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Potter, Ralph, English diamond cutter, 190, ii.
Pretorius,
Andries, the pioneer leader, attacks the Zulus, 106, i; repulses first
British attack, 109, i; treks to avoid British rule, no, i; death of,
no, i.
Pretorius, Marthinus Wessels, first president of the South African Republic, no, i; resigns presidency, 183, i.
Ptolemy, describes east coast of Africa, 37-
38, i. Puzey, claim holder, De Beers mine, 279, i.
(Queen
of Sheba, the home of, 35, i; visits King Solomon, 35, i ; presents him
with gold and precious stones, 35, i; her stay in Jerusalem, 71, i;
came by land and not over the seas to the court of Solomon, 74, i; her
kingdom was Yemen, the Arabia Felix of the Ancients, 74, i.
Quinan, W. H„ constructs the De Beers Explosives Works, 258, ii.
Rawstorne, Fleetwood, discovers Kimberley mine, 174-175, i.
Rawstorne, Mrs., supplies information re discovery Kimberley mine, 173-174, i.
Retief, Pieter, visit to Dingaan, 105, i; killed by Dingaan, 106, i; " Remember Retief," 107, i.
Rhodes,
C. J., a competitor of Barnato, 272, i; portrait of, 272-273, i;
earliest history of, 273, i ; comes to Kimberley, June, 1871, 273, i;
description as a boy, 274, i ; Barnato's opinion of, 276-277, i;
condition of affairs at Kimberley, 277, i; the amalgamation of various
interests, 278-281, i; his desire for wealth, 283, i; interview with
Gen. Gordon, 283, i; enters the Cape Parliament, 283, i; succeeds in
establishing a protectorate over Bechuanaland, 286; as Delimitation
Commissioner, 285, i ; anxious to get money to purchase the French
Company, 286—287, i; sails for England, 287, i; met Lord Rothschild,
287, i, and had interview with ; goes to Paris and buys the French
Company, 288, i ; is joined by Alfred Beit, 289, i; his reason for
amalgamation, 291, i ; contest between Rhodes and Barnato, 293, i; Bar-
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yields, 293, i; turns attention to poorer mines, 294, 296, i ; forms De
Beers Consolidated Mines Limited, 299, i; becomes life governor,
299-301, i; using his persuasive power on natives, 82, ii; founds the
village of Kenilworth, in, ii; his idea as to the filling of the pipes,
122, ii; promoter of Bechuanaland Railway, 206, ii; goes to the gold
fields, 216, ii ; loses the farm, 217, ii; extends the range of British
influence, 219, ii; incorporation of the British South Africa Company,
219, ii; his aims in the North, 220, ii; assistance rendered by De
Beers Company, 220, ii ; assists the African Lakes Company, 220, ii;
conflict with Lobengula, 221-229, n! gives aid to
extension of railway, 233, ii; the Indwe Railway, 237, ii; De Beers
Company a great power that should be greatly used, 246, ii; the key to
the South African puzzle, 240, ii; value of blue clay, 246, ii; arrival
at Kimberley before siege, 246, ii; the soup kitchen, 260, ii; his
pleasant custom, 264, ii; what a wonder-derful man, 265, ii; statement re the
fight at Carter's Ridge, 283, ii; Siege Avenue, 287, ii; sends fruit to
the hospitals, 289, ii; attends Labram's funeral, 298, ii; arranges to
send women and children into the mines for protection, 299-300, ii;
Rhodes and the military, 306, ii ; took keenest interest in everything,
306, 307, 308, ii; letter to Lord Roberts from Rhodes and others,
309-310, ii; Lord Roberts's reply, 310, ii ; his indomitable spirit,
310, ii; Rhodes's views on South African affairs, 311, ii; the death of
Cecil Rhodes, 312, ii; lines by Rudyard Kipling, 312, ii. Rhodes,
F'rancis, comes to the fields,
273.
ii Rhodes, Herbert, leaves Natal for Kimberley, 273, i; is burned to
death, 273, i. Riebeeck, Jan van, first commandant at
Cape Town, 61, i; landing of, 62, i;
great confidence in Monomotapa, 63, i;
portrait of, 63, i; olive grove, 77, i;
failed to develop mines, 84, i. Rienen, Willem van, treks to the north, 83,
114, i.
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