such appeal all reasonable expenses occasioned by the said appeal. XIX. The Contracting Chiefs, having admitted into their territories Christian missionaries for the instruction of their subjects, hereby engage to protect the persons, families, and property of all Christian teachers who reside among them. XX. The Contracting Chiefs engage to permit any of their subjects who profess the Christian religion, or who desire to settle at or near the missionary villages, or institutions within their territories respectively, to take their property with them to such institutions without being molested or injured in any way, and they further engage that such persons shall not be disturbed or injured in their persons, families, or property for refusing to comply with the Kafir customs of witchcraft, rainmaking, polygamy, circumcision, or forcible abduction or violation of females. XXI. The Contracting Chiefs bind themselves to encourage their subjects to cause the regular attendance of their children at the schools of Christian teachers within their territories. XXII. The Contracting Chiefs engage to abstain from making war, as much as possible, on the tribes to whom they are adjacent, and that before doing so, they will request the mediation of the Colonial Government, with a view of settling amicably the differences between them. XXIII. The Governor aforesaid engages to defend the Contracting Chiefs in their respective territories, against any enemy who shall attack or make war upon any of them, provided such attack or war has not been occasioned by any aggression, or any other act of injustice, on the part of the Contracting Chief, or by his having neglected or declined the mediation of the Colonial Government. XXIV. The Contracting Chiefs, on their part, engage not to permit any tribe, or the property of any tribe, which tribe may be at war with the colony, or who may be known to the Contracting Chiefs, or any of them, to have hostile intentions towards the colony, to pass into or remain within their respective territories, and in the event of the Colonial Government having received intimation of the hostile intentions of any such tribe, before the same has come to the knowledge of the Contracting Chiefs, they engage not to permit such tribe, or the property of such tribe, to pass into or remain within their territory, upon being so required by the Government of the colony. XXV. The Governor aforesaid, as a mark of friendship and approbation of the general conduct hitherto pursued by the Contracting Chiefs, engages to make to the Contracting Chiefs an annual present in money or useful articles to the amount of 100, so long as the several Contracting Chiefs observe the terms of this Treaty, and remain the faithful allies of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain. This done at the Government House, in Cape Town, 30th January, 1845. Signed and sealed in our presence, JOHN MONTAGU, Secretary to Government. WM. PORTER, Attorney-General. W. FIELD, Collector of H.M. Customs. (L.S.) P. MAITLAND. This done at the Fort Peddie Residency, 2nd January, 1845. COBUS CONGO. Signed and sealed in our presence, J. HARE, Lieutenant-Governor. T. SHEPSTONE, Resident Diplomatic Agent. JOHN MACLEAN, Captain, Commanding Fort Peddie. Рато. (9.)—TREATY with the Chief of the Gaika Tribe of Kafirs. Cape Town, January 30, 1845. TREATY entered into between his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Peregrine Maitland, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, of the Royal Military Order of William of the Netherlands, and of the Imperial Order of St. Wladimir of Russia, Colonel of Her Majesty's 17th Regiment of Foot, Governor and Commander-in-chief of Her Majesty's Castle, Town, and Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa, and of the Territories and Dependencies thereof, and Ordinary and Vice-Admiral of the same, Commanding the Forces, &c. &c. &c., on the part of Her Britannic Majesty; and Eno, a Chief of the Gaika Tribe, for himself and his Tribe.* ART. I. It is agreed between the said Governor and the said Contracting Chief, that all former Treaties between the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and the said Chief shall be annulled,† and the same are hereby annulled accordingly, and this present Treaty shall stand henceforth in room and stead thereof. II. Peace and amity shall continue for ever between Her Britannic Majesty and her subjects, and the said Contracting Chief and his subjects, and the said Contracting Chief engages to use his utmost endeavours to prevent any rupture of the same, and to cause the strict observance of this Treaty. [For Articles III to X, see corresponding Articles of Treaty No. 8.] XI. All British subjects resorting temporarily to the territory of the Contracting Chief, or residing therein, with the permission Annulled by Treaty, 22nd November, 1845, Page 100, See Pages 63, 96. of the Chief, for the purposes of trade or otherwise, shall be protected by him in their persons and properties. [For Articles XII to XXIV, see corresponding Articles of Treaty No. 8.] XXV. The Governor aforesaid, as a mark of friendship, and approbation of the general conduct hitherto pursued by the Contracting Chief, engages to make to the Contracting Chief an annual present in money, or useful articles, to the amount of 50l., so long as the Contracting Chief observes the terms of this Treaty, and remains the faithful ally of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain. This done at the Government House in Cape Town, 30th January, 1845. Signed and sealed in our presence, W. FIELD, Collector of H.M. Customs. P. MAITLAND. This done at the Fort Peddie Residency, 2nd January, 1845. ENO. Signed and sealed in our presence. J. HARE, Lieutenant-Governor. T. SHEPSTONE, Resident Diplomatic Agent. STOCK. JOHN MACLEAN, Captain, 27th Inniskilliners, Commanding Fort Peddie. (10.)-TREATY with the Chiefs of the Fingo Tribe. Cape Town, January 30, 1845. TREATY entered into between His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Peregrine Maitland, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, of the Royal Military Order of William of the Netherlands, and of the Imperial Order of St. Wladimir of Russia, Colonel of Her Majesty's 17th Regiment of Foot, Governor and Commander-in-chief of Her Majesty's Castle, Town, and Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa, and of the Territories and Dependencies thereof, and Ordinary and Vice-Admiral of the same, Commanding the Forces, &c., &c., &c., on the part of Her Britannic Majesty; and the Chiefs of the Fingo Tribe,* viz., Jokweni, Mabanthla, Kwenkwezi, Matomela, Kaulela, Pahla, and Jama, for themselves and the said Tribe. ART. I. It is agreed between the said Governor and the said Contracting Chiefs, that all former Treaties between the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and the said Chiefs shall be annulled, * See Page 73. VOL. IX. H and the same are hereby annulled accordingly, and this present Treaty shall stand henceforth in room and stead thereof. II. Peace and amity shall continue for ever between Her Britannic Majesty and her subjects and the Chiefs of the Fingo Tribe, and the Contracting Chiefs engage to use their utmost endeavours to prevent any rupture of the same and to cause the strict observance of this Treaty. [For Articles III to X, see corresponding Articles in Treaty No. 8.] XI. All British subjects resorting temporarily to the territories of the Contracting Chiefs or residing therein with the permission of the Chiefs for the purposes of trade or otherwise, shall be protected by them in their persons and properties. [For Articles XII to XXV, see corresponding Articles in Treaty No. 8.] This done at the Government House in Cape Town, 30th January, 1845. Signed and sealed in our presence, JOHN MONTAGU, Secretary to Government. W. PORTER, Attorney-General. W. FIELD, Collector of H.M. Customs. (L.S.) P. MAITLAND. This done at the Fort Peddie Residency, 2nd January, 1845. JORWENI, Chief of the Amazizi. MABANTHLA, Chief of the Amabele. KWENKWEZI, Chief of the Amautetye. MATOMELA, Chief of the Amareledwane. KAULELA, Chief of the Imbuto. PAHLA, Chief of the Abasekuverne. JAMA, Chief of the Amakuze. Signed and sealed in our presence, J. HARE, Lieutenant-Governor. T. SHEPSTONE, Resident Diplomatic Agent. JOHN MACLEAN, Captain, 27th Inniskilliners, Commanding Fort Peddie. (11.)—TREATY with the Chiefs of the Kafir Tribe of T'Slambie. Cape Town, January 30, 1845.* TREATY entered into between his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Peregrine Maitland, Knight Commander of the most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, of the Royal Military Order of William of the Netherlands, and of the Imperial Order of St. Wladimir of Russia, Colonel of Her Majesty's Annulled by Proclamation, 17th December, 1847. Page 114. 17th Regiment of Foot, Governor and Commander-in-chief of Her Majesty's Castle, Town, and Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa, and of the Territories and Dependencies thereof, and Ordinary and Vice-Admiral of the same, Commanding the Forces, &c., &c., on the part of Hor Britannic Majesty; and the Kafir Chiefs of the Tribe of T'Slambie, viz., Umgai, Umhala, Siwane, and Gasela, for themselves and the said Tribe. ART. I. It is agreed between the said Governor and the said Contracting Chiefs, that all former Treaties between the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and the said Chiefs shall be annulled, and the same are hereby annulled accordingly, and this present Treaty shall stand henceforth in room and stead thereof. II. Peace and amity shall continue for ever between Her Britannic Majesty, and her subjects, and the Tribe of T'Slambie; and the Contracting Chiefs engage to use their utmost endeavours to prevent any rupture of the same, and to cause the strict observance of this Treaty. [For Articles III to XXIV, see Treaty No. 8.] XXV. The Governor aforesaid, as a mark of friendship, and approbation of the general conduct hitherto pursued by the Contracting Chiefs, engages to make to the Contracting Chiefs an annual present in money, or useful articles, to the amount of 200., so long as the several Contracting Chiefs observe the terms of this Treaty, and remain the faithful allies of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain. This done at the Government House in Cape Town, 30th January, 1845. Signed and sealed in our presence, JOHN MONTAGU, Secretary to Government. WM. PORTER, Attorney-General. WM. FIELD, Collector of H.M. Customs. P. MAITLAND. This done at the Fort Peddie Residency, 2nd January, 1845. UMGAI. UMHALA. SIWANE. Signed and sealed in our presence, J. HARE, Lieutenant-Governor. T. SHEPSTONE, Resident Diplomatic Agent. GASELA. JOHN MACLEAN, Captain, 27th Inniskilliners, Commanding Fort Peddie. * See Page 73. |