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ei hted have the scAles always been a" nst A r cans. There can be no doubt that t"lis ecision was made in deference to the wishes of t he Boer deputat on • The Deputa t on ~~~ve d..-~~-:t~&-!llb.-.-G~~v-ember .{-~) Amongst ot~p ~gs the~objected to the retoria Convention as a whole because they had ~RKi only a~ree to t un er compulsion and as a tem­por ry measure. They objected to the western boundary of the Transvaal as encroac ng on the r ri htful territory; they objecte to the iEZ~ XRNXRXE~ 3ritish ~esident as a ero at on their national inte ity an t ey ob j e c~ d to the Im erial ve to on their native legis ation. Amon st ot er things they eman e t he re-aff rmation of the and River Convention of I 52, freedom n ealinc" th African tr bes on t e west ­ern Transvaal bor er,and a " tion to the Transvaa l of the lands of Mont ­shiwa, oshete, Mankurwane a nd os sou. In support of t ' s last claim the they put in a historial resume that their predecessors in off ce ha conquered an ex elled zilikazi ho had over-run all these countries, and that therefore Bechuanaland belonged to them by r ght of conquest. They fort fied themselves by citing the deeds of cession made ~ by some chiefs -Moshete an Matlaba and osssou - to the r former pres ­i ent Thomas Burgers. T e refer ed t the Keate Award as a deliberate avuls on of the Transvaal. fa

Lord Derby n replyin · li=e;;;;::t:;;.~ ne:m.xZmt"k the Deputation that-. 1 ntshiwa and ankurwane objecte n behalf of themselves an the r peo ­

Ie to beine inc u ed in the Transvaal, and there was a s tron 0 y of fee ling in EnSlan n favour of their independence unless the ~ere ~Ulde British protection . "

\~le illing to conce e to the emands of the De u at on most thin ~ s, ~~mx~h~h~~xx~Rtx even to the point of modifying the Transvaa boundary to inclu e an add tonal 2,600 sq mi les of land being

) parts of the lands of Moshete and Massou, Lord DerbYJ was adamant in );>~ ~~~~ .. .:-resi sting the inclus!9n f M tshiwas~ terri tor and the iMissionary

- or Trade Route (In e Transv a!_. _ _ _ ~ ~he establishment mf a bri sh protectorate over the lan s of MExxt

Montshiwa an ~ankurwane was at the same time eci e u on, and a comm-ssion a issue to r -_ercule obinson to protect British nteresils

in ...;echuanalan , a nd ,the High COmmissioner recommended the Rev l".John ~ackenzie to be Special commissioner on the spot to assist him. Macken­z e was not a £ersona grata in t e Transvaal • He as too outspoken a cr ti: c of theIr "nat ve pol c fr, and no sooner was his appointmmnt kN:am known n South Africa than there t ere was an outburst of ind gnation aga nst it , expressed in telegrams of protest to the Colonial of ice. The news oft the new delimitation of the western Transvaa boundayy, and the robable establi hment of a BDit sh ~rotectorate over the countri~ of ~ontshiwa and IVlankur ane a t once inci ted the freebootin volunteers of Moshet e to greater activity, and they determined to et possession of those lands in anticipation of the proclamation of ~ protectorate. They

e1 several meetings in [arch t rrive at this desision. On the 1st ! ~~lt- of April/Gey van Pi tt s, "a nistra tor of B t e land of oshen ll and

leader of Moshete's volunteers ave Montshiwa ffour days notice to qu t~ th ese farms a t Rd>oi ron whic'.Montshiwa' s people had never whol y. vac ­ated n spite of the ~xp~opriattnG provi on of the Snyman treaty of Octo er I ~~ ontsh wa ~e~~e ~nd sai he ould re ard any attempt to

~ dislodge h as ' ' an act of wapl _T Goshen volunteers answQP~ turn-1.O t'l lt 't' ng thei", cattle ,.B:,nd horses ir@ the blirolon ripen:t.n ZRa cOl"'~imlds,l/

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g.\, ~also notified Motshiw~Bf t~1:r intentlon to survey hisyland :t.mx.IDI:t :tt. yrlRtarlStrul1X , occupy,.i t, set it up as the R~pllbl1ch of Goshen a d cu tit up into farm~ I ~~ J... (,~ Ji. d l1''''~'t;, ,>.,/.1 ''''/*''11; v:, .. JtwJ,"'>j~ .... I ~. "" "'. ~

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had nQt been willing to hear them, et t had been induced to withhold juctice from the Deputation by lies and fraud on the part of traitors a and intriguers of whom Mr Mackenzie was one. There were officials of liar Majesty whom Her Ma j e sty must E~e:tHio[R believe . He said that if Her Majest really caused an impartial investi ation to pe made, they would learn the whOle truth. At pre sent the (Dr tish) Government went on the le tters of liars. he Go ernment in eneral, and Mr Gladstohe on part-

i cular were influenced b the 0 inion of the English people to whom they must give account. If it had not been for ~r Mackenzie and the

Hi h Commissioner, everything would have been ri ht . The se liars had tirred up the people to stand i n the way of the Government."

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improved. Moreover the territory left to MEN..'kx.mx~a the chief Montshiwa by the new Convention is so limited that no portion of it could well be alienated, and you may find ourself obliged to order the ejectment of the persons now trespassing at Rooi ronde In such a case it may happen that prompt and decisive action may be necessary, and should you feel yourself strong enou h, you are authorised to take such action as may seem to you to be desirable without elaying for a fnbther referene to me. "

Mackenzie went north, and arrived at Taung,i(Taun s) on ,the 35th of Apri l and at once entere i nto treaty with · ankur ane after explainin to him the nature of the protectorate over his countr. rom Taun Mac ­Kenzie went to ryburg and with the cooperation of Gert van Niekerk, the lladmin1str t r "of telland, 'secured the sUbn11ssion of that state to the British crown.~e then visited . ~oshete at Khunwana to f in that the chLef was in complete darkness about the moves that dete~nined the des tiny of h s country in the recent Convention and was now bl aming HXB~ everybody except himself. From Khunwana, Mackenzie went to 1fufeking, where he arrived on M the 20th of May . There was great excitement amo­ng the Tshidi Barolon at the arrival of their old friend John Mackenzie in his new capac ty as a messenger of Queen ictoria to restore order and bring peace to their strife-torn country . The Chief Montshiwa was espec ally de lighted at the prospect of the establishment of the Queenas authority after etitionin f r it for so many ye~rs and the constant fear of its being snatched by the Trans aal • It is an ntersting pyscho logical problem that Montshiwa wa s happy to lose his independence to the british Government, but-vas bitterly averse to losing it to the Govern­ment of the ~uth' African RepUblic. It wa s like a choice between drown­ing i n ciean water or in irty water. The~ end resuit is the same, namely loss of 1 fe e ,

Lut Montshiwa had said it many times that he had the reatest con­f il€nce in the umanity and jusuce of the Br itish Government and its representatives, while for the Government of the outh African Republic he ent rtained fee ings of d strust a nd dislike • . ackenzie first went to Roo grond to warn the Goshen tes t»xX who were st 11 n camp there that t e Queen ' s author ' ty was now extended over ~ontshiwa's countr as def ned by the London Convention. He was accom­panied by Kebalepile, Montshiwa ' s eldest s n and he r, Stephen Lefenya, the Chief's secretary and the Rev tuart Franklin, the Wesleyan missiona ry stationed wi th ,~ ontshiwa, )4AwIl,U Ii, M,ttj, ~. ' , As ey van P ttius however declined to meet 1V ackenzie, the la ttelr,(wrote out a public notice and sent it to him; Public otice II To the Europeans now resi n on the boun ary line between t e South African Republic and the arolong Country at a place known as Rooi rond an to a 1 whom it may concern :

.t'ublic notice i 'he reb given that it has pleased Her Ma jesty the Queen to establish a protectorate in Bechuaaaland and for that purpose among other steps, to enter into a treaty with the chief Montshiwa, by which that chief concedes to Her Mjesty jurisdiction and authority over all white people and b l ack people within the Barol ong country.

' In terms of my commission as Beputy of His Excellency the Hi h Commissioner and in accordance with the treaty now mentioned, I hereby declare the whole of t e Darolong country to be under the protection, jurisdiction and authorit of He r Majesty the Queen etc (C . 4l94 . 50)

On Thursda the 2Gnd of May 1 4,a treaty was entered into between the Chie~ Montshiwa and zEExRBxx~MKxkBRXXB Deputy Commiss ­ioner John Mackenzie represent ingbHer Majesty's 00vernment, whereby Montshiwa ceded jurisdiction of his country to the Queen's overnment . The ceremony was performed in the royal kgotla before a large and exci ­ted athering of trlbemen, who applauded the Chief and the clbmmiss oner to si nify their approval.

_ After the ~N.x:matU~· ktxxmaJnq:xhkll Jm~DqlI:tl.R treat~ hal been signed (or marked) by the Chief and his son Kebalepile and his nephew Israel M lema and other princes, Christopher Bethell , Stuart Franklin , Edgar fiowla~~~and J,Mahon attested the signatures . A prayer of Thanksgiving was t~offered at the request of the chief, and then Montshiwa's cannon and a volley of musketry was fired to mark the historic occasion and the jo of the people .

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From Mafeking Mackenzie travelled westward along the Molopo river and entered into trea ties of submission with ~he Chief Makgobi at Ph1ts­haRe , ~~ Chief onokwane at Morokweng, and 0hief Letlhogile at Gan esa returning to his station at Kuruman on the 21st of Junej to ~ea deta -ile report to the High Commissione~, • . By Mackenzie's treaties, the whole of the country north of the Cape Colo ny, west of the Transvaal and east of the 20th NEgRBH meridian of east latitude became a British sphere of influence. Ins spite oft this, the Goshenites attacked Montshiwa on the 13th of June and on the H 20th t ere was heaVf!. fighting. The Babo10n had gone our with their wagons to reap their lands at Dishwaing - Buurmans drift and Lucydale - the reapers bein supported b ~ the Madisakgomo, Matsetse and Ma odu re iments ( 24 to 32 ears a ge roups) altogether numberi abou~ 3 men. he ~e e attacked b the Goshenite ~mm and intersepted in their attempt to 0 to 1fufikeng. A sharp enga e ­ment ensued and continued from mornin ~till ate afternoon, both sides suffering se ~re casual ties. Among the Baro10ngl §lta in were Chie' Mon­Tshiwa's son Mak etla, and also his cousins Isaac 1'.1ococe and MOl'.lwanyane The Boers lost a out half that number. ,~en the ~rolon. arrived at Mafikeng in a funereal mood by reason of the death'-of their prince,Montshiwa upbraided them "Who thinkk you must die for his fat'her1an if not the princes ? Think outhat an enem ' 8 bullet or ball respects a kingIs son, or that a kir.gs son is dearer to his parents than a commoner's to his parents? Awa with ou and your heaviness of heart : Makgetla has died well because he has died for his 88HHtt as we must all be prepared to do • So on w th the fight for our coun-c!>y and our freedom ." For this attack of the Goshen tes on Monts wa and the consequent los of life inflicted after the ueens rotection had been proclaimed, XhRr there w§:seJf feeble remonstrances wi th the Transvaal Government b the ritish Resident and the High Commit ioner, but theEe were just so much

wasted time and paper. he Goshenites went on undeterre in their intent ion and acti ities to sieze Montshiwa's country. Iackenzie left Mafeking at the end of May . As soon as his back was turne there was rene~ed activity in recruiting for t he ranks of "Moshete's volunteers Tl and on the 24th of June, Gey van Pittiu~is8ueg, a p3?eelawa -t¢~r=1§:~~~~~~mF~~~"~~:::to ~AII true sons/of South Africa Ii, iJ:od:tl;ng f;;he.m to join the ranks of t e Volunteers upon the understanding that they woul share in the lann boo to be ~rocured, which ~ wi th God's help we hope to bring to pass" IfD.blished atXNl!!l\riIJtDX~!l\l'mx .wi E~.tE.x:tR8.x:fllliiBrlXXB.E.E.exa:.~~ in x~ a · retori published in a Pretoria paper Die olkstem a eclaration of "War in the fullest sense against Montshiwa", and invite

When the British Resident complained of this to the ransvaal overnme ­nt, the latter issued a proclamation "s tringently prohibiting anyone from engaging in the hostilities, and ~ enjoining the ransvaal officials ,i.e fieldcornets and l anddrosts to immediatel report to the Government all persons contaavening the order. Extx~~k XlmXJd~X±XR8.~XE.f.x:thl~Ett:kwRX formally On the 25th of Jlme, the High COmmiS Sioner/not fied the ~ransva~l ov­ernrnent that "a ritish protectorate bad be n established over Bechuana land, and a cession of jurisdiction had been accepted from the~Ch ef Montshiwa. II h d But of course no one took the sll htest ~XB of all these prohibitions and notifications. Hostilities went on just as before and were in f~9t)h work ng up to a climax. -,0"1..1\tt IO(t .. \ -~

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On the 31st of July 1884 some 250 Transvaal oers ~rom Rooi ond raided the Barolong cattleposts at Tlapeng, s i xte n miles to orth-wfs 01' 11 fiken " and rove away over 3 ,00 herd of cattle n re urn t ey p sed alon the west an south of the Barol ong town, urposely near enough to be seen, and thereby l ure .:tEE. Montshi wa ' s people to fi ~~ Sure enough, unable to resist the desire to recapture their cattle', the

- BarolQn at once att~g wen~i out to attack. A severe engagement follow ~ ... -.,...e on the Ma 0 s r uit UVfG mi es to the south 0 the villa e , ebbed

and flowe , now backvvarJs to Ma 0 owe and nOVI forward to the villa 'e as the Barolong or t e Boers dom nated the fi ht . In the afternoon a conti ngent pi consistin of bur hers from Stellaland and Harts river aerived to assist he r kinsmen ~ .f. 0 Goshen

r Ro igrond , and turne the scal es a gainst he Barolong, who were in any case already short of ammunit on. The Baro10ng were utterl defeated

~ I~an suffered severe losses in 1 1 killed and many wounde , while the . / :! .. "Gosheni tes l ost only 3 me~ This was a ecisi ve ba t tle,{" wherefore the '~", Tshidi Barol n call 1 t "T1gele II meani ' collapse or submer ence . The

Goshenites and their allies were masters of the field, and ~~tHWX~ x~RZx~kB±RX~inx±kB~ mopping up small ockets 0 reisistance ~re B.nd there or forcin their enemy to take to fl ght, they collected their s l a1n and rocee e with their bootx.,~o Rooi ,ron • There was much we p ­in and l amentation in the Barolongittlat n ht, as one after another the corpses pf men who had iven treir 1 os for their country and for fr e -dom were carried i.E±E home. 14 " J 74 "I' .1 .. ' . t • .~

~ AVv' '-':;'' '''.:IMAmong the slain were/ l~athan~ a ker an Christopher 13ethell, two ~ uro: "t rce ~ rf..( peans who had assist'ed Montshiwa. T~ e circumstances of Bethell' s death 7 '; r"""~- were unsavour and lel! afterwards to much correspondence and bitterness.

, c • .> ••• . ~ .... t{. Sa s J . Mackentzie " I!.r ethell an Israel Molema, a ne hew of Chi e Monts-wJ hlwa and mamber of the Wesleyan Church among the Baro10ng p eared to

escape to ether. While d~in so, however, I srae1 s , horse was f rst shot and then he himself as shot through the shoul der . Mr Bethell attempted to 11ft Israel on his own horse, intending to s rin on behind m, but did not succee n t s . Israel was unab e to he lp himself and be ged Mr Bethell to leave him and make his escape . Vh Ie still persisting in thi s efforts to carry off his companion Bet ell was shot in he face. fi The ullet almost missed him, but entered below one e e wI ch was des ­troye ,passin out in front f the ear . Thus wounded he fell to the ground an his horse ran away. The first freebooter who came to the plac

l ace was a En .shw.an . Ie reco nised Bet::: ... ell and taunted him with his condit on. ethe 1 asked the Engli shman to take him t the cam as a pr !b soner . T s man consented for himself but sa d e wou not answer f r the Boers. Then two Boers ca e up and a ter taunt n Be thell shot him throu h the hea _, both f rin at him. Israel M:olema fei ned death successf ull while al t this took lace, and a ter nightfall made s es::::ape to Mafikeng, where he announced to Mr ~lr ght and to ontshiwa the manner n which Bethell had met his eath." (AUBtral Africa Vol 1 • p 389) ~Jri ht had a l so 0 ortuni t es of llearin amp e corroboration of tt the stor from oer sources t was at th s time rather boasted of as an ac evement . If jJvc;-l-t,~r oj- • d~ , ~" . '. ' . TIIO days after the en a ement , Comman a_t J.P . (Kotie)Shyman of

Mari a-o, the same who ha dictate the peace terms of c tober 18 2,came to Monts wa to sk or h s subrdss on, as it vas c ear tofriend and foe a like that England ! ul not or coul not help m. ':,.'hou t orm and bleedin , Montshiwa was , however neither ~ead nor utterly despon e nt, and he declined nyman ' s proffered hand . The commandant returned to rvlarico breathing out threatonings an s ughter a ainst lVlontsh wa and h s tribe.

Ithou h l'Ta ckenz e had be n appo nted Deput Commissioner b Secretary of State Derby at the s ec i al request of Sir =Ie r 1.1 os l.ob i nson, t wa$. remar able how con l ete l he latter succumbe 0 co oni8 vi ews an pre'u i ces 0.(1Ce he retu.rne to 20uth Africa • . i1 ckenzie was now accuse of be~n too art al to the bechuana, an be n a liberal, his attitude to the b l acks was is ked, and his policy was stea 1 under­mine - eo onial off cas r Thomas J _ n· ton( rime f.'~in ster), l.raham Lower (Colon a l Secretary) an ecil ::-,hodes W 0 ha ,reat inf uence w' t: the -I gh C mr.1i ss oner , an u t matel a t ore the views an s npat .. :"es o a pes na titVl neve,. remarkab_e for stab Ii t • Thus El In st from the a o. a ckenz ¥e T s entr into ::.5e huana and ... e wa s 'lorkinc under a

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/ It had been ecided jointly by the High gommi ssioner, and l.1ac{ nzie to ennol a force of 200 police to maintein orde~ on the ~echuanaland border and ±EB~xEKa ~ajor Stanley Lowe had been appanted to raise and organise this force • This ax±m dut could have been com leted in a few days because there were many applicants, but instead, it was made to dra on for weeks and weeks by the intr gues, plots and counter-plots that dev-eloped among the lead ~g pemple with a view . 1. 0 hinder the development of Imperial interests, abro ate the Imperial

protection,and remove the Imperial officer from Bechuanaland. Or as Rhodes put it "to eliminate the Imperial factor."

2. To extend colonial interests by increasing the say of Cape Colony and bringing about its annexation of echuanaland . , j'"'

3. 0 extend t~~_authority of the Transvaal over Lechuanaland, and hEXm br ng about ~ annexat on of that ~ountr ~ in spite of the clear terms of the London Convention and the proclamation of - ritish rotect ion.

'l'he contest was a t first concea ed, and was as two to one in favour of the EmiEmZXX Cape Colon and Transv al factors or interests as against the Imperial factor, and after the elimination of the Imperial factor

the contest became KXX±~~~hKXNKB»xxhB one against one,or a strAight fight between the Cape Colony and the Transvaal for the poss­

essi'on of the prize. LB-- these cGatroQer~:ie ,~, mys-teIlou~ moves and dGu'ble e I'OSS!!lgs, the ali n ment of forces was (1) John 1~ckenzie fpr the 1m er ial factor against

(2) ~~EX Ce~il Rhodes Sir Th~s Upington (Prime Minister), and Sir A;rcules Robinson Gov­ernor f Cape Colony) ami t:_or C~e .-9.o_lon and

(3) ~resident I\ru er(an the Transvaal Deputation to the Colonial Of!i ce) a n Jan Hofm er (and the Afrikaner Bond) for the Transvaa •

From. these controversies, NENEiR mysterious move s and double crossings, ' CJ 1 Sir Hercules Robinson has emerged with his lance,l and armour rather da~A­

{i'1T "C.,.... ed~B;:S a man of feeble will power, a pliant administrator, or as some ore

has "'put it " a lath painted to look like a steel rod,"while Rhodes .",.C showed the ~J1r signs of what was to be his characteric eature as

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and on. the 3 th Juu y, w til s m n 0 en to this insidious act, t s sabotage, he uccumbs to the pressure by recall n Hackenzie under . lUUfe cover of "wishin m to come down here (to Cape Town)at once to confer wit him", wh Ie at the same time authorisin Rhodes to act as Deputy

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