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The Basutos are a branch of the Bechuana race, who had been formed by their chiefs
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Louis Creswicke
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Cape Government: "Mr.U. said the Basutos were the natural enemies of the white man, because we were black.
Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880
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"Nor they needn't - they'll give the Basutos the same pepper they gave John Zulu, if Moshesh don't mind his manners:"
THE NUMBERS 2010
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Had the Basutos been any good at woodcraft we should have had better intelligence.
Prester John 2005
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Basutos were sent into the woods as a sort of advanced post to bring tidings of any movement there.
Prester John 2005
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The healthy districts were defenseless, and the safe localities were so deleterious to human life, that the original Basutos had nearly all been cut off by the fever; I therefore feared to subject my family to the scourge.
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His Basutos are of the same family with the Makololo to whom I refer.
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Those of them who are real Basutos still retain the habits of that tribe, and may be seen going out with their wives with their hoes in hand — a state of things never witnessed at Kolobeng, or among any other Bechuana or Caffre tribe.
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And, in the case under consideration, the encroachments lead at once to less land being put under the plow than is subjected to the native hoe, for it is a fact that the Basutos and Zulus, or Caffres of Natal, cultivate largely, and undersell our farmers wherever they have a fair field and no favor.
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When he reached Bloemfontein he found the English army just returning from a battle with the Basutos, in which both parties claimed the victory, and both were glad that a second engagement was not tried.
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