accords them his full pardon. He still, however, regards them as his subjects, liable to be sent for whenever he may think proper.

II. The British residents at Port Natal, on their part, engage for the future, never to receive or harbour any deserter from the Zulu country, or any of its dependencies; and to use every endeavour to secure and return to the King every such individual endeavouring to find an asylum among them.

III. Should a case arise in which this is found to be impracticable, immediate intelligence, stating the particulars of the circumstance, is to be forwarded to Dingaan.

IV. Any infringement of this Treaty on either part, invalidates the whole.

Done at Congella, this 6th day of May, 1835, in presence of
UMTHLELLA, Chief Indunas and Head Counsellors
TAMBOOZA,
of the Zulu Nation.

Signed on behalf of the British Residents at Port Natal,
ALLEN F. GARDINER.

3.-TREATY with the Chiefs of the Tribe of Congo.-Signed at Graham's Town, September 6, 1835.

Beka, September 17,

Treaty of Agreement entered into between His Britannic Majesty's Governor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, on the one part, and the Chiefs Pato, Kama, and Cobus, sons of Congo, on the other. ART. I. These chiefs, collectively, as one family, and each individually and independently for his own respective branch of it, having expressed their earnest desire to become subjects of the King of England and to live henceforth under the authority and protection of the English laws, within His Majesty's aforesaid colony; and His Majesty's Governor of the said colony, satisfied of their good and faithful conduct towards it for a long time past, and especially during the present war between it and other native tribes, having, in the name of the King his master, acceded to their desire, the following Articles of Treaty are hereby mutually agreed on between the aforesaid contracting parties, and concluded and ratified accordingly :Pato, Kama, and Cobus, all of them, in the name of the whole of their tribe, and each for himself and his family separately, solemnly promise and engage to be true and faithful subjects of His Majesty the King of England; to be friends to His Majesty's friends, and enemies to his enemies; to obey the commands of His Majesty's Governor, and the duly constituted colonial authorities, and to live in submission to the general laws of the colony. The Governor and the laws, at the same time, extending to them the same protection and security as to the other subjects of His Majesty.

II. To the penalties of which laws, these chiefs, their tribes and

families, hereby become alike amenable if they break them; and they are aware that these laws inflict severe punishments, and even death itself, upon those who commit the crimes of murder, rape, setting houses or property on fire, personal injury by violence to any fellow subject, theft, whether of cattle or other property. And such penalties will be equally incurred for the commission of these crimes, by any members of the tribe against each other, as against other inhabitants of the colony.

And the aforesaid chiefs clearly understand that proceedings against any one within or without their tribe, for the pretended offence of witchcraft, are peremptorily forbidden by the above-cited laws, and will be severely punished accordingly.

At the same time, they understand, and it is a part of this agrcement, that the said laws do not, and will not, otherwise interfere with their domestic and internal regulations for their tribe and families, nor with their customs, in so far as they do not involve a breach of the said laws,―the exercise of these remaining free to them as at present so long as they may desire to retain them.

III. All this well understood, the Governor, upon his part, promises to afford, in favour of the aforesaid chiefs, their tribe and families, all due protection and support for the maintenance of their rights, their property, their security and welfare, equally with the other subjects of His Majesty.

IV. And in the name of the King, the Governor hereby assigns to each of the aforesaid chiefs, and their respective families a just proportion, to be determined by the commissioners appointed as hereinafter set forth, for their location, establishment, and regulation, and in accordance with the amount of the population of each of the track of country, a, b, c, d, in the annexed sketch A, extending from the Great Fish River on the west, to the Buffalo on the east ; and bounded on the south by the sea, and on the north by a line running from the Kafir Drift ford of the Fish River to the ford of the Beka (above Congo's kraal), where the upper (northermost) Wesleyville wagon road crosses that river; thence up the left or east side of that river to the foot of the woody mount, called by the Kafirs Quehkaqush, and from the same side of the aforesaid river, in a direct line about E. S. E. by compass to the Wesleyville wagon road, where it passes the head of a rivulet called by the Kafir Inyetwa; thence to the ford where the same road crosses the Keiskamma below the confluence of the Deebie; thence in a straight line passing to the north of the source of the Kalana rivulet, along the ridge called Habana, by the wagon road ford over the Chalumna, between Wesleyville and Mount Coke; thence to the ford of the Buffalo, at the old trading station of Ford; and thence down the right bank of the Buffalo to the sea.

With the reservation of such spots for roads, outspan places, places of worship, residences for ministers of the gospel, magistracies, military stations, and other public services, as the governor may, from time to time, find it necessary to occupy, as well for the general benefit of the colony, as for the particular benefit of the aforesaid chiefs and their families.

And reserving also the ground already granted by His Majesty to several British subjects, designated by the name of Frederickburg, on the River Gualana, as set forth in the accompanying sketch B, and a certain narrow portion of land on the left bank of the Fish River, extending 3 miles eastward from its mouth; thence to and along the road along the first ridge east of the river, leading from the ferry to the Kafir Drift Road, as marked e, f, g, A, on the annexed plan A. Over these reservations, however, the cattle of the aforesaid families may graze, until they shall be occupied by their proprietors; and even afterwards have free access to the Fish River between the points h and a.

V. And each of the above Chiefs shall, in token of fealty to the King of England, and in acknowledgment of holding his lands as aforesaid under His Majesty's sovereignty, cause to be delivered to such officer or officers as the Governor shall appoint, on behalf of His Majesty, one fat ox, in the course of the first month of every year; in failure of which condition, he will forfeit his said lands, unless they be granted anew by the Governor.

VI. Ministers of the Gospel, and, where the Governor may think fit, English magistrates, vested with due powers, will be appointed in the respective locations. And it is hereby concluded and agreed on, by the said Chiefs Pato, Kama, and Cobus, that they shall act as magistrates of the colony, each in his own location, if required so to do by the Governor, and under such titles and instructions, as by him shall be determined, and that they shall not harbour, nor suffer to be harboured, within their respective locations, any person or persons, of other tribes, or of their own, who have been in hostility against the colony, without the special consent of the Governor first obtained to that effect; but shall immediately cause such person or persons to be expelled from their said respective locations,-Pato, Kama, and Cobus being responsible for the due performance of this condition, each in his own location.

VII. And it is hereby concluded and agreed on that the said Chiefs in their respective locations, shall all and each of them prevent by every means in their power, the inroads into the colony of robbers to steal cattle; and shall, in the case of any cattle so stolen being brought into their respective locations, seize and deliver it securely to the nearest colonial authority; well understood, that the Governor

will justly hold that Chief responsible for restoring stolen colonial cattle into whose location it shall have been traced.

VIII. The Governor having appointed a Commission, consisting of the Rev. W. Shepstone, Walter Currie, Esq. J.P., W. Bowker, Esq., and Captain Forbes, the said Commissioners are duly authorized to conclude this Treaty of Agreement in his name; to receive and duly record upon this document, the accession and agreement of the Chiefs Pato, Kama, and Cobus, thereto; and to locate and place each Chief in possession of his allotted location, and within his appropriate boundary accordingly.

IX. When all the above arrangements shall have been duly carried into effect, the Governor will appoint an agent for the Government, to reside near the locations; with whom the Chiefs will communicate whenever they may desire it, for the information of the Governor, of whose communications to them he will also be the accredited organ.

X. For the present, and until the Governor may judge it safe and beneficial, as well for the old colonists as for His Majesty's new subjects, hereby admitted under the protection of his Government, none of these last, whether of the families Pato, Kama, or Cobus, can be allowed to pass to the right bank to the Fish River, without a border pass, signed by one of the Commissioners, now, or by the agent when he shall have been appointed; and even then they must be unarmed. A departure from this condition will expose the individuals so infringing it to the danger of being shot; and therefore its exact observance is especially enjoined.

Given under my hand and seal, at Graham's Town, this 6th day of September, 1835.

B. D'URBAN, Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

Beka, 17th day of September, 1835.

We certify that the foregoing Treaty was this day carefully read and explained to the Chiefs Pato, Kama, and Cobus, and explicitly agreed to and ratified at the Beka, this 17th day of September, 1835.

W. SHEPSTONE, W. CURRIE, W. M. BowKER, Commissioners.

I certify that the foregoing Treaty has been carefully interpreted to the Chiefs Pato, Kama, and Cobus, and that they fully understood and assented to it.

JOSEPH WALKER, Sworn Interpreter to the Commissioners.

Beka, 17th September, 1835.

4.-TREATY with the Kafir Chiefs of the Tribe of Gaika.-Signed at Fort Willshire, September 17, 1835.

Articles of a Treaty of Peace granted to the Kafir family of Gaika, and its connexions and dependents, in the name of the King of England, by His Britannic Majesty's Governor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope.

THE above tribe and its different branches and connexions being therein personally represented by Macomo, Tyalie, and Eno, for themselves, Kusia (son of Guanya), for Suta and her son Sandili, Fadani for Bothma: and these chiefs, for the whole collectively, and each individually and independently, for himself and his own immediate family, or for that which he represents, having supplicated for mercy and peace at the hands of the Governor, and prayed to be admitted and received as subjects of the King of England, and to live henceforth under the protection and authority of the English laws, within His Majesty's aforesaid colony; and His Majesty's Governor having, in the name of the King his master, granted the said prayer: these Articles of Treaty are hereby mutually agreed on between the aforesaid Contracting Parties, and are concluded and ratified accordingly, in the manner and terms following:

I. The aforesaid chiefs and representatives, Macomo, Tyalie, Kusia, Eno, and Fadani, all of them, in the name of the whole tribe, its connexions and dependents, and each for himself, and the branch or family of it which he individually represents, separately and solemnly promise and engage to bear true allegiance to, and to be faithful subjects of, His Majesty the King of England; to be friends to His Majesty's friends, and enemies to his enemies; to obey the commands of His Majesty's Governor, and the duly constituted colonial authorities, and to live in submission to the general laws of the colony. The Governor and the laws, at the same time, extending to them the same protection and security as to the other subjects of His Majesty.

II. To the penalties of these laws, the above chiefs and representatives as aforesaid, their tribe and families, hereby alike become amenable if they break them; and they must be aware that these laws inflict severe punishment, and even death itself, upon those who commit the crimes of treason, viz., rebellion, or taking up arms against the King, or the Government of the colony; murder, rape, setting houses or property on fire, theft, whether of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, or other property. And such penalties will be equally incurred, if they be committed by any members of the above tribes, or families, against each other, as if committed against other inhabitants of the colony.

And they will also especially take notice, and be aware, that the Fingo nation, having already become subjects of the King of England,