The history of the battles and adventures of the British, the Boers, and the Zulus, etc. in Southern Africa, from the time of Pharaoh Necho, to 1888
Moodie, D. C. F. | Moodie, D. C. F. (Duncan Campbell Francis), 1838-1891
Die lange Spitzies van Seur Jan Wyl, daar geef ons niks om ! Maar ouw Kekevis het hulle afgezet, om dat hij te goed was voor ons, en Musgraaf in zijn plaats gesteld. Daar is ook een Montakee die Secretaris, die net zoo goed als Gouverneur in de Kaapstadt is tegenwoordig. Niemand kan de kerel fop. Hij laat al de Hotnots werk op de hard way, which is a very hard way of dealing met de poer Hotnots. Met hulle " Tol de toI, &c." Die Tronk is een lekker plek Of 't was not joost so dry, But soon as I got out again, At Todd's 1 wet my eye. At Vice's house, in Market-square, I drown my melancholies, And at Barrack Hill found solders there Who treated me with jollies. Spoken. — Rasnavel jong ! Jij kan mij gloo dat de ouwe •dikke kerel zijn brandewijn lekker is, maskie ouw Pratt zijn ook, maar ons neem altoos sluk bij ouw Todd als ons uit de Tronk ikom. Dan smaak hij reg lekker. Met zijn " Tol de rol, &c." APPENDIX E. Next morn they put me in Blackhole For one rix-dollar stealing, And knocking down a vrouw that had Met niijn sweetheart some dealing. But I'll go to the Governor's self, And tell him in plain lingo, I've as much right to steal and fight As Kafir has, or Fingo. Spoken. — " Dats onregt. Het is de grootste onregt in de wereld. De teef het mijn man afgeronseld, en hulle het mij in the Blackhole ingesteek. Ik moet gelijk krij. De Engelse Gorment moet mij gelijk geef, anders zal ek toon wat Kaatje Kekkelbek kan doen." Met haar " Tol de rol, &c." Spoken. — " Begt, jong, I wish toch dat de mis — den — vaar- heid Syety would send me to England to speak the trut. net zoo as oom Andries (Andries StoflPels, Esq.) en Jan Zatzoedone in Extra Hole, waar al de Engels kom met ope bek om alles in te sluk wat ons Hotnots vert el I not want Dr. Philipse to praat soetjes in mijn oor wat ik moet zeg, zoo hij done met Jan Zatzoe, en ouw Riet met oom Andries. Kaatje Kekkelbek het self een tong in haar smoel, en is op haar bek niet gevalle. Ik zal ver- tel hoe de Boere en de Settlaars ons hier vernuik en verdruk, en dat hulle een Temper Syety hier wil oprigt om ons niet meer brandewijn te laat drink, dan zal ik plenty va'rlands t'wak en dacha krijge om te stop, en brandewijn en half kroons ; want als een menswil rijk word in England, jij moet maar banjankwaad spreek van de Duits-volk, maar hulle zal voor mij niet laat gaan, hulle is bang voor Kaatje Kekkelbek ! Maar mijn regt wil jk hebbe. Ik gaat verdomd na de Govneur ! ! — {Exit Kaatje.) Signed Klipspringer. Appendix E. The Sekuexni Stronghold. Times of Natal, March 31st, 1880. The Inverness Courier has the following : — The employment of the Swazies in the attack on Sekukuni has been animadverted on in one of the London papers, these men, our allies in the expedition, having been changed with the commission of horrible atrocities, and the statements, which it appears had no founda tion in fact, have been reproduced by other journals, and thus 558 APPENDIX E. been widely circulated. I think, therefore, it is only fair that the public should have an opportunity of seeing portions of three letters which I have received recently from my son, Capt. Macleod, late 74th Highlanders, whe raised the Swazie force, led them to the attack, and returned with them afterwards to their own country. I send them to you rather than to any other paper, because in consequence of my son's name not appearing in any despatch, bis friends in the Highlands have been anxious about him, and the Courier is sure to be seen by them. The first letter was written before the fight : — "Lydenburg, 17th November, 1879. " One line to say I have succeeded so far beyond my fondest hopes. Sir Garnet wrote to say he attached the greatest import- ance to getting 2,000 Swazies, 5,000 if possible, both for them- selves, and because their presence, on account of their fighting reputation, would give heart to the other Kafirs. He authorised me to offer any terms, but here I am with 8,000 without any terms beyond keeping the cattle they take, within sixteen days, of first getting the order, having marehed 150 miles from the King's kraal. When you consider I had to ride fifty miles to the King, collect the chief men to consult from long distances, then call up the people, many 100 miles away, just in the thick of planting their gardens, yon will see I have done well. No one believed I would get an impi at all, and I think nobody but myself could, for from twelve months' experience they have learnt to place confidence in me, and believe what I say. I have had a very hard time, what with the hills and ravines, rivers and swamps, rough Kafir paths, rain every day, and scarcely anything to eat. For four days, the Kafirs had nothing and I only had a bit of mouldy bread. The troops are not ready yet, so I go on by easy stages to Fort Burghers, and expect to advance on the 24th. I am sorry for the Coon, as he is called. From all accounts it will be very nasty work, and we shall lose a good many men. The Boers and people here say they have never seen so big a Swazi impi, nor such order kept. I have had them under perfect control, and though almost starving they have not even taken a fowrl from the farms." The second letter is also dated from Lydenburg, but after the fight, and was written on the 8th December. In it he says : — £< I am now on my way back with the Swazi army. I hope to reach the King's kraal and hand them over on the 15th, and get back to Derby on the 16th. I cannot tell you how glad I shall be. I am nearly done up with the constant hard work. We have it much harder than the soldiers, and no comforts. On the 27th November I left camp with the clothes I stood in, a rifle APPENDIX E. 559 and a pistol, and got back as I went on the 3rd December, having been fighting more or less all the time, and .having had to keep up with Swazies over the most frightful ground on foot. The fighting has been very severe. I think I have lost at least 600 Swazies killed, and with them poor Alister Campbell. The success has been most complete, and most important at this juncture. It may save much bloodshed, and whatever may be said about employing the Swazies I can assure you it could not have been done without them. A very large force could have done it in time, but the loss would have been very heavy, and no white men living could have swept over that hillside as the Swazies did. They have behaved very well, and done no mischief either going or returning, and two days more will see me over the border." Thft third letter, dated Derby, 20th December, is as follows : — "I got here yesterday thoroughly tired out with the last month's work. I took my army back to their own country, without doing any mischief on the way, which is really a wonderful thing, for a Kafir impiis supposed to have free licence. Everybody was astonished at their behaviour, and the Landdrost of Lvdenburg eomplimeuted me upon it. I am myself surprised when I think that I got 8,000 Kafirs to Lydenburg within sixteen days of first getting the order to call them out, and brought them back without any damage having been done to anyone. They fought like tigers, and to them beloug the chief credit of the complete success. As yet I have not seen sufficient justice done to the Swazies in the official reports in the papers, but I have only seen the first telegrams. Sir Garnet says— Ferreira followed Sekukuni and surrounded him, and that he surrendered to Ferreira. The truth is, that I with 1,000 Swazies was after him first, and surrounded him two hours before Ferreira's came up. Sir Garnet probably did not know this, as Ferreira sent back word by mounted men, and his despatch was written at once. But I told him afterwards, and I believe if we had not been so close on Sekukuni he would have got into a much stronger place, full of fighting men, two miles further on. I suppose an outcry will be made at home about employing the Swazies, but I think it was necessary. It would have taken a very large force of white men, and I consider that my 8,000 Swazies were more effective than an equal number of soldiers. I do not believe Sir Garnet or anyone knows the places we swept over. In another way the result will be good also. The soldiers and Swazies fraternised, and each almired the other's pluck. The Swazies do nothing but talk about the soldiers, and tell the Boers to their faces that it is ridiculous their talking of fighting against such men. I tried hard to find ."60 APPENDIX E. Alister Campbell's body, but failed. I am very sorry about itr bat we did all we could. I was unable to search myself till after we had taken Sekukuni, and then I searched the hillside till I could not put the one leg before the other. It was not pleasant work. The whole place was covered with dead bodies, Swazies at the mouths of the caves and Basutos inside. I estimate the Swazie loss at between 500 and 600 killed, and about the same wounded, but I cannot say for certain. They are wonderful fellows. Many with fearful wounds walked back the 200 miles as if nothing had happened." — I am, sir, your obedient servant, Macxeod of Macleod. London, 9th February, 1880. Attack ox Umzoet. The Cape Times of October 23rd, 1878, says :— The Trans- vaal Volunteers, thirty mounted infantry under Major Russell and 300 native contingent under Commandant Xel, and 200 under Ekersley, and three guns under Lieut. Nicholson, R.A. attacked L'mzoet's kraal. The fighting lasted for about two hours, when the kraal was taken and burnt, and a large quantity of grain destroyed. Thirty-six head of cattle and a quantity of goats taken wifh many guns and assegais. Casualties eleven men wounded — some seriously, Sergt Tegg. died next morning and little hope entertained of Peak's life. I now go on to another account of the Capture of Sekukuni's Town : — The Grand Attack. Total Defeat of the Enemy at all Points. {Traansvaal Argus.) The attack on Sekukuni — writes an eye-witness — commenced on Friday, the 28th November, 1879, at about four o'clock in the morning. Ferreira's horse entered Sekukuni's stad, and immediately a volley was poured into them by the enemy, which wounded six troopers. The redcoats and volunteers advanced simultaneously, and in a short time the town was in their hands. At 1 1 a.m. Sir Garnet gave the order to storm the Vechtkop, which was quickly done in grand style by the Volunteers, soldiers, and Swazies, the white men leading. The caves were then blown up with dynamite. Sekukuni is hemmed in a cave, and strict watch is being kept on him. The enemy's losses were heavy, over two hundred dead bodies lie in the open, and the caves are full of dead as well. Our losses are about fifteen whites killed and thirty wounded. Xo correct estimates yet made of losses oF our native allies ; it is put down at present at fifty killed ancL over 100 wounded. Umzoet is to be attacked next. APPENDIX E. 561 Furthee Particulars. We have been favoured by a gentleman at Pretoria, who was present at the attack, and has just returned to town, with the following paiticulars : — We staited from Fort Albert Edward at four o'clock on the morning of the 20th Xovember, and trekked to Sevenmile Spruit, where we waited until five o'clock, when Sir Garnet and the staff joined us. We then proceeded to Sekukuni's stad, trekking the whole night through urtil four o'clock in the after- noon of the 27th, when we outspanned about two miles outside of Sekukuni's. The trek was. it need hardly be said, a most arduous one. apart from its mere duration, rain falling the most of the time, and the roads being rough, wet, and slippery in the highest degree. The camp having been pitched in front of Sekukuni's, all arrangements were made for an attack at day- break. We went to bed in a very expectant state, and " thought of the morrow." At half-past two next morning the whole camp was quietly astir. At three o'clock all the Volunteers left the camp on foot to the several posts assigned to them, including Commandant Ferreira. to whom was given the honour of opening the attack, and his corps, with Sekukuni's brother •; Ramrod," as their guide. They proceeded quickly and quietly towards the foot of the mountain, hoping to get under cover of the boulders before daybreak ; but when about 500 yards from their cover at the foot of the " Berg,'' daylight enough appeared to allow the Kafirs on the mountain to see them, who iustantlv poured in a tremendous volley from all sides which was returned with interest by all the volunteers and soldiers. Thereupon the signal was given to charge the mountain. Ferreira's men were the first on the mountain, and worked their way up from stone to stone, from krantz to krantz. until they had taken a large krantz overlooking the whole of the King's part of the stad, and commanding another large one on the other si le of the mouirain, from which the Kafirs were pouring a very heavy fire on orher portions of the attacking party. This latter krantz had to be at once silenced, which was speedily done by a few weD directed and heavy volleys by Ferreira's men : others at the same time pouring a heavy fire down on the stad, and driving the whole lot of the Kafirs before them to take shelter in higher parts of the mountain. Now came a well-timed and splendid volley of musketry, accompanied by a deafening cheer, from the top of the mountain, which at once told us that the red- coats and Swazies from the other side of the attack had reached the top. And now began the grand chase, as the Kafirs had all taken refuge in the higher paits of the fastness. The 8,000 10 562 APPENDIX E. Swazies set to with a will to " rouse " them out, and drove them before them like flocks of sheep, stabbing them as fast as they could come up to them, the Makatees staying occasionally in their flight to turn round and discharge their guns, dropping a few of their pursuers. In the meantime one half of Ferreira's men had gone below to set fire to the stad ; the others with the rest of the voluntee s firing at the enemy as they fled before the Swazies, wherever they could see them. By half-past ten the whole stad was in flames, and the entire position was ours, when a few British cheers and Swazie yells told the people at the camp that everything had been successful. All then mustered on the flat round the Vecht Koppie, which the artillery had been shelling with two guns since 4'30 in the morning, but with no more effect than had they been blowing peas against an iron target. When the koppie was surrounded by the volunteers, Swazies, and red-coats, two rockets were sent up as a signal to charge, and with a deafening cheer every one rushed on to the koppie. And now appeared the grand sight of the morning, when 7,000 Swazies spread themselves into open order, and " swarmed " up the kopje like cats. But we must not forget Ferreia's men, who were here very much to the fore, with their Commandant at their head. They were the first on the kopje, and received a heavy volley from the Kafirs, who remained on the krantzes until the attacking party were within a few yards of them, when the Kafirs took refuge in their caves, the entrances to which were natural clefts in the granite boulders. From thence they shot a large number of the attacking party as they forced their way up. But they were very soon silenced by a a heavy fire of musketry from our fellows at the mouth of the caves, and took refuge further in. The kopje having been cleared of the enemy on the outside, the blasting was then commenced by the Engineers, and large charges of gun-cotton were fired at the entrance. The only visible effects were the disturbance of a few of the blocks at the mouths of the caves. Towards evening the kopje was surrounded by strong picquets of volunteers and soldiers. The night came on very dark, with heavy rain, which, favouring the Kafirs in the cave, they fired a heavy volley and numbers of them made a charge to get away, in which nine of them were shot, while a number of them escaped to the mountain. On Saturday morning, the 29th, the blasting was commenced again, and about ten o'clock 400 or 500 of the enemy came out and gave themselves up, together with a number of women and children. During the charge of the kopje, Captain Laurell, on the staff, was shot dead through the head from one of the caves as he was climbing up with his revolver in his hand. I must not forget to mention that at the charge of the kopje all the staff took APPENDIX F. 563 part in the attack. Poor Campbell was killed while leading the Swazies on the top of the mountain, but his body was not found. Commandant Macauley was one of the first who was killed in the charge upon the mountain. During the whole of the morning half a million shots must have been fired, as bullets were flying about like hail. Some of the prisoners taken say that there was an immense number of Makatees on the moun- tain— many more than all the force engaged on our side. As to the kopje it is about 300 feet long and 200 broad, composed of huge granite boulders, one on top of another, and wherever any natural entrances appeared they were closed up by built schanzes. Altogether it was a hot morning's work, if not one of the hottest that has been in South Africa. Our loss is estimated at from thirty to fifty whites killed and wounded, and upwards of 500 Swazies and men of the Native Contingents. The enemy's loss it is difficult to ascertain, probably double that of ours. Appendix F. Griqtjaland West Fights — Our Losses. {From the Independent.') The losses we have sustained, in killed and wounded, during -the three months' war in which we have been involved, are terribly severe. So far as we have been able to ascertain they are as follows : — Killed. — Arnold, Burness, Burness, Burness, Burgher? Campbell, Davis, Ford, jun., Louw, Muller, Paterson, Bawstorne, Thompson, sen., Walton, Woodward, Williams, Westhuyzen, and six Zulus. — Total twenty-three. Wounded. — Caldecott, Crewel, Druton, Yon Essenwein, Ford, sen., Hutton, Horsley, Hunter, Hill, Hughes, Japp, Muller, Xesbitt, Percy, Policeman, Policeman, Policeman, Poulton, Shepherd, Thompson, jun., Williams, Wood, one Griqua, and eight Zulus. — Total thirty. A total of twenty-three killed in action, murdered at their homes, and deaths from wounds, and of thirty wounded, forms a ghastly proportion out of the numbers engaged, and the com- paratively small numbers of the inhabitants exposed to the fury of the enemy. The worst passions of our numerous foes are aroused, and it would be difficult to find a tribe that is' not hostile to us. The loss of property in three raids alone exceeds lo2 564 APPENDIX F. ten thousand pounds sterling — viz., Van Druten's sacked and destroyed by Griquas, assisted by a heterogeneous gathering of murderers; at Burntss's committed by Mora's people principally ; and at Thompson's, in which Gasibone and Mankorane's people were the perpetrators. In addition to these we must remember the loss of property in Klein Boetsap, and several other home steads, and the value of cattle stolen throughout the Province which would, together, make a sum total of not less than ten thousand pounds. Besides this it is not supposed that the cost of the war, and the loss by injury to trade has been less than seventy-five thousand pounds. In other ways, no doubt, losses and expenses have been incurred by private individuals, so that the loss in property has been up to the present time not one penny less than one hundred thousand pounds. TVe trust that punishmeni will be duly meted out to the chiefs and the people who have thus injured us and caused the loss of so many lives.. The chiefs must not be sent to Hopetown, to tide over present emergencies. They must be hanged, and their people hunted until they submit, when they may be taken care of for a time. The following is as nearly as can be ascertained a correct list of killed, wounded, and missing in the fighting before Sekukuni's town on November 28th and 29th : — Staff — Killed — Comman- dant Macaulay, late 12th Lancers, and Capt. Laurell, 4th Hussars. "Wounded — Captain Maurice, 11. A., slightly ; Lieut. l)ewar, K.D.G., severely. Missing — Captain Campbell (late B.N.) Native contingent. 21st Fusiliers. — Killed — Corporal McNully, Privates Weston and Donoghue. Wounded — Captain Gordon, severely ; Captain Willoughby, slightly ; Corporal Leedham, severely ; Private Whitty, dangerously ; Privates Law, Barrett, Dale, Durham, Steenly, and Morrison, slightly. 94th Regiment. — Killed — None. Wounded. — Lieut. O'Grady shot through arm ; Private Woods (orderly to Colonel Russell),, mortally ; Privates Finn, Griffiths, Moloy, Wiley, Downey, and Brady, severely ; and Lyons, slightly. Ferreira's Horse. — Wounded — Quartermaster-Sergeant Arthur de St. Croix, dangerously ; Sergeant-Major Washburn, mortally ; Corporal Win ham and Troopers Releinzer and Hendrikson, danger- ously ; Troopers Simly, Garton, Saunders, and Bates, slightly. Boruer Horse. — Killed — Quartermaster-Sergeant Norman, McLcod and Corporal Mitshell. Wounded. — Troopers Chasey u.d Masters. Rustenburg Native Contingent. — Captain Beeton shot through leg — leg amputated. Total eight killed and thirty-two wounded up to the evening of the 28th: but on the morning of the 29th two volunteers were killed and several wounded, the names of whom we have not yet received. The rumber of Swazies killed and w« unded is estimated to be about 15(.;. Enemy's loss great, but not known, and according to- their leader, Capt. McLeod, between 500 and 600 Swazies. APPENDIX G-. 565 Appendix Gr. Jan Company's Affairs at the Cape. On the 31st December, 1687, when the yearly, census was -taken, it appears that the Company had in Rustenburg, in round numbers, 100,000 vines bearing, and had on the several farms 1,164 head of horned cattle. 140 horses, and 9,218 sheep, says Mr. Theal. The returns in connection with the Colonists, their stock,, and corps were as follows : — Burghers ... ... ... ... 254 Wives of Burghers and Widows Children of Do. Do. European men servants ... Men slaves • Women slaves Slave children Horses ... Horned cattle Sheep ... Muids Wheat, Do. Rye Do. Barley Vines, bearing t crop 231 39 230 44 36 155 2,951 30,142 1,857 197 205 402,900 List of Huguenot emigrants sent out from Holland to the Cape. Names copied from documents at the Hague by Mr. Theal. The first ship was the Vo )rschoten. She sailed from Delfts- haven on the 31st of December, 1687, with the following passengers, according to a despatch from the Chamber of Delft -to the Cape Government : — Charles Marais, of Plessis, Catherine Taboureux, his wife, Claude Marais, 24 years old ^ Charles Marais, 19 years old Isaac Marais. 10 years old David Marais, 6 years old Philippe Fouche, Anne Fouche, his wife, Anne Fouche, 6 years old Esther Fouche, 5 years old J> his children Jacques Fonche, 3 years old Jacques Pinard, carpenter, 23 years old, Esther Fouche, his wife, 21 years old his children 566 APPENDIX G. Marguerite Bache, unmarried, 23 years old, Etienne Bruere, wagonmaker, bachelor, 23 years old, Pierre Sabatier, bachelor, 22 years old, Jeau le Roux, bachelor, 21 years old, Gabriel le Roux, bachelor, 17 years old, Gideon Malherbe, bachelor, 25 years old, Jean Paste, bachelor, 25 years old, Paul Godefry, bachelor, 22 years old, Gaspar Fouche, bachelor, 21 years old. The Borssenbwg sailed on the 6th of January, 1688. Her passenger list — says Theal — seems to be lost from the Archives of the Cape Colony, and also from those at the Hague. The Oostenand left Middelburg on the 29th of January, 1688, having as passengers, according to a despatch from the Chamber of that place to the Cape Government : — Jacques de Savoye, of Ath, Marie Madeleine le Clerc, his wife, Antoinette Carnoy, his mother-in-law Marguerite de Savoye, 17 years old, \ Barbere de Savoye, 15 years old, > his children Jacques de Savoye, 9 months old, ' Jean Prieur du Plessis, surgeon, of Poitiers, Madeeline Menanteau, his wife, Sarah Avice, young unmarried woman, Jean Nortier, agriculturist, Jacob Xortier, agriculturist, Daniel Nortier, carpenter. Marie Vytou, his wife, Isaac Taillefer, vine dresser of Thierry, Susanne Breit, his wife, Elizabeth Taillefer, 14 years old, Jean Taillefer, 12 years old, Isaac Taillefer, 7 years old, ( , . , ., , Pierre Taillefer, 5 years old, Susanne Taillefer, 2£ years old, Marie Taillefer, 1 year old, Jean Cloudon, shoemaker of Conde, Jean der Buis, agriculturist of Paris, Jean Parisel, agriculturist of Paris. The China sailed from Rotterdam on the 20th of March 1688, with the following passengers, according to a despatch from the Chamber of that place. Jean Mesnard, Louise Corboime, his wife, APPENDIX G. 567 Jeanne Mesnard, 10 years old, Georges Mesnard, 9 years old, Jacques Mesnard, 8 years old, ^ hig chiMren Jem Mesnard, i years old, Philippe Mesnard, 6 years old, Andre Mesnard, 5 months, old, Louis Corbonne, bachelor. 20 years o d, Jean Jourdan, bachelor, 20 years old, Pierre Jourdan of Cabriere, bachelor, 24 years oldr Marie Roux, 10 years old, ") orphan nieces of Jean and Marguerita, 7 years old, ) Pierre Jourdan (A second) Pierre Jourdan, also bachelor, 24 years old, Pierre Joubert, 23 years old, Isabeau Richard, his wife, Susanne Rene, 20 years, young, unmarried, Jacques Yerdeaa, 20 years old, ) brothers Hercule \ erdeaa, 16 years old, ) Pierre la Grange, bachelor, 23 years old, Matthieu Fracasse, bachelor, 26 years old, Andre Pelanebron, bachelor, 15 years old, And twelve others that died before the ship reached her destination. More names. Arrived about this time, 1688-90 : Pierre Lombard, Pierre Jacob, Abraham de Villiers, Matthieu Arniel, Hercule du Pre, Louis Cordier, Jean le Long, Widow Charles Privot, Marguerite Perrotit, Jean du Plessis, Daniel de Buelle, Nicolas de Lanoy, Pierre Bousseau, Guillaume Xel, Nicholas Kleef, Eseas and Susan Costeux, Jean ilargra, Louis Fourie, Jacob and Etienne Yivet, Jean Cloudon, and Jean Durand, Louis Barre, Jacques Therond, Francois Retif, David Senechal, Solomon Gounnai, Daniel Couvat, Pierre Meyer. Jean Boi, Daniel Hugod, Michel Martineau. Antonie Gros, Daniel Ferrier, Jacques Malan, Niehola la Tatte and Jean Garde, Abraham and Pierre Vivier, Elizabeth du Pre, Pierre Batte, Antonie Martin, Zacharie Mantoir, Pierre Rochfort, Jean Magnet, Pierre Reneset, Abraham Beluze, Jean Mysal, Pierre Le Tebre, G-uillaume du Toit and wife Francois, Revd Pierre Simond and wife aod child, Louis de Pierron, Pierre Barille, Andre Gaucher, Guillaume Basson, Abraham du Plessis, Paul Brasier and Paul Roux. The Holland list gives a total of 177 souls, while in despatches of nearly the same date from the Cape Government the number of Huguenots of all ages in the Colony is stated to be 155. But in the last case those in service of the Company were certainly not included, and possibly tho-e who had married into Dutch families would not be reckoned. In the latter portion of this list I have omitted women and children. Johannes Mulder, the first Landdrost of Stellenbosch, retired 568 APPENDIX G. from office at his own repuest, and on the 12th of June, 1691, was succeeded by Mr. Cornells Linnes. In the Heemraad and in the consistory men were taking part whose descendants are to be found there to the present day. The same may he said of many of the members of the various Boards at the Cape, for in the Burgher Council, the Consistory, the Orphan Chambers, the Matrimonial Court, and the Court of Commissioners for Petty Cases were men with names now well known throughout South Africa. In a roll call of the Militia, a large proportion of the names would be familiar to-day anywhere between Cape Point and the Limpopo. The most notable Burghers in the Cape Cistrict, at this time (1691) were Van As Luow, Barille, De Beer, Van der Bol, Botma, Boewman, Van Brakel, Brasier, Burger, Coetsee, Colyn, Cornelissen, Diepenbout, Eems, Esterhuis, Gerrits, Gildenhuis, Gunnwoud, Harst, Hartog, Van Heusden, Heyns, Huising, Jurgens, Kruywagen, Loubser, Louw, Lubbe, Merhuisen, Michielsen, Mostert, Mulder, Myburgh, Persyn, Phyffer, du Plessis, Van der Poel, Potter, Pousioen, Pretorius, Piinsloo, Ras, Reyniers, Van Schalkwyk Simons, Smit and Smuts, Sneewind, Strydon, Verschuur, Victor, Villion, Vesagie, Visser, Vlok, Vogel, Wessels, Van der Westhuizen, De Witt and Russouw. The most notable inhabitants of Stellenbosch were, Appel, Boom, Boshof, Botma, Brand, Van den Brink, Brouwer, Van der Byl, Campher, Cloete, Coetsee, Van Daalen, Van Dyk, Le Febre. Gerrits, Greef, Grunf, Groenewald, Van Hof, Hoider, Jacobs, Janssen, Jooste, Kleef, Kok, Konterman, Linnes, Van der Lit, Mankadan, Mol, Morkel, Mulder, Nel, Van Oldenbiz, Van Oudbeyerland, Van Oudtshoorn, Pasman, Paterborn, Pyle, Schiepers, Steyn, Tas, du Toit, Venter, Verbrugg, Vosloo, de AVereld and Wismer. The most notable inhabitants of Drakenstein were Barre, Basson, Bastiaans, Batte, Becker, Beluize, Boy sen, Binere, de Bruyn, du Buis, Van der Byl, Classen, Cioete, Cloudon, Corbonne, Cordeen, Convat, Van Deventer, Durand, Van Eek, Van Eden; Eechhof Erasmus, Ferrior, Fouche, Fourie, Fracasse, Garde, Gaucher, Godefroy, Goumai, la Grange, Gros, Hatting, Van der Heyden, Hugo and Jacob, Joubert, Jourdan, Kruger, de Lanoy, Lombard, de Long, Van Maarseveen, Magnet, Malan, Malherbe, Manteor, Margra, Marais, Martin, Martmeau, Van der Merwey, Mesnard, Meyer, Mysal, Van Niekerk, Nortier, Oosthuizen, Parisel, Pelanchon, de Pierron, Pinard, du Plessis, du Pre, Reneset, Retif, Rochefort, Roi, Romond, Roussean, Roux, de Ruelle, Sabatier, de Savoye, Senechal, Simond, Snyman, Van S aden, Swart, Sevol, Taillefer, La Tatte, Therond, du Toit, Vordeau, Vermey, Verwey, de Villiers, Vivet, Vivier, Van Vuuren, Van Wyk, Van Zyl. APPENDIX H. Appe>~dix H. VOLKSLIEDEREN. 569 3IA_rD OF ATHENS, ERE VfE PART. Zoifj fiov. crag a-fairw. 3Laid of Athens, ere we part. Give, oh, give me back my heart ! Or, since that has left my breast, Keep it now, and take the res t! Hear my vow before I go, Zcof/ fiov, crag ci~;a~Z. By those tresses unconfined, Woo'd by each .Egean wind ; By those lids whose jetty fringe Kiss thy soft cheecks' blooming tinge By those wild eyes like the roe, Zcorj /J.ov, crag ci';{nrw. By that lip I long to taste ; By that zone-encircled waist ; By all that token-flowers that tell What words can never speak so well ; By love's alternate joy and woe, Zwf] aov, crag a-, a.7rS. SAEmE BEYERS. Sannie Beyers, eer oris skei, Gee mij hart terug aari mrj ! Of. nou dat dit al verloor is, Vat dit maar, met al wat oor is ! Voor ik weggaan sweer ik nou, Hartje ik Jiet lief ver jou I Ach ! die lokkies ongebiud. Die heen en weer wiai met de wind : Ach ! die wange rond en mooi, Xes en perske zacht en rooi ! Ach ! die oogies. hemelblauvr ! Hartje ik het lief ver jou ! APPENDIX H. Maar o ! die lippies ! Al mijn vee Zal ik ver een zoentje gee ; Mij hart wil soommer overstort, En woorden kom mij nou te kort ; Altijd blijf ik aan jou trouw, Harje ik het lief ver jou I Sannie, ik gaan van jou weg, Maar als gij zoo alleenig leg Dink om mij ; bij jou dich bij Zal mij hart en ziel nog blij : Kan mij liefde ooit ophou ? Hartje ik het lief ver jou. KLAAS GEZWINT EN" ZIJN PAERT. (Burns' ' Tarn o' Shanter' vrij gevolgd.) Als jij misschien nog met jou maat, Boo in de dorp zit lach en praat ; Vergeet jij, jij moet huis toe gaan, Anders zal Elsie voor jou slaan, Zij zit al bij die vuur en brom, 1 Ik krij hem, zoos hij huis toe kom." Jammer dat mans zoo zelde hoor, Als hulle vrouvvens voor hul knor : Dit is maar zoo, hul kan m iar praat, Ons luister toch nie na hul raad. Dat dit zoo is, het Klaas Gezwint Een donker nacht ook uirgevint, Ilij 't leelijk in die knijp geraak, Toen hij terug rij van die Braak, Had Klaas geluister naar zijn vrouw, Dan het dit hem nog nooit berouw ; Geen dag gaat om of zij vertel hem, " Maar Klaas, jij is toch al te schellem, Nog nooit is jij van huis gewees, Of jij gedraag jou als een bees, En loop Klaas Titus met jou mee, Dan gaat dit woes met julle twee." APPENDIX H. Een aant, plaas van na huis te gaan, Blij Klaas nog in de dorp in staan, " !N~ou, arrie ! moet jul mij trakteer, Kom, kerels, gooi maar nog een keer." Hulle gee oom Kiass ook nog een dop, Toe was hij net mooi hoenderkop. Xou scheel dit nix, al wordt dit nach, Hij blij maar daar gezels en lach ; Als Klaasie eerst begin te slinger, Dan kan jij gloo, hij zal maar linger. Plezier is nets een jong komkommer, Als jij hem pluk, verlep hij sommer : Of nets een schulpad in zijn dop iu, Zoos jij hem vat, dan trek hij kop in. Als Klaas van aant zijn huis wil haal, Dan word dit tijd om op te zaal. Zoo klim hij " Kol" maar zaggies op En druk zijn hoet vas op z jn kop. Een fhikse merrie was ou Kol, Al was haar rug een bietje hoi ; Eerst fruit de ou — want hij was bang — De neen-en-neentagsre gezang, Dan kijk hij weer een slaggie om Of daar misschien geen spook aankom. Yoor hij van aant zijn huis kan krij, Moet hij de kerkhof noch verbij Die drank is toch een snaakse goed, Hij gee die bangste kerel moed. Al is een Hotnot nog zoo oolik, Een zoopie maak hem net nou vroliik ; Steek hij maar net een dop of drie, Dan stuit hij voor geen d — v — 1 nie. Maar Klaas het daarom naar gelijk, Toe hij daar in de kerkhof kijk ; Zijn bloed het wonderlijk gekook Toe hij gewaar hoe dit daar spook. Daar speul de d — v — 1 op een tromp Yoor veertig spooke in een klomp ; Hul dans daar rond, dat dit zoo gons Geen ouderwetze cottiljons. Maar eers "Alexander Klip salmander"' Trap hulle algaar met malkander, Toe was dit weer die " honde krap," Tot dat die zweet zoo van hul tap. 572 APPENDIX H. Die goed was bijna poedel kaal, En zie, die vrouwens was te skraal, Maar een daarvan, een bietje dikker, Maak zoo een uitgehaalde flikker, Dat Klaas, plaas van zijn bek te hou, Schree, " Arie ! dit was fluks van jon." Zoo, hij dit zegh, toe moet hij jaa, Die heel boel zet hem, achterna ; " Kol, loop nou dat de stof zoo staan, Anders is Klaas van aant gedaan ; Kom jij m3ar net die drif voorbij, Dan dalkies raak jou baas nog vrij ; Een spook is nets en bok kapater, Hij loop nie zoomaar in die water, Toe Kol die d — v — 1 snij jou spoor." Hier leg de drif" MerV zij's daaroor, Haar stert het hul glat uitgeruk, Maar Klaas is los, dits een geluk. Yoor die wat lushet om te draai, Wil ik maar net een woortje raai ; Gedenk aan Klaas Gezwint zijn paert, En vraag jou zelf : waar is haar staert ? DAANTJIE GOUWS. Een vertaling van Burns zijn 1 Duncan Gray.' (Op die wijsie van ' Pry, Try Try, Again.') Daantjie kom hier om te vrij, Ja, met vrijers gaat dit soo ; Sondagsaants het hij ver moet rij, Ja, met vrijers gaat dit soo. Martjie steek haar kop in die luch, Kijk zoo skeef en trek terug, Sit ver Daantjie glat op vlug ; Ja, met vrijers gaat dit soo Daantjie smeek en- Daantjie bid, Martjie's doof en blij maar sit ; Ja, met vrijers gaat dit soo Daantje such vir ure lang, Vee die trane van sijn wang, Praat van hemzelve op te hang ; Ja, met vrijers gaat dit soo. APPENDIX H. Die tijd versach maar ons gevoel Yerachte liefde word ook koel ; Ja, met vrijers gaat dit soo. " Sal ik," seg hij, " nets een gek, " Om een laffe meisie vrek ? " Zij kan naar diehoenders trek ; " Ja, met vrijers gaat dit soo. Hoe dit kom lat dokters vertel, Martjie word siek en hij word wel ; Ja, met vrijers gaat dit soo. Daar 's iets wat an haar borsie knaa, En hartjie-seer begin haar plaa, Haar oogies glinster ook mar braa ; Ja, met vrijers gnat dit soo. Daantje was een sachte man, En jVlartje trek haar dit soo an ; Ja, met vrijers gaat dit soo. Daantjie krij jammer in sijn hart, De liefde groei weer an sijn part. Nou leef sulle same sonder smart ; Ja, met vrijers gaat dit s u. ALIE JBRAJSD. Wxsie.— 'Gaily the Troubadour.' Ach mijn lieve Alie Brand, de liefste van mijn hart, Laat ons onze schaapjes op een klompje maak, Gee mij permissie, mijn liefste Alie Brand, Om morre naar die dorp te rij, en haal die predikant Mijn vader en mijn moeder is alie bei al oud, En als hulkom te sterven, dan erf ik banja goud, Een plaats zal ik dan ki.ope, en ook zoo bauja vee, Daarom mijn liefste Alie, zeg mij toch met nee ! Pluimvee en blomtuin, alles kan jij krij, Koeijen om te melken, perde om te rij, Koffie en koekies voor die tantes en die ooms, En daarom nog geld genoeg voor die dochters en die zoons. Als gij zeh nee, dan weet ik wat ik doet, Ik neem een lange riem. en hang mij aan een boom, AY ant zonder mijne Alie, wat maak ik met miju nek, "Want zonder mijne Alie ! dan wil ik lievers vrek. 574 APPENDIX H. JAjST jurgens. (Cowper's ' John Gilpin,' vrij gevolgci. Jan Jurgens was een burgerman Van aanzien en van roem, Een vrede-regter was hy ook Op die fontein van Bloem. En Jan zyn vrouw zeg aan haar man Ons twee is nou getrou Al twintig jaar, en ons het nog Geen " hollidey " gehou. Nou morge is ons bruilofs dag Zoo laat ons dan toch ry Na Uithoek, daar op Modderspruit, Waar onze tanta bly. Myn zuster en myn zuster's kind En ik en Griet en Jan Die maak en vrag, zoo kom jy maar Te paert ons agter an. Hy antwoord toe, daar is maar een Ou vrouw die ik bemin En jy is det, myn liefste hart, Zoo doet maar na jou zin. Ik is een eerlyk winkelier Det weet toch iedereen, En myn ou vrint die timmerman Zal myn zyn paert wel leen. Zeg Juffer Jurgens det is goed, Maar " serri-wyn " is duur, Zoo neem ons maar een fles pontak Die is toch nie zoo zuur. Jan Jurgens zoen zyn lieve vrouw Verblyd was hy vervas, Te zien al hou zy van plesier Det zy toch spaarzaam was. Die dag was daar, die kar gereed, En alles in die hak Met al die kinders binne in — Was det maar zwaar gepak. APPEXDTX H. Bly was zhI' toe die paerde trek, En toe die wiele draai, Det gaat ook det die stof zoo staat En det die klippers waai. Jan Jurgens staat daar by zyn paert, En gryp hem aan zyn maan, Hy spring flux op. maar klim weer af, Om in die huis te gaan. Want skaars was hy mooi in die zaal En wou zyn reis begin, Of daar kom botre na hem toe En wjl die winkel in. Zoo klim hy af, want tyd verzuim, Hoe hem det ook mag spyt, Is daarom nie zoo'n groot yerlies Als schade van profyt. Det het ook taamlyk lank geduur, Yoor det zul' klaar kon kry, En toe det oo'r was skree die meid, " Die wyn had t'huis gebly." Magtig zeg hy — daar het jy det, Det's nou en lieve las, Maar wag, bring hier myn bandelier, Hy hang daar in die kas. Xou JivfFer Jurgens (zorgzaam ziel) Had daags te voren mooi Twee aerde kanne uitgewas, En wyn daarin gegooi. Elk bottel het en kromme oor, Die bind hy met zyn band Vas op zyn lyf, en voor balans Hang een aan ieder kant. En over det, dat hy mog zyn Gekleet van top tot toon Trek hy zyn nienwe overjas Zoo netjes en zoo schoon. ISTou zit hy weder op zyn paert, Een triplaar van belang, Hy ry voorzigtig deur die straat, Op echte burgher gang. o76 APPENDIX H. Maar toe die pad gelyker word Trek hy op een galop, Toe snork die paert en loop zoo hart, Det Jan hem nie kon stop. " Ho-ha !" zeg Jan, " ho-ha" nou paert Maar nou was det te laat, Want al hoe verder det hy loop Hoe harder det hy gaat Een man die tog geen ruiter is Mott aan die maanhaar hou, Zoo gooi ou Jan die lyzels weg, Om aan die paert te klaau. Die paert die was det ongewoond Det hul' zoo aan horn vat, En wis nie wat ver ding det was Det boven op hem zat. Ily neem die loop met Jurgens zaamr Zyn hoed is na die maa , Hy 't nooit gedoch toe hy vertrok, Det det toch zoo zou gaan. Zyn jas die wapper net's een flag, Daar skeur die laaste knoop, Die wind die warl det van zyn rugr En gooi det op een hoop. Toe kan die mense algaar zien Die bottles aan zyn band, Twee eerde kruikies om zyn lyf Een hang aan ieder kant. Die honde blaf, die kinders huilr Hul' skuif de vensters op, En algaar skreef horn agterna Zoo ja — nou druk maar op. Daar gaat ou Jan, det is mos hy, Zeg iedereen terstorit, Hy draag gewig — hy ry en rees, D'es voor een duizend pond. Die tolman gooi die tolhek oop, Geluk voor Jan zyn nek, Die kerel gaat die dokter haal7 Of anders is by gek. APPENDIX H. 577 Nou bet die bottels al verskuif, Tot agter op zyn rug, Toe slaat hul al twee teun makkaar En waai daar in die luch. Die wyn die loop toe in die pad Tot det die paert zoo rook, Die wasem slaat zoo uit zyn blad, Als of hy w as gekook. En hoe Jan Jurgens ook mag rem Zyn paert die gaat maar vort, Daar hang die bottel-nekke nog, Vas om zyn lyf gegord. Hy gaat by Uithoek oo'r die werf Zyn vrou staat op die stoep, En zoo's zy haar Jan Jurgens ziet Begon zy uit te roep. Stop Jan ! Stop Jan, hier is die huis Hier is die huis zeg zy, Des opgeskep — en tyd voor ons : Zeg Jan des tyd voor my. Jan doch det was al ver genoeg : Zyn paert die het nog haas, Want nog en half uur verdor leg Die woonhuis van zyn baas. Dus net zoo skerp als ooit een koe'i Maar uit en roer kan Suit, Zoo loop die paert en nou is ook Myn storie net half uit Daar gaat Jan Jurgens amper rlou En teu'n zyn wensch en wil Tot by zyn vrint die timmerman, Daar staat hy eindlyk stil. Die timmerman was glad verbaas Oo'r die toestand van zyn maat, Hy zet zyn pyp ook daadlyk neer En dus begon hy praat. Wat nieuws, wat nieuws, zeg myn toch gau, En wat zoek jy dau hier, En waarom kom jy zonder hoed, Magtig hoe zweet die dier. IP 578 APPENDIX H. Jan Jurgens was een vrolyk man, Die 'n grappie nooit kon laat, Dus zeg hy aan die timmerman Ik zal jou zeg ou maat. 