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Cecil Rhodes’ Funeral in South Africa

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 23, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 17.

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Cecil Rhodes’ Funeral in South Africa

In the midst of a great throng of soldiers, civilians, and natives, the body of Cecil Rhodes was committed to its rocky tomb in the Matoppo hills, South Africa, on April 10. After the funeral service was over, the natives sacrificed fifteen oxen to “the spirit of the great chief.”