Excerpt from South Africa and the Boer-British War, Vol. 1 of 2: Comprising a History of South Africa and Its People, Including the War of 1899 and 1900; In Two Parts His High Character and Quarter of a Century's Wise Administration of the Free State - Diatnond Discoveries and the Keate Award - Liberal Pohcy ot' the Free State and General Friendship with England - In the Transvaal - fioubles of the Emigrant Farmers North of the Vaal - Four Little Republics - Union Under Martin W. Pretorius, in 1864, afier a Period of Civil War - Rise of S. J. P. Kruger into Prominence - Conflicts with the Natives - T. F. Bergen Becomes President - General Stagnation, Developing by 1877 into Public Bankruptcy - Failure to Conquer Seltukuni and the Bapedis - Danger from the Zulus under Cetywayo - Annention to the British Empire - A New Link forgedinthechainovents.. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.