The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . ows by the town, takes itsrise in the Drakensberg, and its name from the fact that in themountain fastnesses of its source, those quaint and curioushuman pygmies called Bushmen, had their homes. A few miles to the north-east of Estcourt, the village of 224 Weenen is situated. This interestin<^ and historic localitycannot be passed without a few words of especial mention, forit was here, in the early days of the Colony, that one of thoseterrible tragedies, incidental to the establishment of a civilisedcommunity in a ba
The colony of Natal; an official illustrated handbook and railway guide . ows by the town, takes itsrise in the Drakensberg, and its name from the fact that in themountain fastnesses of its source, those quaint and curioushuman pygmies called Bushmen, had their homes. A few miles to the north-east of Estcourt, the village of 224 Weenen is situated. This interestin<^ and historic localitycannot be passed without a few words of especial mention, forit was here, in the early days of the Colony, that one of thoseterrible tragedies, incidental to the establishment of a civilisedcommunity in a barbaric land, took place. Though this work is not a historical one, it is impossibleto pass over circumstances which have made a deep and ever-lasting impression on the life of the land. Weenen, signifying in Dutch, weeping, was originally acamp or laager of the pioneering Dutch emigrants, who cameinto Natal by way of the Drakensberg. Dingaan at that periodwas supreme ruler in the land. The Dutch having made theirencampment here, were in treaty with him for a cession of. lOGE, LIONS RIVER. sufficient territory to supply their wants. With the treacherywhich, alas, is so prevalent a trait in African aborigines, hetemporised with them, and appeared willing to accede to theirrequest ; but deep in his superstitious mind there lurked a dread 225
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