Project Gutenberg 2010-05-27 Public domain in the USA. 99 Drayson, Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks) 1827 1901 Drayson, A.W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks) The White Chief of the Caffres Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "The White Chief of the Caffres" by Alfred W. Drayson is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows a young boy named Julius Peterson, who is taken from his home in Delhi, India, to England for education. However, his journey takes a dramatic turn when he becomes shipwrecked off the east coast of South Africa and is captured by the local Caffre tribe, where he eventually adapts to their way of life and embarks on adventures that challenge his courage and wit. The opening of the novel introduces Julius as a precocious boy who has been raised in a colonial setting, accustomed to a diverse culture. His pivotal journey begins when he embarks on a ship to England but faces disaster at sea, leading to a shipwreck. On a deserted shore with female companions and no adult men, they are discovered by a Caffre tribe, which has deemed his party a threat. The tension escalates as the men of the party are slaughtered during the night, leaving Julius and the women at the mercy of the tribe. This opening establishes themes of survival, cultural conflict, and the transition from a life of comfort to one filled with perilous adventure, setting the stage for Julius’s transformation within the tribe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure stories South Africa -- Juvenile fiction Animals -- South Africa -- Juvenile fiction Xhosa (African people) -- Juvenile fiction Zulu (African people) -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Fiction 439108 439118 2024-09-14T03:40:03.851090 2023-09-14T08:40:28.050639 text/html text/html 437415 2010-05-27T09:11:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2329113 2010-05-27T09:15:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2515302 2024-09-14T03:40:10.314058 application/epub+zip 2521661 2024-09-14T03:40:05.734060 application/epub+zip 213368 2024-09-14T03:40:04.579118 application/epub+zip 2675093 2024-09-14T03:40:13.863036 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2664324 2024-09-14T03:40:09.571068 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 358425 2022-09-15T05:10:50.067588 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429947 429922 2024-09-14T03:40:03.269054 2023-09-14T08:40:27.519615 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 429770 2010-05-27T09:07:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152973 2010-05-27T09:15:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19234 2024-09-14T03:40:13.994009 application/rdf+xml 11938 2024-09-14T03:40:05.064046 image/jpeg 2835 2024-09-14T03:40:04.893042 image/jpeg 2388987 2024-09-14T03:40:03.929114 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog