The Quarterly Review, Volumes 222-242John Murray, 1924 |
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... Matabele had originally been an offshoot had been broken in 1879. The chief of the Matabele was the redoubtable LoBengula , a potentate with whom the early history of the British South Africa Company is very closely connected . Beyond ...
... Matabele had originally been an offshoot had been broken in 1879. The chief of the Matabele was the redoubtable LoBengula , a potentate with whom the early history of the British South Africa Company is very closely connected . Beyond ...
Page 81
... Matabele Rebellion of 1896 , a far sterner struggle than had been the war of 1893 in which military victory had come so swiftly and easily that the Matabele had not fully realised that the white men were their masters ; it survived the ...
... Matabele Rebellion of 1896 , a far sterner struggle than had been the war of 1893 in which military victory had come so swiftly and easily that the Matabele had not fully realised that the white men were their masters ; it survived the ...
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... Matabele ' impi . ' Even among the Matabele themselves no man's life was safe if the Chief thought fit to take it or the witch - doctor'smelt him out ' ; while no man had a right as against the Chief to the ownership of a single head of ...
... Matabele ' impi . ' Even among the Matabele themselves no man's life was safe if the Chief thought fit to take it or the witch - doctor'smelt him out ' ; while no man had a right as against the Chief to the ownership of a single head of ...
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The League of Nations | 1 |
Mediæval Music | 5 |
The Study of Earthquakes | 7 |
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