Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. List of Maps ix
5. Abbreviations x
6. Note on Terminology xi
7. Prologue
8. 1. The Shadow of Isandlwana 3
9. 2. Bushman’s River Pass 15
10. The Boer– Pedi War, 1876–1877
11. 3. Bopedi 29
12. 4. Sobhuza’s Dream 46
13. 5. ‘The Boers Are Killing Me’ 59
14. 6. The ‘Black Conspiracy’ 73
15. The Ninth Cape Frontier War, 1877– 1878
16. 7. EmaXhoseni 83
17. 8. ‘They Must Be Humbled and Subdued’ 96
18. 9. ‘I Am in a Corner’ 109
19. 10. Calling in the ‘amaJohnnies’ 120
20. 11. Not the ‘White Man’s Dogs’ 129
21. 12. ‘Rather Like a Rat Hunt’ 138
22. The Northern Border War, 1878
23. 13. A ‘Hideous and Disgusting Place’ 153
24. 14. Resisting with ‘Fixity of Purpose’ 166
25. The First Anglo- Pedi War, 1878
26. 15. ‘The Ground Was His’ 185
27. The Anglo- Zulu War, 1879
28. 16. Preparing to ‘Draw the Monster’s Teeth and Claws’ 197
29. 17. The Meat of Heroes 207
30. 18. ‘We Shall Go and Eat Up the White Men’ 218
31. 19. ‘How Can We Give You Mercy?’ 226
32. 20. ‘No Quarter, Boys!’ 240
33. 21. ‘The Army Is Now Thoroughly Beaten’ 250
34. The Second Anglo- Pedi War, 1879
35. 22. ‘Short, Sharp and Decisive’ 265
36. Conclusion
37. 23. Paying the Price 281
38. NOTES 288
39. BIBLIOGRAPHY of Printed Works Cited in the Notes 320
40. Acknowledgements 332
41. Index 333