Excerpt from Three Great African Chiefs: Khâmé, Sebelé and Bathoeng In addition to the personal account given of the three Bechwana Chiefs, now on a visit to London, there will also be found in the following pages, an account of some of the strange customs of the Bechwana tribes, not altogether dissimilar from some of the heathen customs of our ancestors, in this island of Britain. Two or three specimens of African fairy tales are also given, as well as specimens of the folk-lore and traditions of the Bechwana. The more interesting portions of the history of the three principal Bechwana tribes, are also included. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...and is used adjectively. The English people, with that supreme contempt for every language, save their own, which too often characterises them, usually pronounce this word as Bek-wana or Bek-u-ana. It should be pronounced as Betchwdna, Mo-tchwdna,1 and Setchwdna. Though not absolutely correct, this will be practicallycorrect, and a useful guide to the reader. The Bangwaketse tribe, properly speaking, who live at Kanye, number some 15,000, exclusive of the subject tribes living here and there in the country, and which number another 5000, making the number of people subject to him, 20,000, and about the same as Khame ruled over, before his brothers Eraditladi and Hohakhose" separated from him, recently. Among the tribes subject to Bathoeng, in addition to his own Bangwaketse, are the following: --Name of Tribe. Bakhatla Bakhatla. Bamangwato Barolong Batlhaping. Makhalahari Masarwa (Bushmen) Living at Moshopa. Kanye. Kgomari. Moshaning, etc. Garanaka, etc. In various places. Hunters and wanderers in the desert. J Mo=long o as in mode.. Batboeng's name is not often pronounced correctly by the white people, even in Bechwanaland. Most commonly the chiefs name is pronounced Batwain. This has probably come about from the Sechwana spelling of it, viz. Bathoen, the n not being understood as standing for ng. The name should be pronounced as Batwing. For the reader's convenience, it will thus be spelt in the following pages. It has already been stated that the Bangwaketse broke away from their elder brothers the Bakwena, under Ngwaketse, after whom they are still called Ba ( = the people of)--Ngwaketse. This happened nearly 200 years ago. The chiefs who have ruled over the Bangwaketse tribe since that day, are as follows: --Name of Chief. 5. Makatall....