14/29 The proposition was promptly agreed to, and, what is more, it was settled that one Dutchman and such of the women and children as could travel should go with them. In half an hour's time twelve of them started with the natives, the Boer in charge, and the cattle. Three of my own men went with the latter, the three others and Indaba-zimbi stopped with me in the laager. The women wept, the men groaned, and the children looked on with scared white faces. At length they were gone, and I for one was thankful of it. |