Hill of destiny : the life and times of Moshesh, founder of the Basotho / Peter Becker.

By: Becker, PeterMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London : Longman, 1969Description: xx, 294 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0582100224Subject(s): Moshesh | Lesotho -- HistoryDDC classification: 968.6
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Table of Contents

Part one.
Chapter 1. The Caledon Valley
Chapter 2. Early manhood
Chapter 3. Prophecy of doom
Chapter 4. The wild cat people
Chapter 5. Exodus
Chapter 6. Alliance with shaka
Chapter 7. A great victory
Chapter 8. Moshesh appeases old Peete's spirit
Chapter 9. New dangers

Part two
Chapter 10. Frenchmen at Thaba Bosiu
Chapter 11. Morija
Chapter 12. The great trek
Chapter 13. Casalis moves to Thaba Bosiu
Chapter 14. Treaty with the British
Chapter 15. Sir Perigrine Maitland
Chapter 16. British intervention
Chapter 17. Rumblings of unrest
Chapter 18. Triumph at Viervoet
Chapter 19. War with the British
Chapter 20. An omen of doom

Part three
Chapter 21. The Boers take over
Chapter 22. Unhappiness crowds Moshesh's life
Chapter 23. The first Boer-Basotho war
Chapter 24. An uneasy peace
Chapter 25. Moshesh's torment
Chapter 26. The second Boer invasion
Chapter 27. The death of a hero
Chapter 28. Surrender
Chapter 29. The end of an era

Includes Bibliographical references and index

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