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230 sm H. BABKLY'S DUPLICITY EXPOSED.the following is written on a piece of paper attached to this let.terand the letter of Captain C. Kok-, Letter from Captain WaterboertoMr. Jacobs,dated 10th February, 1846.', Letter from Captain C. KoktoF. Bawstorne, Esq.,dated 22nd August, 1845.', :Both the above letters define the boundariesof these Chiefs.'"1 tM lou JIio. J. ..4.UilOfI, CUrl: to tM BritiIA Ruidntt, Major JY artIM,IIU RegidrfW oj lJHdI during tM tilM oj tM Sor:".,ignt!l.It does not appear why, by whom, with what object, and forwhat purpose, a fabrication, 88 alleged by Captain N. W~boertoj II ~ Jontl "Dragd tM J'lIPW' IIft1Jg tM BritiIA GOPmaJll6Jlt,upon the abandonment of the Sovereignty, should have beenmade."Instead of the Government of the Free State beingresponsible for these two documents, as expressly impliedby Sir H. Barkly, it seems that they werereceived, docketed, and handed over as State papersby the British Government itself! This attempt toshake their value and authenticity, is only upon a parwith all Sir H. Barkly's quips and quibbles and worsemisrepresentations.5. The following document, if genuine, fully establishesthe fact, that Captain Cornelius Kok was thesole and independent Chief of Campbell. It is endorsedand guaranteed by the Government of theOrange Free State; and many of those who, in theperson of Mr. M. A. Oberholster, were the secondparty to the agreement, are still living witnesses of itsauthenticty-to shake which, moreover, no evidenceDigitized by Goog Ie