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The Saltwoods were Europeans; the Boers were people of Africa. 'He fought us all day, killing and slaying, then prayed with the English mis- sionaries all night, telling them how his heart bled for his people. You've got to understand that the visiting Dutchman was talking about emigrant farmers who trekked-maybe fourteen thousand of them. In April 1902, when the imperial armies were at last closing in upon PaulusdeGroot, pinning him against th

The cavalry horses stand at the edge of the veld, the men's tents behind them. ' Without hesitation these splendid warriors adjusted the shields, borrowed extra assegais, and began a stately march right at the spot from which Ou Grietjie had been removed. ersrand (White Water Ridge), some five hundred miles to the north in the heart of the Boer republics. Everything wa to look like a poorly managed Boer camp, and for five days abso lutely nothing happened.