02399cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000510011324500350016426400510019930000470025033600260029733700260032333800360034950000310038550800470041652012810046353400450174465300220178965300370181165300480184865300470189665300460194385600430198999900170203232543UtSlPG20260610133737.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aDrayson, Alfred W.q(Alfred Wilks),d1827-190114aThe White Chief of the Caffres 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2010-05-27  aProduced by Nick Hodson of London, England  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aAdventure stories  aSouth Africa -- Juvenile fiction  aAnimals -- South Africa -- Juvenile fiction  aXhosa (African people) -- Juvenile fiction  aZulu (African people) -- Juvenile fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32543  c73389d73389