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SOUTH AFRICA and CAPE COLONY). Here it is only necessary to state that the Voortrekkers were animated by an intense desire to be altogether rid of British control , and to be allowedto set up independent communities and govern the natives in such fashion as they saw fit. The first party to cross
Vaal consisted of 98 persons under the leadership of Louis Trichard and Jan van Rensburg. They left Cape Colony in 1835 and trekked to the Zoutpansberg
separated from the others, but were soon afterwards murdered by natives.' Trichard's party determined to examine the country between the Zoutpansberg
carried off several of their number, and it was not until 1838 that the survivors reached the coast
ceeded by boat to Natal
of farmers under Andries Hendrik Potgieter had establishedtheir headquarters on the banks of the Vet river. Potgieter and some companions followed the trail of Trichard's party as far as the Zoutpansberg, where they were shown Potgieter. gold workings by the natives and saw rings of gold made by native workmen. They also ascertained that a trade
already existed. On returning to the Vet, Potgieter learned that a hunting party of Boers which had crossed the Vaal had beenattacked by the Matabele, who had also killed Boer women and children. This act led to reprisals , and on the 17th of January1837 a Boer commando surprised Mosilikatze's encampment at Mosega, inflicting heavy loss on the Matabele without themselves ' Two small children were spared and brought up as Kaffirs. In 1867 they were given over to the Boer government by the Swazis, who had acquired them from their captors. End of Article: SOUTH AFRICA If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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