ABSTRACT
In 1915, farmer Bohme of Kakuse West wrote to the governor, complaining that von Zastrow was not providing him with adequate protection against Bushmen and that he had been forced to shoot a Bushman vagrant—one of his workers who had deserted. Xuiseb was fastened to accused's horse with Bushman rope. He had no clothes on, only a lappie hanging in front. Captured Bushman women were used to carry supplies. He described how they came upon a Bushman werft where two Bushmen were digging out a wild pig from a burrow. Farmers put a reward on Hans's head and on their own initiative revived the German government reward of 200 marks for every rifle removed from a Bushman. Farmers organized unofficial posses, and Bushmen continued to shoot at army patrols. Most of the farm labor in the area, especially Bushmen working for unpopular farmers, had absconded with a goodly number of goats and cattle. The army and farmers responded with brutality.
