That the conduct of the gallant spirit by which results so important were achieved, may be appreciated at its full value, is the sole object for which these Records have been compiled.
Posthumous praise cannot reach him who so well merited the approbation of his Sovereign and his country, cut off in the full career of his usefulness, and with the prospect of rising to the highest distinction. Ever foremost in the path of duty, he gloriously fell on the battle-field of Inkermann, and now rests in a soldier's grave in a distant land, where soldiers have, with the cross of Faith, marked and hallowed that spot called by the name of the General they honoured and loved (Cathcart Hill).*
His spirit, his noble spirit, "is returned to God who gave it," but it is left to the hand of affection to trace from his own words in this Publication, the portrait of a mind such as few have possessed, enriched as it was with the noblest qualities which form the character of a good man and a brave soldier. Every page testifies to his straightforward singleness of purpose, and to the energy and ability with which he could overcome the difficulties opposed to its accomplishment.
The justice and moderation of the principles by which all his actions were regulated, gained for him even the esteem and respect of the savage Chiefs who were subdued as much by his clemency as by the force of his arms.
Conscious of his own rectitude, he totally disregarded the disparaging doubts and the impatience by which his measures were assailed by interested parties, and steadfastly persevered in his laborious and often ungrateful task, until he had patiently and skilfully worked out the plan which he had conceived with so much forethought from the beginning, to the successful issue which he had himself anticipated, the benefits of which will be long felt and acknowledged by a grateful people; and the memory of Sir George Cathcart, as a benefactor, will be cherished and revered at the Cape of Good Hope, so long as that Colony shall endure.
Col. Windham, and the other officers and men of the 4th Division, have erected a handsome solid granite monument, with an inscription in English and Russian.
AMATOLA Districts, successful clear- ance of the, 16. Proposals for their re-allotment, 38, 45. Object of the tower built there, 66. Ad- vantage of the district in a mili- tary point of view, 213, 214. Sir George Cathcart's views relative to the occupation of the district, 381-384.
Army operations, summary of, 69–73.
BASUTOS, mistaken policy of the British Resident towards the, 10, 194. Movements of their Chief. See Moshesh.
"Birkenhead," allusions to the loss of the, 68, 110.
Boundaries between tribes, remarks on, 204.
Brauder, or Brander, the Hottentot
leader, presumed end of, 23. His encounter with the police, 182, 183. British Kaffraria. See Kaffraria. British military pensioners. See Mi-
Burghers, Sir George Cathcart's in- terview with the, 52. Probable extent of their co-operation, 97. Successful results thereof, 117, 198. Their encroaching propensities, 204, 205. Summons to them to fight against Kreili, 228.
CAPE of Good Hope, acceptance of
the Governorship of, by Sir George Cathcart, 1. Outline of the Ordi- nance for a Parliament, 2-4. Points in question relative to the Ordi- nance, 4-7. Ordinance for regu-
lating the appropriation of the revenue, 33. Schedule of salaries, &c., 34, 35. Despatch on the state of the remote districts, 48. Gene- ral summary of Cape affairs, 99. Arrival of despatch postponing the Constitution, 135. Advantages of the colony to agricultural emi- grants, 207, 208. Sir George Cath- cart's despatch and enclosure on the government of the Colony, 311-314. Minute relative to the Colonial Parliament, 314-316. Cape Town, Addresses to Sir George Cathcart from inhabitants and commissioners of, 282, 283. "Cape Town, Advertiser," extract from, 348, 349.
Carolus Batjee expelled by Moshesh for siding with the British, 169, 170.
Cathcart, Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir
George, K.C.B. His letter to the Duke of Wellington on his ap- pointment to the Governorship of the Cape of Good Hope, 1. His arrival in Table Bay, 2. Despatch thereon, with Ordinance for a Par- liament, 2-4. Despatch on the acceptance of the Ordinance by the Legislative Council, 4-7. State of affairs on his arrival, and position and movements of the hostile chiefs at that period, 7-11. Police measures resorted to by him on the occasion, 12, 13. Projected dis- lodgment of the Waterkloof ma- rauders, 13. His patriotic rebuke of the Colonists for their supine-
ness, 14. Kreili's contemptuous
return of his letter, and subse-
quent friendliness, 14, 15. His
clearance of the Amatola districts,
16. His successful proceedings on
the Tambookie frontier, 16, 17.
His negotiations with Moshesh,
19, 20. His mode of dealing with
the Hottentot deserters, 23. His
proposed policy for the future,
24-30. His Ordinance for regu-
lating the appropriation of the colo-
nial revenue, 33-35. Further ex-
positions of his views, 36-48. His
despatch on the state of the re-
mote districts, 48-53. On the
best mode of accomplishing a pa-
cification, 53-60. His Swiss loca-
tion project, 61. Memoranda and
queries thereon, 62, 63. His pro-
clamation on placing British Kaf-
fraria under martial law, 64, 65.
His tower plan and objects there-
with connected, 66, 67. His sum-
mary of military events from 20th
April to 20th May, 1852, 69-73.
His explanatory letter on the sub-
ject of towers and defensive posts,
85-91. His circular relative to the
duty of the Colonists to contribute
men and means towards carrying
on the war, 102-105. His instruc-
tions to Lieut.-Governor Darling
relative to an expected despatch
on the subject of the Constitution,
132-134. His instructions on
receipt of the said despatch, 135,
136. His views relative to the
Orange River territory and Chief
Moshesh, 137-144. His reply to
Sandilli and Macomo's offer to be-
tray their confederates, 145. His
plan for the military occupation of
the Gaika territory, 149-153. His
views relative to the allotment of
forfeited territory, 156-161. His
plan for settling waste lands along
the frontier, 161-164. Programme
of his intended operations in the
Orange River Sovereignty and
against Moshesh, 164-167. Result
of his expedition thither, 169-
173. Terms of settlement offered
by him to Moshesh, 174, 175.
Characteristic conversation be-
tween them, 176-178. His views
on the establishment of a regular
Government in British Kaffraria,
184-186. His letter to Lieut.-Go-
vernor Darling, with minute of his
proceedings, 187-189. Copy of
said minute, 189-215. Appendix
of documents accompanying same,
216. Earl Grey's instructions to
him relative to the suppression of
the war, 216-218. His declaration
of war against Kreili, 227-229.
His proclamation for the settle-
ment of disputes, 229, 230. De-
precatory letter to him from Mo-
shesh, 230. His General Order
after defeating the Basutos, 230-
232. His reply to an address from
the Smithfield Burghers, 236-238.
His proclamation of pardon to the
Tambookies, and re-settlement of
their territories, &c., 238-241. His
reply to a memorial against them,
242-244. His proclamation on
discontinuing martial law, 257,
258. His pardon to and terms of
peace with Kreili, 260-262. Simi-
lar proclamation with regard to
Sandilli, 264-266. His interview
with the humiliated Chiefs, 267,
268. His despatch on the state of
Kaffraria at the date of his retiring
from the Governorship, 269-273.
Addresses to him on that event
from Queen's Town, 274. From
Kat River district, 275. From
King William's Town, 276. From
Graham's Town, 277. His answer
thereto, 280. From Port Eliza-
beth, 281. His answer thereto, ib.
From Cape Town, 282. From the
Cape Town Commissioners, 283.
His official recognition of the Pre-
sident of the Orange River Free
State, 287. His letter to Sir
George Clerk on Kaffrarian af-
fairs, 289-299. His despatch on
precautions anticipatory of war
with Russia, 307. His instructions
to the Commander of the Forces
thereon, 308-310. His despatch
and instructions on the subject of
governing the Colony, 311-314.
His letters on the appointment of
additional judges, 317-319. His
request for an indemnity for money
granted relative to Orange River,
319. His proclamation for the
distribution of bounty there, 320.
His General Order against the ma-
chinations of disaffected parties in
King William's Town, 348. His
curt reply to a deprecatory address
thereon, 349. Eulogium of the
"Graham's Town Journal" on his
proceedings, 355, 356. His adieu to
the South African army, 359, and
note. His farewell letter to Chief
Moshesh, 378-381. His letter on
the policy to be pursued in occu-
pying the Amatolas, 381-384. His
policy regarding the government
of the Kafir tribes, 385, 386.
His letters to Sir Charles Tre-
velyan; see Trevelyan. Letters
addresses, &c., of condolence on
news of his death reaching the
Cape: From Governor Sir George
Grey, 386, 387, 388. From Gra-
ham's Town, 388. From T. H.
Bowker, Esq., 389. Queen's Town
Cathcart Memorial Proceedings, 391-393. Sketch of Sir George's career from the "Montreal He- rald," 394-401.
Various despatches from him on
the progress of the war, the state of
the disturbed districts, remedial
measures adopted, &c., 73, 77, 83,
91, 94, 98, 106, 109, 111, 116, 121,
123, 127, 132, 134, 137, 144, 153,
156, 164, 168, 169, 182, 184, 186,
269, 307, 311, 317, 319.
Extracts from his private letters:
viz. On his arrival and reception by
Sir Harry Smith, 335, 336. On
a Kafir horse-stealer's trick, 337,
338. His mode of living in camp,
disregard of public opinion, &c.,
339, 340. On his progress with the
friendly and hostile Chiefs,340–342.
On the climate, death of the Duke
of Wellington, &c., 343. On Colo-
nels Eyre and Napier "running
wild after cattle," 343-345. On
Chief Moshesh and his territory,
345, 346. On the result of his
labours and attempts to thwart his
measures, 347-349, 350. On the
stellar aspects of South Africa,
351. To his daughters on his colo-
nial home, 351, 352. His pleasure
on receiving the Queen's approval
of his conduct, 369. On his ap-
proaching relief from duty, &c.,
369-371. His wish for home retire-
ment, 348, 352, 358, 369, 370.
Clerk, Sir George, acknowledgment
of services of, 271. Provision for
his absence on the frontier, 272.
Letter from Sir George Cathcart to
him, on Kaffrarian affairs, 289-299.
The Orange River Sovereignty ter-
minated by him, 352-379. The
Duke of Newcastle's recognition
of his services therein, 379, note.
Favourable mention of his son,
370.
Colonies, Secretary of State for the,
despatches, reports, &c., from Sir
George Cathcart to the, 7, 65, 69,
134, 137, 144, 153, 169, 182, 184, 186. See also Grey, Earl-Grey, Sir George, Bart.-Newcastle, Duke of -Pakington, Sir John. Cumming, Mr., special merits of, 367.
Curzon, Major, promotion and favour-
able mention of, 370.
D'Urban, Sir Benjamin, territory ac- quired by, 54.
EYRE, Lieut.-Col., hunts up the Hot-
tentots, 11. His clearance of the
Amatola districts, 16. His suc-
cess in the Keiskamma Hoek, 36.
Tower named after him, 67. Sur-
prises the Hottentot laager, 92, 94.
Operations entrusted to his charge,
124. His satisfactory progress,
125, 127. Result of his operations,
144, 153. His services in the en-
counter with the Basutos, 179-181. Occasion on which his movements were erroneous, 343, 344, 345.
FAKU's proposed attack on Kreili, 82. Interchange of tokens of friendship between him and Sir George Cathcart, 350.
Fingoes, exemplary fidelity of the,
60, 84, 210. Kafir hostility to-
wards them, 60. Their motives
for keeping large herds of cattle,
60, 61. Their continued loyalty
and gallant exertions, 126, 199.
Their origin and numbers, 209,
210. Their advances towards civi-
lization, 210. Measures taken to
attach them to British interests,
210, 211. Rate of pay, &c., of the
Border Fingoe Corps, 250. Medal-
lic recognition of their loyalty,
273.
Fortuin, Johannes, statement of, re-
lative to the Hottentot rebels and
their movements, 219-227.
Freeman's "Tour in South Africa," reference to, 345.
GAIKA chiefs and tribes, character of
the, 57. Their entire expulsion,
215. Their delight at the return
of peace, 255, 256.
Gaika territory, Sir George Cath-
cart's plan for the occupation of the, 149-153, 253-255. Gold in South Africa, exaggerations relative to, 358.
Goodrich, Captain, artistic skill of, 353.
Gore, Captain, killed, 36, 37.
Graham, Mr., made Civil Commis-
sioner of Albany, 346.
Graham's Town Address to Sir George
Cathcart on his leaving the Cape,
277. Sir George's answer, 280.
His private reference thereto, 357.
Climate of the locality, 358, 370.
Address of the inhabitants on re-
ceiving news of his death, 388.
"Graham's Town Journal," eulogium
of, on Sir George Cathcart's Kaf- frarian measures, 355, 356. Green, Henry, Esq., British Resident, frontier dispute settled by, 234- 236. Merit of a paper by him on the Sovereignty, 363. Grey, Earl, appoints Sir George Cath- cart Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope, 1. Despatches from Sir
George to him, 2, 4, 32, 36, 43.
Extract of despatch from him, 216.
Grey, Sir George, Bart., Secretary
to the Colonies, letter from Sir
George Cathcart to, 319.
Grey, Sir George, Governor of the
Cape, letters of condolence from,
on Sir George Cathcart's death,
386, 387, 388.
HEARNE, Captain, and his followers
waylaid and killed, 135.
Hoffman, J. P., Esq., letter from, on
occasion of the enfranchisement of
the Orange River territory, 286.
Sir George Cathcart's answer, 287.
Hottentot levies, gallantry and loyalty of the, 23, 126, 199. Hottentot rebels put themselves under Uithaalder, 10. Discom-
fiture and fate of their leaders, 23.
Make common cause with the
Kafirs, 30, 74. Their lurking
places, 50. Harboured by the Gaika Chiefs, 57. Their laager surprised by Lieut.-Col. Eyre, 92, 94. Continuance of their maraud- ings, 103, 107, 119, 122, 200. Fate
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