liance . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁during ▁these ▁sc out ing ▁miss ions ▁in ▁the ▁Mat ob o ▁Hills ▁that ▁Baden - P ow ell ▁first ▁started ▁to ▁wear ▁his ▁signature ▁campaign ▁hat ▁like ▁the ▁one ▁worn ▁by ▁Burn ham . ▁Later , ▁Baden - P ow ell ▁wrote ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁books ▁on ▁Sc out ing , ▁and ▁even ▁started ▁to ▁train ▁and ▁make ▁use ▁of ▁ad oles cent ▁boys , ▁most ▁fam ously ▁during ▁the ▁Sie ge ▁of ▁M af ek ing , ▁during ▁the ▁Second ▁Bo er ▁War . ▁ ▁British ▁Rule ▁ ▁British ▁settlement ▁of ▁Rh odes ia ▁continued , ▁and ▁by ▁October ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁the ▁territory ▁of ▁Southern ▁Rh odes ia ▁was ▁an nex ed ▁to ▁the ▁Crown . ▁The ▁N de be le ▁thereby ▁became ▁British ▁subjects ▁and ▁the ▁col ony ▁received ▁its ▁first ▁basic ▁constitution ▁and ▁first ▁parliament ary ▁election . ▁Ten ▁years ▁later , ▁the ▁British ▁South ▁Africa ▁Company ▁c eded ▁its ▁min eral ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁territory ' s ▁government ▁for ▁£ 2 ▁million . ▁ ▁The ▁deep ▁re cess ion ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁gave ▁way ▁to ▁a ▁post - war ▁bo om ▁of ▁British ▁imm igration . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁on set ▁of ▁self - g overn ment , ▁a ▁major ▁issue ▁in ▁Southern ▁Rh odes ia ▁was ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁the ▁white ▁sett lers ▁and ▁the ▁N de be le ▁and ▁Sh ona ▁populations . ▁One ▁major ▁consequence ▁was ▁the ▁white ▁sett lers ▁were