The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-06-18 00:00:00

THE KAFFIR WAR.

1811 RANT GRIVIALANT, 111111/10, : AN
NAIILATITS.

The Mika Mercury gives the following account of
Mr. Harold Acutt's capture by the Griqua malcontents
and of his escape When Mr. Acutt saw that he
should be shot if he made further ressistanca. he rave
no his arms to the leivier. and Johnny did likewise.
'nen the people. hundreds in number, ruehed polls
mall into the home and seized everything they could
lay tkeir hands upon. Some put on his clothes with
all baste; the women took his waistcoats, putting them
on hind before ant buttoning them up the back. A
man made desperate efforts to get into a pair of Mr.
Acutt's riding breechee. He succeeded by dint of
frantic jumps and shakes, but, having once fairly
encased himself, the brute was unable to move. and
Mr. Arad left him on the ground making fruitless
effort' to extricate his nether limbs. Another appro-
• Cira brush and comb, stkking onion each side of
ed ad; • third attacked the drug store and drank
of a bottle of laudanum, which by the colour he con.
duded to be pontae. This man shortly fell asleep, and
ooatinued to sleep. He never woke Every conceivable
article of apparel, furniture and utensils in Mr. Acutt's
boom was looted by the raffres and Griquaa before
Ms eyes. They even made him doff his bat, and
handed him on old one in ita place. Mr. Arad
possessed a bode, and had to submit to the indignation
of blowing st till he was tired for the edification of his
capturers. When the work of plunder had been
entirely completed, and Mr. Acutt and his companion
had been tightly bound, they were marched off to the
some
10 or 12 miles distant. Mr. Acutt's stock,
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ing of two horses, 40 head of cattle, and some '
200 sheep, were at the same time driven off. When I
they arrived at camp there were debates among the
rebels a. to the fete of the prionners Mr. Arun,
understanding sufficiently both Griqua-Dutch, and
the Ponda dialect, was enabled to catch what
passed. The Potpies wished the prisoners to be
given up to them, declining to act further moles
their request we. 0.1121.ii+.1 with, they vriehing to
lave the novel sods action of gumming a whim man.
An alarm was given that a body of Kokstad police
was approaching. Ansi Smith Palmer led his men out
meet them, leaving orders to shoot Mr. Acutt and
ht..l companion the ru..ment an en-agement commenced.
Haa oily, the appr..arhing party pr.pned to he Griquas
aa•oot police. During the night, when the camp
Smith Palmer, the leader, came to the
pi.i..3Zem He told Me. Acutt he regretted what had
occurred, but he could not prevent it. He had no
quarrel with Nat.,' p.ople. He knew Mr. Acutt to
• Natal man. Captain Birth and the Cam
Government were the owe of the disturbance Mr.
Arad and his esmpanion vine young .4 had daaa no
harm to the Griqua. ; be did not wish to see them ,ita,
And he would release Mr. Acutt and Johnny. Calling
them to follow him, be conducted them out of life camp
as a change of " home-guard." They pared the camp
vestry as relieving men being placed on duty by the
rebel commandant. When he bad ordered and fairly
seen the relieved men (Grtmteinto camp, 8.1
Palmer told Mr. Arida and y to ran.' They
did run and walk the whole night through, covering
solD• tbuty mlias. and arrived at • farmhouse Dear
Stafford's next morning. They had the esehiaction of
that by scalinft mountain a the immmee
of skirting it the neck, they bad uu
r bola waylaying the road. At Stafford's the
Zerivee procured bonne and rode to Harding. hg,..
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