’s Bay.” | (This alludes to-
the circumftances I have already related.)
“ Article 3d. On the conqueft of any kraal (village) the huts
“ are not to be fet on fire, as ufual; as there is every reafon for
“ • fuppofing that, to this practice alone, the burning and plun-
“ dering of our farm-houfes are to be afcribed.
“ 'Article 4th; The dead car caps o f the enemy are• not to be
“ violated’, as has ufually been the praiiice of the evil-difpofed
“ part of the Commandos, by cutting them with knives, lajhing
“ them with waggon whips, and hacking them with Jiones; as
** feoh conduit tends only to exafperate the enemy, and induces
“ them to commit murder.
“ Article 5th. It is not, perhaps, advifable for the boors, in
“ the firjl injlance, to take away the cattle of the Kaffers ; be-
“ caufe, by doing this, the enemy will always be tempted to
“ hover round the Commando in order to watch a favourable-
“ opportunity, to retake them ; befides, to guard a coitfider-
“ able number of cattle, by requiring many men, weakens the
“ Commando; they ought therefore to confine their operations
“ to the purfuit of the enemy, and to expel them the country,
“ h7.