10 Debora Retief records her father’s birthday (12 November 1837)

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Synopsis of Part I: The Frieze ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Abbreviations of key archives, documents, names xiv
6. Part II: The Scenes
7. Introduction 2
8. 1 Departure from the Cape (1835–37) 7
9. 2 Presentation of the Bible to Jacobus Uys (April 1837) 25
10. 3 Trichardt at Soutpansberg (summer 1836 to autumn 1837) 45
11. 4 Trichardt in Delagoa Bay (April 1838) 59
12. 5 The Battle of Vegkop (October 1836) 77
13. 6 Inauguration of Retief as governor (6 and 11 June 1837) 101
14. 7 The Battle of Kapain (28–30 November 1837) 123
15. 8 Negotiation with Moroka (October/November 1836) 139
16. 9 Report from Retief at Blydevooruitsig (11 November 1837) 155
17. 10 Debora Retief records her father’s birthday (12 November 1837) 171
18. 11 Descent from the Drakensberg (late 1837) 187
19. 12 The Treaty with Dingane (4 or 6 February 1838) 203
20. 13 Murder of Retief and his men (6 February 1838) 267
21. 14 Massacre of women and children at Bloukrans (16/17 February 1838) 301
22. 15 Teresa Viglione warns camps around Bloukrans (17 February 1838) 333
23. 16 Dirkie Uys defends his father (11 April 1838) 345
24. 17 Marthinus Oosthuizen gallops through Zulu lines (17 February 1838) 363
25. 18 Women spur men on (after 17 February 1838) 381
26. 19 Arrival of Andries Pretorius (22 November 1838) 399
27. 20 The Vow (9 December 1838) 413
28. 21 The Battle of Blood River (16 December 1838) 435
29. 22 Building the Church of the Vow (1840–43) 461
30. 23 Women at Saailaer (1838?) 505
31. 24 Mpande proclaimed king of the Zulu (10 February 1840) 523
32. 25 Death of Dingane (February 1840) 543
33. 26 Return from Natal over the Drakensberg (after 1843) 559
34. 27 Sand River Convention (17 January 1852) 579
35. Illustrations Part II 601
36. Bibliography of works consulted 613
37. Index of people Part II 635
38. Index of places Part II 643