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 1878J Suppression of the Rebellion. 127 London to be forwarded by steamer to Capetown, and the location ground was confiscated. Of the Rarabe clans there were few that were not now broken up. The Imidange were all in arms against the white man, but their number was so small that it mattered very little what part they took. The Amantinde professed to be loyal, but they too had dwindled into in- significance. On the 30th of March the old chief Toyise died, and during his illness and the period of mourning after his death custom and etiquette required his clan to sit still, possibly they would have done so under any circumstances. Siwani, who had always conducted himself to the satisfaction of the government, and the Christian chief William Shaw Kama, who, on the death of his father on the 25th of October 1875 succeeded as head of the clan, remained loyal, — the former even sent some men to assist the government, — but many of their people had joined Siyolo. All the others of any note have been accounted for. On the 3rd of April a thousand Fingos arrived from the Transkei under Mr. James Ayliff, and on the 5th the work of scouring the Perie bush began again. Very few Xosas were found in it, as the great majority of them had gone farther westward, but most of those that were seen were killed. Their number by this time was so diminished that even with the accessions brought by Tini, Jali, and Siyolo they w^ere not nearly as strong as they had been when Sandile listened to the appeal of Kiva, and by so doing brought destruction upon his people. Their ammunition was almost expended, their food was uncertain and scanty, they were without shelter in the forest, and they seemed to have lost all courage, for they tried only to get away when the white men or Fingos were near. Yet they refused to surrender while their chiefs had no assurance of safety and personal liberty. On the 6th of April the forest back of Intaba-ka- Ndoda was scoured by the Fingos, and several Kaffirs