From:
Harry George Wakelyn Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[4 June 1837]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.198
Summary:
Thanks for kind thoughts JH sent, after a difficult time about the Kaffir wars.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Thanks for kind thoughts JH sent, after a difficult time about the Kaffir wars.
Note accompanying copy of dispatch relating to Kaffir wars.
Comments on the shooting death in 1835 of Hintsa, leader of the Xhosa people. JH believes that no wrongdoing occurred.
Comments on HS's dealings with native tribal groups and returns a volume of related material.