Chronicles of Cape commanders : or, An abstract of original manuscriptsin the archives of the Cape Colony, dating from 1651 to 1691, compared with printed accounts of the settlement by various visitors during that time. Also four short papers upon subjects connected with the East India company's government ata later period, reprinted from colonial periodicals, and notes on English, Dutch, and French books published before 1796, containing references to South Africa
" Zoo men ooit reden heeft gehad om met een dankbaar hart "erkentelijk te zijn aan de zigtbare teekens van zegen en <' voorspoed, waarvan men in eene ruime mate jouisseerd, is het "buiten alien tegenspraak geweest alhier juist op dat zelfde " oogenblik, &c." Of the burghers Mr Boers spoke almost oon- tfemptuously as " de zoodanigen aan wien als eene gratie op hun " verzoek gepermitteerd wordt om in een Land waarvan uit den " naam van onzen Souverain in possessie genomen, als landbouwer, " kleedermaker, schoenmaker, of zadelmaker te mogen blijven " wonen." The Governor pointed out that there were nearly three thousand registered burghers in the colony, and that the petition did not contain four hundred names, though it had been sent round for signature. He held that it could not be taken to represent the views of the colonists. The Chamber of Seventeen appointed a commission to examine all the documents. The commissioners drew up a long report, opposed on the whole to the desires of the petitioners. They said : — " Er is geen land of "plaats bekend daar men zoo spoedig tot den staat van een ^'gezeeten en goed Burgher kan geraaken als hier, doch het NOTES ON BOOKS. 409 "ontbreekt de jonge liedon aan de Caab juist aan de noodige " naarstigheid." Almost the only result was a reformation of the High Court of Justice. In 1784 it consisted of the Secunde as President, nine servants of the Company, and three burghers. Thereafter it consisted of the Secunde, six Company's servants, and six burghers. le Vaillant, Frangois : Second Voyage dans rint&rieur de l^A/rique, par le Cap de Bonne EftpSrancey dans les Annies 1783, 1784, et 1785. Paris, I'An 3 de la B^publique une et mdivisible. This work is in three octavo volumes, in which Le Vaillant gives on account of his journey from the Cape to Namaqualand. It has the same faults as the account of his journey to Kaffraria, and would have been greatly improved by the omission of many of the adventures described with wearisome minuteness as well as such tales as that of his bursting into tears and throwing himself into the arms of a savage. Yet the work contains passages that have not been surpassed by any South Airican traveller in force and accuracy of description, though the style is not that of a highly polished writer. Here, for instance, is his account of a storm in Namaqualand. '' Deja nous y avions march^ pendant "trois heures, d^vorfe par un soleil brfdant, quand tout-A-coup " I'horison s'obf curcit et envoya sur nos t^tes un orage affreux. '' De longs et fr^queng Eclairs sillonnoient la nue. Le tonnerre '' grondoit d'ime maniere ^pouvantable ; et nos animaux, par leur ^' agitation et I'inquietude de lem's mouvemens, annongoient que '' la tempete alloit ^tre terrible. Sans perdre de tems, on d^chargea " les bceufs; on dressa ma tente ; on fit des abris avec des peaux et '' des nattes ; enfin, tout le monde mit la main k I'ouvrage. Mais *' nos precautions furent inutiles. Le vent devenoit si imp^tueux " qu'aucun de nos abris ne put resister. Ma tente fut renvers^e, '' et je fus r^uit & me cacher sous la toile ; tandis que tons mes ^' gens se garantissoient comme ils pouvoient. Pendant ce tems, " la pluie tomboit en torrens, et I'averse ^toit telle qu'on eAt " dit que FAfrique alloit etre noy^. Neanmoins ce ciel, qui " sembloit se fondre en eau, ^toit tout en feu par les eclairs. Ils " embrasoient PatmosphSre toute entiere, pendant que la foudre, ^' eolatant de toutes parts autour de nous, nous faisoit craindre & " tous d'en ^tre frapp^s. J'avois vu, dans la Caffrerie, de violens '' orages. Je connoissois ceux du Cap, si redouts des matelote et " des voyageurs. Je n'avois point oubli^ ceux de Surinam, qui " chaque jour, pendant deux mois, s'Hevant r^gulierement avec la *' mar^y annoncent la saison des s^cheresses, Mais jusqu'cdors je 410 NOTBS OK BOOKS. ''n'en avois point vu encore qui fuasent aussi efirajans. Pour "la premiere fois de ma vie, le tonnerre me fit trembler. II " est vrai que pour garantir et pr^rver ma provision de poudre, " je I'avois plao^e, aveo moi, sous la toile ; et qu'en craignant pour '^ nous la ehftte de la foudre, je la craignois encore pour mon '^ magafiin, qui, par son explosion, m'eftt fait sauter avec lui. Mas ** transes sur oe double danger durerant plus d'une heure. Enfin, ''le tonnerre oessa, quoique la pluie oontinuAt encore; et alors ''chacun de nous tirant la t^te de dessous ses oouvertures, '' nous nous cherchftmes des yeux les tms les autres. Surpris de " nous retrouver viyans, nous nous f 61icitions d'avoir eehapp^ a un " pareil danger." The great defects in this book of Le Vaillant have caused some of his critics to express an opinion that he never really crossed the Orange Biver into Ghreat Namaqualand, but drew upon his imagination for the account he has given. This view is incorrect, and there can be no reasonable doubt that he went as far as he states that he did. His account of the lower portion of Ghreat Namaqualand and its people will be found fairly correct, if separated from his own exploits. His troubles south of the Orange, the suffering from thirst, the loss of his cattle, and the abandonment of his waggons until he procured aid from a Hottentot clan, coincide with the experiences of many other travellers. When ultimately he reached the great river, he found himself compelled to leave his waggons on the southern bank, and to push forward with horses and pack oxen. He states that he had formed a design to traverse the continent from south to north, and only abandoned it when it was proved to be absolutely hopeless. The work is illustrated, but is not divided into chapters. Degrandpr^, L. (Officier de la Marine frangaise) : Voyaye a la Ciie Ocddeniale (T Afriqm^ fait dam ks annies 1786 et 1787 ; Suivi d*un Voyage fait au cap <fe Bonm-JEspSrance^ contenant la description mUitaire de cette colonie. Two volumes octavo. Paris, 1801. Nearly the whole of the second volume is devoted to the Cape Colony. The author was a man of keen observation and of extensive read- ing. His work is therefore valuable as well as interesting. His description of the Cape is of a period just before the first English conquest of the colony, though it was written after that event. Of the coimtry beyond the isthmus Degrandpr^ says but little, as his furthest journey inland was only along the Berg River to its mouth. He treats very fully of the navigation and winds at Table Bay, and describes Robben Island, Cape Town, and >COT£8 ON BOOKS. 411 Table Mountaiii at great length. Into military matters he enters largely, as stated in the title of his work. Speculative remarks upon the formation of Table Moimtain and upon the ciroum- navigation of Africa by the ancients also occupy a good deal of space. This author is very severe upon the colonists, to whom he attributes the destruction of the Hottentot race. He speaks in the highest terms of Sparrman's work, and exposes many romances in that of his own oouatryman JLe Yaillant, to whose ability, industry, and extensive researches in natural history, however, he testifies. It produces a smUe to find D^grandpr^ in his preface indignantly denouncing Bamberger as an impostor, and seriously pointing out errors that* this African Munchausen had fallen into. A good chart of the coast from Saldanha Bay to False Gape and a plan of the Cape Castle are attached to the work. Huysers, Ary : Beknopte Beschryving der Oast Indische Utablissenimcen. Utrecht, 1789. Only four pages of this volume are devoted to the Cape Colony, and those chiefly to its finances, but there is some interesting matter in the appendix. Biou, Capt. Edward : A Journul of a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope^ undertaken in 1790 and 1791 hy Jacob van Reenen and others of his countrymen^ in search of the icreck of the Hanourable the East India Company* s ship The Grosvenor^ to discover if there remained alive any of the unfortunate sufferers. With additional Notes and a Map. A quarto pamphlet of 51 pages published at London in 1792. It is a literal translation of the Journal of an Expedition that travelled through Kaffirland to about the mouth of the XJmzimkulu. The map added by Captain Eiou is a curiosity. In it Natal and even St Lucia Biver are placed a long way south of the XJmzdmvubu. "With a knowledge of Kaffir proper names and a good modem map of South Africa, there is not the slightest difficulty in following the course of Van Beenen's party from the Journal, but Captain Biou believed that it nearly reached Delagoa Bay. There are Dutch and French editions of the work. Stoat der Ghnerale NederUindsche Oost Indische Compagniej behelzende Bapporten van de Heeren Ha<ir Ed. Groot Mbg. Gecommitteerden G. J. DoySy Baron van der Does^ Heer van Noordioyky Mr. P. M. van de Wall^ Mr. J. Bendarp^ Heer van Marquette^ en Mr. H. van Straalen^ als mede Nader Rapport van gemelde heeren gecommitteerdenj en Bylaagen. 2 Volumes. Am- sterdam, 1792. These volumes contain a large amount of 412 NOTES ON BOOKS. statistical and other valuable information concerning the Cape Colony. de Jong, Cornelius : Reizen naar (le Kanp de Goede JTocj), lerland, en Noorwegen, in de Jaren 1791 tot 1797. Three octavo volumes, published at Haarlem in 1802. The author of this work was captain of the Dutch frigate Scipio. His ship was one of those selected to escort the Commissioners Nederburgh and Frykenius from Holland to India, but he reached Table Bay on the 27th of March 1792, nearly three months before the A/nazoon, in which frigate those oflScers had embarked. The Scipio lay at anchor in Table or Simon's Bay until the 31st of May 1793, when she and the Comeet were sent to convov a fleet of Indiamen to Europe. In the following year Captain De Jong returned to the Cape with a number of outward bound Indiamen and remained on this occasion rather longer than six months, as he waited to convoy the return fleet, with which he sailed from Simon's Bay on the 19th of May 1795. He was thus altogether in South Africa about twenty months, at the period immediately preceding the first British occupation. His official position, combined with his being an intimate friend of the Commissioner Sluisken, gave him a thorough knowledge of the events then taking place in the colony. Several short tours afforded him opportunities of observing the country and jeople, and his marriage with a Cape lady must have added to the interest which he took in the colony. In the form of a series of well written and lively letters addressed to a friend, Captain De Jong has placed on record his observations of this country and its people. He describes in a graphic manner the inhabitants of Cape Town in 1792, when nearly ^very one was engaged in a kind of petty trade with foreigners, and when the expensive and showy style of living, copied from the French ten years before, was making altogether a false impression upon strangers as to the prosperity of the citizens. With this he compares Cape Town in 1794, when the changes made by the Commissioners had completely altered the aspect of affairs. In the short space of eighteen months the people seemed to have become thoroughly impoverished. NOTES ON BOOKS. 413 The Commissionera had established what they were pleased to term free trade with India and the Netherlands, but it was really hedged about with so many restrictions that the colonists were unable to profit by it. Such is the picture, as given by an educated Dutch gentleman, of the last days of the East India Company's rule in South Africa. In point of value to a student of Cape history, this work of Captain De Jong ranks high. It contains many particulars concerning the Commissioners Neder- burgh and Frykenius, concerning Mr Sluisken, &0y &c. It is ornamented with a view of Simon's Town and harbour, and with two large pictures of Table Mountain and Bay, one of which is from the pencil of the celebrated Kobell. Masson, Francis : StapelicB Noveey or A Collection of several iiew Species of that Oenm^ discovered in the Interior Parts of Africa. London, 1796. Masson was attached to the Royal Qardens at Kew as collector of exotic plants. In that capacity he visited South Africa in 1772, and remained here for two years and a half. In 1786 he relumed again, and on this occasion he remained for ten years collecting plants and seeds. The work is a quarto volume containing about forty full page coloured plates of different varieties of Stapelias, with a description of each in Latin. Nederburgh, S. C. : Vcrhandeling over de Vragen of en in hoe rerre, ,het nutiig en noodzakelijk zijn zoudc, de Oost Indische Bezittingen van deezen Sfaat, ofte sommigen derzelven^ te hrengen op den voet der West IndiJiche Volkplantingen ; en of en in hoe vet re ^ het roordeedger vcor dit Gemeenebest, en desselfs Ingezeetenen^ zijn zoude, den Handel op voornieMe Bezittingen bij aanhoudendheid door eene uitsluitende, Compagnie te drijten^ dan wel die voor alien '« La)hds Ingezeefenen open te stellen ; en in dit laatste geval : op welke voorwaarden, en onder welke bepalingen. An octavo volume of 252 pages published at the Hague in 1802. The author of this work, Mr Sebastian ComeUs Nederburgh, had been Com- missioner General of the whole of Netherlands India and the Cape of Good Hope. There are only a few pages of the book devoted to this colony. These contain little beyond some severe comments upon the burghers and some remarks upon the intro- duction of Spanish rams and the production of merino wool. Nederburgh, S. C, : Echte Stukken betreffende het volbragt onderzoek der rerrichtingen ran de General Commissie in den jare 1791 benoemd getceest orer de 0. /. Bezittingen ran den Staat en de Kaab de Go^d^ Hoop, benevem den Finalen Uitslag ran hetzelve. 414 NOTES ON BOOKS. An ootayo yolume of 156 pages published at the Hague in 1803. The items in this work of greatest interest to a student of Cape history are some official documents connected with the arrival of Admiral Elphinstone's fleet in Simon's Bay in 1795, and to the subsequent intercourse between the English and Dutch officers. Some important State Papers are to be found in the Annual Register or View of History^ Politics^ and lAieraiure^ published at London. Thus the yolume for 1795 contams despatches, copied from the London Oazette^ concerning the conquest of the Cape Colony, from the officers commanding the English Expedi* tion ; the volume for 1796 contains despatches concerning the capture of the Dutch fleet in Saldanha Bay ; &c. INDEX. / IlSr L)EX. Akembie : Chief of the Namaquas, 107. Ale : first manufacture of at the Cape, 90. Alooa Bay : visit of the Noord to, 261. D' Almeida, Francisoo : first Viceroy of Portuguese India, 7 ; is killed with sixty-four others on the shore of Table Bay, 8. VAN AxDEL, Johannes : clerg^yman at the Cape, 272 ; proceeds to Batavia, 299. Apple Tbees : introduction of, 54. VAN Arckel, Johan : first resident clergyman at the Cape, 137 ; death of, 139. Attaqxtas : first visited, 158. ■ AxTTHOBiTiES Irom which the Chronicles of Cape Commandera have been condensed, 312 ej acq. Back, Bbnestxjs : fiick Comforter at the Cax>e, 136 ; intemperate habits of, 136 ; deportation to Batavia of, 137. Baptism : dissensions concerning, 138 ; directions from Batavia concerning, 138. Dfi Bakbos : work of, 318. Bax, Johan: is appointed Governor of the Cape, 199 ; arrives from Ceylon, 199; administration of the government, 200 to 211 ; death of, 211 ; is interred within the church, 211. Beaohbangers : see Goringhaikonas. Bbbgh, Olof : fruitless expeditions under command of, 226. Bebq Biver : visited and named, 77. Betay : seizure in Table Bay of the English ship, 377. Blaeu : atlas of, 317. Blanx, Jan : attempted journey to Mozambique, 39. Bode : voyage of exploration along the west coast, 208. BOGAERT : book of, 392. DU Bois : book of, 398. Bona Ventura : wreck at St Lucia Bay of the EngEsh ketch, 250. Books:. notes upon those referring to South Africa, SIS et seq,, and 389 et aeq, BoRGHORST, Jacob : is appointed Commander of the Cape, 155 ; arrives and take6 over the government, 155; ill health of, 156; administration of the government, 156 to 164 ; requests to be relieved, 164 ; returns to Europe, 164. BoTMA, Stephen : first Burgher Councillor, 71. BOTTNDABIES of the Colony : particulars concerning, 374. Brandt : first distillation of at the Cape, 180. TAN Bbeitenbach, Coenraad : is the highest military officer at the Cape, 168 ; is chosen to receive reports and convene the Council after the death of Commander Hackius, 173; is appointed Commander of St Helena, 1S6 ; is taken prisoner at St Helena by the English, 186 ; subsequent career, 186. PD 418 INDEX. TAN Bbeitoel, Albert : is appointed Secunde, 175 ; arrives at the* Cape, 177 ; assumes direction of amirs as Acting Commander, 178; is removed from the office of Secunde, 198. VAN DEB Bboece, Mattheus : is Commissioner at the Cape, 161. DE BuOQUOi : book of, 395. BuRGHEBS : names of the first in South Africa, 69 ; conditions under which thev became colonists, 69 ; names and occupations of those who settled dunng 1657, 72 ; names of the most notable in South Africa in 1691, 300 et aeq ; names of those who settled between 1691 and 1710, 308 et seq, BtJBOHER CoxTNCiLLOBS '. duties of , 71 ; selection of two, 88 ; method of election of, 100 and 112. Bushicbn: first meeting with, 58 ; particulars concerning, 76, 158, 172, 201, 207, 239, 242, 256, 260, 262, 270, 295, and 375. Cabeal, Pedbo Alyabez : voyage of, 6. VAN Caebden, Paultjs : voyage of, 15., DE LA Caille : works of, 396 and 397. Cafe of Good Hofe : named by King John II of Portugal, 3. Cabteb : book of, 406. Cassava : exx>eriments in the cultivation of, 180. Castle of Good Hope : construction resolved upon by the Directors, 131 ; site selected by Mr GK)ske, 131 ; ceremony of laying the foundatian stones, 132 ; suspension of work upon, 152 ; building resumed, 173 ; opinions concerning its positibn, 174 ; occupation of, 192 ; completion of, 212. Cattle Barter : infringement of reg^nlations regarding, 102; method of conducting with Hottentots, 103. Cattle Pest : account of, 94. Census Beturns : 182, 212, 275, and 306. CentauriM : a little vessel built at Natal, 250 ; runs along the coast, 251 ; anchors at the mouth of the Buffistlo Biver, 262. Chainouqijas : sale of ground to the East India Company by, 180. Cbavoknes, Maitrits Pasques : Governor of the Gape Colony, 362. Chinese : considered desirable sellers by MrVanBiebeek, 38 ; and by Mr Wagenaar, 145. Choro : Chief of the Gorachouquas, 31. Christianitt : effects of a profession of, 66. Churoh BxTiLDiNa in Table Valley : the first structure of wood within the walls of the castle, 133 ; foundation stone of the present building between the Heeregracht and Church Square laid, 209 ; completion ana opening of the building, 209. Churoh Funds : particulars concerning, 195. Clergymen : succession of the earliest at the Cape, 137 and 155. CocJie : capture in Table Bay of the French ship, 296. CocHOQUAS : trade with, 86 ; feud with the Cape dans, 86 ; are visited by Commander Wagenaar, 123 ; dealings with, 141 ; war with the Hesse- quas, 142 ; visit the Cape, 172 ; are nearly ruined by the Chainouquas, 172 ; character of the clan under Gonnema, 177. Colonists : condition in 1687 of, 274. Consistory, or Ecclesiastical Court : constitution of, 137 ; subordination to the Council of Policy, 196. t)n>Eic. 419 OonSTANTIA: farm granted to Commander Siiiion van dor Stel by the High Commissioner Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein, 235. Cook: books of, 404. CoFPEB Ore : specimens brought to the Cape by Kamaquas, 219. Cobsea: work of, 31A. Council of Policy: constitution of, 31 ; enlargement by the Lord of Mydrecht of, 230 ; personnel of, 66, 93, 145, 163, 299, and 365. CouBT OF CoMMissiONEBa FOR PsTTr Case8 : establishment, constitution, and powers of, 226. Cowley : pamphlet of, 325. DE Cretzee, Cornelis: is journalist of the exploring expedition under Pieter Everaert, 111; is Fiscal, 145; is Secunde, 163; is a general favourite, 167 ; runs a brawler through the body, 168 ; returns to Europe, is tried, acquitted, and sent back to the Cape as Secunde, 168 ; is captured by a corsair and sold in Algiers, 168. Crvdop, Hendrik : is Secretary of the Council of Policy, 168 ; is admitted to be a member of the Council of Policy, 173 ; is first President of the Orphan Chamber, 196; is appointed Secunde, 198; is Acting Com- mander after the death of Governor Bax, 211 ; administration of the government, 211 to 213 ; proceeds to India, 228. Cruse, Hieronymus : goes on trading journeys to the eastward, 152 and 158 ; is made prisoner by the French at Saldanha Bay, but is again released, 166 ; character of, 168 ; commands exx>editions against the Cochoquas under Gonnema, 189 and 193 ; commands an expedition against Bushmen, 202 ; death of, 272. Cruythof, Pieter: exploring expeditions imder command of, 107 and 124. Customs Duties : first levied at the Cape, 210. Dalryufle : book of, 406. Dahfier : book of, 325. Dangxert, Jan : exploring expedition under command of, 106. Daffer : book of, 322. Defence measures against the Hottentots, 96. Deorandfre : book of, 410. Delaooa Bay : visited by Antonio do Campo, 7 ; tragedy there, 8 ; visited by the Noord, 252 ; establishment of a Dutch factory at, 395. DiAS, Bartholomew: commands an exploring expedition which doubles the southern extremity of Africa, 1 ; names the island St Croix in Algoa Bay, 2 ; reaches a river which he names Do Infante, 3 ; discovers in returning a cape which he names Cabo Tormentoso, 3 ; assists in fitting out the next expedition, 4 ; accompanies the next expedition as far as St Jago, 4 ; perishes at sea, 6. Distress from scarcity of food, 53. DoMAN : becomes an interpreter, 60 ; goes to Batavia, 76 ; returns to the Cape, 82 ; leads a party of marauders, 92 ; takes part in the murder of a colonist, 94 ; mterprets during the negotiations for peace between the Europeans and the Cape dans, 99 ; goes as interpreter with an exploring party, 106. Doncksr: atlas of, 317. DoRHA : see Klaas. DraXSNSTEIN : receives its name, 273 ; first settlement of Europeans in the valley, 273 ; location of Huguenot immigrants, 284 ; formation of a church, 291 ; names of the most notable residents in 1691, 303 et aeq, DB 2 4i20 INDfiX. Ecclesiastical Court: see Consistory. Elephant Riveb : discovered and named, 106. English Astbonomers Mason and Dixon at the Cape, 372. English Sailors at Natal, 248 et seq. Erasmus : particulars of a plot to seize the, 97. Eva, the first Hottentot that professed Christianity : as a girl is taken into Mr Yan Biebeek^s household, 43 ; speaks Butch fluently and is employed as an interpreter, 76 ; is the means of opening up a trade in cattle with the Cochoquas, 86 ; is baptized and manied to a European, 143; leads a dissolute life f^ter her husband's death, 194 ; death of, 194 ; is buried in the church, 195. Some particulars concerning her children, 195. Everaert, Pibter: is in command of an expedition to the Namaquas, 111. Evertsen : pamphlet of, 322. Explorations by sea of Ihe South African coast, 161. Fair : establishment at SteUenbosch of an annual, 265. Fir Trees : introduction of, 63. Fish Bat : named by Paulus van Caerden, 16. FiTZHERBERT : see ShiUinge. Flesh Bat : named by Paulus van Caerden, 16. DE LA Fontaine, Jan: Gbvemor of the Cape Colony, 364. Foreign Visitors : particulars concerning the treatment of, 55, 67, 117, 176, 220, 269, 272, and 368. Forests : particulars concerning, 39, 40, and 148. Fort Good Hope: selection of a site for, 29 ; plan of, 32. Franceen: pamphlet of, 397. French Astronomers of the Society of Jesus at the Cape, 263 and 324. French East India Cokpant : establishment of, 149. Funnell: book of, 393. Gabbema, Abraham: is Secretary of the Coimcil of Policy, 74 ; is in command of an exploring p&rtv> 77 ; is made a member of the Council of Policy, 91 ; succeeds JEtoelof dd Man as Secunde, 145 ; goes to Batavia, 145. DA Gama, Yasco : commands the first expedition from Portu^ that reached India by the way of the Cape of Good Hope, 4 ; visits and names St Helena Bay, 4 ; names Natal, 6 ; makes second voyage to India, 7. Game : abundance of, 37 ; trouble caused by ravenous animals, 48 ; regula- tions for the preservation of herbiverous animals, 65 and 345 ; licenses to hunt, 163 ; premiums for the destruction of ravenous animals, 65, 71, 166, and 345. Garden of the Company in Table Valley: is beautified by Commander Simon van der Stel, 217. Gatjriqxtas : first visited, 152. Gauritz Biver: visited and named, 152. TAN GoSNS, Btklof the Elder: proposes to convert the Cape Peninsula into an island by cutting a canal across the isthmus, 63 ; visits South Africa, 70 ; makes various regulations, 71 et seq,; becomes Governor General of Netherlands India, 211 ; calls at the Cape on his way home, 225 ; dea^ of, 226. TAN GoENS, Rtklof the Younger : visits the Cape, 228; GoQOSOA : Chief of tho Goringhaiquas, 31, mty^i., 421 GoimEHA, Chief of a clan of tlie Cochoquas : visits thoi Cape, 60 ; is nick- named thd Black Captain, 60 ; sells a large number of oxen and sheep, 60; is accused of instigating the murder of two burghers, 172; par- ticulars concerning, 188 ; nostile conduct oi, 188 ; murders eight burghers and a slave, 189; war with, 189 e^ seq^ ; seizes the Com- pany's post at Saldanha Bay and murders four Europeans, 190 ; makes peace with the Eurox)ean8, 204 ; death of, 246. Good Hope : wreck at Natal of the English ketch, 249. Goes : atlas of, 317. Gk)iiACH0T7QUAS : particulars concerning, 31 ; war with, 92 et eeq, ; peace with, 99. GOBINGHAIKONAS, or Beochrangers : particulars concerning, 30 ; intercourse with the Dutch, 33 ; feud with the Goringhaiquas, 33 ; services per- formed by, 60 ; murder the herd 'boy and run off with the Company's cattle, 50 ; return to Table Valley, 53 ; thefts by, 64 ; method of obtain- ing a living, 86 and 143 ; treatment of, 153 ; particulars concerning, 206. GteBDroHAiauAS, orJCaapmans: partkmlan concerning, 30 ; intercourse and trade with, 41 et ieq; requ^ assistance from the Dutch against their enemies, 43 ; hostile conduct of, 57 ; are suspected of assisting runaway slaves, 82 ; difficulties with, 82 ; treaty with, 84 ; war with, 92 et seq ; peace with, 98 ; chief is selected by the Commander, 272. QosKE, ISBRAXD : is Commissioner at the Cape and selects the site of the Castle, 131; is appointed Governor of the Cape and Councillor Ex- traordinary of Netherlands India, 175 ; character and position of, 175 ; arrival ana reception of, 181 ; administration of the government, 182 to 199. Graa, Jan Joris : Sick Comforter at the Cape, 137. DE GuAAPF : book of, 325. Granaat, Jaoob : is appointed Fiscal, 163 ; goes to Batavia, 168. DB Gbevenbboek,- Johannes Willem : is appointed Secretary of the Council of Policy, 228 ; abilities and work of, 299. Cho&venor : loss of the English East Indiaman, 406. Grundd: examination of the coast by the, 161 ; wreck of the, 191. DB la Gtjebre, Jonas : inland journey of, 126. ' Haarlem : wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman, 21. HACKiys, Pieter : is appointed Commander of the Cape, 164 ; arrives and is installed, 164 ; administration of the government, 165 to 172 ; death of, 172 ; burial in the church, 172. VAN Harn, Gerrit: is appointed Commander of the Cape, 115; his death on the passage out, 115. Harry, the Hottentot Interpreter: account of, 30 ; takes part in an act of murder and robbery, 50 ; runs away from Table Valley, 50 ; returns to the fort, 59 ; goes inland to purchase cattle for the East India Company, 59; knavish conduct of, 60 ; dealings with, 64 ; is made a prisoner by Mr Van Riebeek, 84 ; is transported to Robben Island, 85 ; is brought from Bobben Island to serve as a guide and interpreter, but is sent back again, 95 and 96 ; makes his escape in a boat to the mainland, 96 ; in- terprets when peace is conduded between the Europeans, and the Cape dans, 99 ; death of, 143. VAN Harwabdkn, Jan : inland journey of, 79. DB LA Hate, French Admural : visits the Cape, 166; takes fordble posses- sion of the Company's post at Saldanha Bay on behalf of the Franoh King, 166. 4^2 tJ^lSJt. Heemraab of Stellenbosch : establishment, duties, and constitution of, 222 ; names of first members, 222 ; court of Landdrost and HeemrMMi as constituted by the Lord of Mydreoht, 231 ; personnel of, 331. VAN DEN Henohel, Daniel '. Acting Gk>verQor of the Cape Colony, 365. Herbert: book of, 320. HBS6EQT7AS : send a messenger to the Cape, 119 ; send cattle for sale, 124 ; trade with, 152. High Court of Justice : personnel of as constituted by the Lord of My- drecht, 230 ; amended constitution of, 409. HoiTDius : atlas of, 317. HoNDius : pamphlet published by, 320. Hop, Hendrix, exploring expedition of, 400. Horses : particulars concerning the importation and price of, 50, 56, 61, 97, 144, and 295. Hospital : erection of, 62. Hottentots: first intercourse with Europeans, 5; kill 65 Portuguese in battle, 8 ; bs^r cattle with English fleets, 10 ;yclans occupying the country adjacent to the Cape Peninsula in 1652, 30 ; dans mown to Europeans m 1662, 119. Hottentots: particulars concerning condition, customs, arts, &c, 41, 43, 52, 59, 60, 75, 99, 104, 107, 108, 113, 123, 159, 191, 193, 201, 219, 239, 241, 242, 243, 246, 257, 259, 260, 272, 293, and 294. Hottentots : particidars concerning treatment of and intercourse with, 56, 73, 87, 177, 205, 233, and 294. Hottentots Holland : visited and named, 74 ; occupation of authorized, 163 ; first occupation of, 185 ; description of, 185. Houtman, Cornelis : voyage of, 14. Huguenot IionoRANTS : particulars concerning, 276 to 292. HULSENAAR, Petrus : clergyman at the Cape, 210. HuYSERS : book of, 411. VAN Imhoff, the Baron Ghistaf WiUem, Governor General of Netherlands In'^ia : visits the Cape, 340. lHMiORAig?s: particulars concerning, 169, 211, 264, 282, and 299. Inqua : journey to the Hottentot tribe of, 258 et seq, Itort: traffic in, 351. Jaioss : book of, 407. Janssen, David : is murdered by Hottentots, 50. Janssen, Lekndert : memorial to the Chamber of Amsterdam, 21. Jetty : construction of the first in Table Bay, 62. Joanna : wreck nebr Agulhas of the English East Lidiaman, 225. Johnstone, George, English Commodore : is sent in command of an ex- pedition to endeavoiur to seize the Cape Colony, 377 ; snooessfol resistance to an attack by a French fieet at Porto Praya, 378 et deq, ; captures fom: Dutch East Lidiamen in Saldanha Bay, 382. DE Jong, Cornelius : book of, 412. DE Jongs, J. K. J. : book of, 326. Kaapslans: see Goringhaiquas. Kaffirs: particulars concerning, 248 et »eq,f 253, 254 ei eeq^y 383, and 384. VanEahpen: book of, 327. DTDBX. 423 VAN Ebbtel, Adbiaan : Gk>T0nior of the Cape Colon^r, 364. Klaaa or Dorha, a Hottentot Captain : particulars concerning, 187 ; attach- ment to the Europeans, 187 ; assists against Qt>nnema, 190 ; kindness to shipwrecked Englislunen, 225 ; kindness to wrecked Dutch seamen, 262 ; massacres some Bushmen, 270 ; is protected by the East India Company, 293. Klapmuts : why so named, 77 ; stock farm at, 227. Koi<BB : book of, 393. KoLYEB, Andbsas : first resident Lutheran clergyman at the Cape, 386. KooFicAN, Hottentot Captain: particulars concerning, 187. liACUS, Hendbik : is Secretary of the Council of Policy, 100 ; is Secunde, 145 ; is suspended from office, 155 ; is reduced to the rank of a conunon soldier and sent to Batavia, 156. Laitddbost : appointed to Stellenbosoh, 231 and 299 ; appointed to Swellen- dam, 349. Land Gbants : record of, 271. Land Tenitbb : particulars oonoeming, 69, 71, and 346. Lattts : pamphlet of, 326. Leouat : book of, 390. Linnbs, Cobnelis : is appointed Landdrost of Stellenbosch, 299. VAN Linsohotbn, Jan Huyohbn: travels of, 11; publishes description of South Africa, 12. Little Bebo Biyeb : first visited, 79. Madaqasoab : intercourse and trade with, 125 and 126. Maize : introduction of, 87. Malays : the first at the Cape, 55. Malkbsbxjbt : description of, 343 ; establishment of a church at, 343. DB Man, Andbies : Secunde at the Cape, 228. de Man, Boelof : Secunde at the Cape, 74 ; death of, 126. Mankadan, Sybband : first Schoolmaster at Stellenbosch, 223 ;* Sick Visitor, &c., 224. Marichal : wreck in Table Bay of the French ship, 101. Mabbiaoes : method of celebration during the absence of clergymen, 66 and 136. Mabtini, MABTiNirs, a Missionary of the Society of Jesus : gives Mr Van Biebeek an account of the KsJBx country, 54. Masson : works of, 400 and 413. Matbdconial Coubt : establishment, duties, and constitution of, 208. Maubitius, island of : abandonment by the Dutch East Lidia Company of, 127 ; its reoccupation in 1664 as a Dej^endency of the Cape (Government, 127 ; accoimtof events at, 128 ; particulars concerning, 198. Measttbbs of length and land, 74. VAN Meebhof, Pieteb : is one of the exploring party under Jan Danckert, 106 ; is journalist and second in command of the exploring expedition under Fieter Cruythof , 107 ; is in command of an ex^oring expedition, 109 ; is second in command of the expedition under Pieter Everaert, 111 ; accompanies the «exi>edition under Pieter Cruythof , 124; accom- panies the expedition under Jonas de la Guerre, 126 ; marries the mterpreter Eva, 143 ; is promoted to be a surgeon and overseer at Bobben Island, 143 ; is appointed head of a trading and exploring 424 INDEX. expedition to Madagascar and the Southeast coast of Africa, 152 ; is murdered by natives at the Bay of Antongil» 153. Meekland, Budolfhus : clergyman at the Cape, 197. !BCercator : atlas of, 317. Meyrixo, Aknoldus MAtJRiTft: first clergyman at Tulbagh, 342. Middelhurg: destruction in Saldanha Bay of the Dutch East Indiaman, 382. Militia : first formation at the Cape of, 90 ; constitution of the Council of MiHtia, 90. MnHNQ Oferatioks : partiealaTS oonoeraing, 235 and 346. DE MoNBEVEROiTE, French Yioeroy: caUs at the Cape with a fleet, 149; refits his fleet with Commander Van Qnaelberg's assistance, 151. MoNOMOTAPA : search for the fabulous empire of, 105. MooDiE : book of, 326. MossEL Bat : named by Paulus van Caerden, 15. Mozambique : expedition against, 125. MuLDEB, Johannes : first Landdrost of SteUenbosch, 231. MuLLER, Corporal : uneventful journey of, 59. Namaqualand: particulars of the journey of Commander Simon Tan der Stel to, 238 to 247. Nahaquas : first visited, 107 ; feud with the Cochoquas, 108 ; foray upon Cochoqua kraals, 153 ; disposal of some of the booty to the Europeans, 154 ; visit of a party to the Cape, 219. Natal : account of Europeans living there, 248 et 9eq ; purchase by the East India Company of the country around the lagoon of, 261. Nederburgh : books of, 413. NETHERLAirDB Eabt Inbia Compakt : formation of, 17 ; constitution of, 17 et aeq ; resolves to form a victualling station at the Cape, 23 ; particu- lars concerning, 170 et 9eq, DE NEYif, PiETER : is appointed Fiscal, 175 ; arrives at the Cape, 175; book of poetry written by, 175 ; goes to Batavia, 198 ; prose work of, 323. VAN NiEUWLAND, Jaoobus : takes possession of Mauritius on behalf of the East India Company, 128. ^ NoOD, PiETER Q-YBBERT : Qovemor of the Cape Colony, 364. Noord : voyage of the galiot to Delagoa Bay and Natal, 252 et aeq ; wreck of, 261. Narmajide : capture in Table Bay of the French ship, 296. Nostra Serwra de los MilagroB : wreck near Agulhas of the Portuguese ship, 269. DE NovA, Joan : voyage of, 7. Oak Trees : introduction of, 63 ; are extensively planted by Commander Simon van der Stel, 268. Occupation : the first by burghers of land beyond the Cape Peninsula, 210. Oedasoa, a Cochoqua Chief: dealings with, 95; makes peace with the Namaquas at the request of Commander Van Biebeek, 109 ; feud with the Cape clans, 113 ; death of, 294. Ogilby : book of, 323. ^ Oldbnland, Hbndrik Bernard : is Superintendent of the Company's Ghuden at the Cape, 218 ; particulars o<mceming his Herbarium and Catalogue of Plants, 219. INDEX. 425- Olive : particulars concerning early attempts to cultivate the tree at th& Cape, 118» 180, 268, and 298. OiLO'GE Trees : introduction of, 54. Orphan Chamber : establishment, duties, and powers of, 195 ; constitution of, 196. Ortelivs : atlas of, 317. OsoRlus : book of, 318. OuTEyiQXJA : the most distant Hottentot tribe known in 1688, 257. VAN OvERBEKE, Arnoitt: is Commissioner at the Cape, 178 ; purchaseep territory from Schacher, 178 ; book of, 322. OvERNEY, Johannes : clergyman at the Cape, 212 ; death of, 272. OviNGTON : book of, 389. Paarl : first visited and named, 77. Paterson: book of, 402. Pest among the Hottentots, 142. Plettenberg*8 Bay : naming of, 375. VAN Plbttexbero, Joachim : Governor of the Cape Colony, 375. Potter, Pieter : discovers the Tulbagh Basin and Valley of the Breedo River, 79. , Pretoritjs, Johannes : first Secretary of the Orphan Chamber, 196. Prisoners of State at the Cape, 224. Proot, Nicholas : calls the attention of the East India Company to the* advantages of a settlement in Table Valley, 21 etjeq ; declines the post of Commander at the Cape, 24. Public Works : account of, 163. VAN QiTAELBERO, CoRNELis '. is appointed Commander of the Cape, 144 ; is installed, 145 ; character of, 147 ; administration of the govemmont, 147 to 155 ; oppressive conduct, 154 ; is dismissed by the Directors, 155 ; leaves for Batavia, 155 ; is subsequently Governor of Malacca, 155 ;. commands a squadron in a battle at sea', 184. Babbits: turned loose to breed on Bobben Island, 52. Bain : effect of, 35. Baynal: book of, 404. Beligion : State, 36. Bevenxte : method of raising by sale of monojwlies, 192 ; particulars con- cerning, 306. VAN Bhbede tot Drakenstein, Hendrik Adriaan, Lord of Mydrecht : i* appointed High Commissioner, 229 ; arrives at the Cape, 230 ; makes many alterations in the government and new regulations, 230 et seq, Bhenius, Johannes Theophilus : first Landdrost of Swellendam, 349. ten Bhyne : book of, 323. VAN BlEBEEK, ABRAHAM : birth at the Cape of, 49 ; rises to the rank of Governor General of Netherlands India, 50. VAN BiEBEEK, Jan I is Selected by the Directors of the Netherlands East India Cbmpany to form a Victualling Station in Table Valley, 24 ; qualifications, 25 ; character, 120; administration of the government of the Cape Settlement, 29 to 121 ; occupations subsequent to his departiu-e from l^uth Africa, 121. Biou: book of, 411. BoGERS : book of, 393. EE 426 INDEX. Boh AX Catholic Worship : prohibition of public celebration of, 101. BoNDEBOSCH : origin of the name, 63 ; first farming operations at, 63. BooDEZANDS Eerk*. see Tulbagh. Boux, Paul : first Schoolmaster at Drakenstein, 285. Boycd Charles : attempted capture in Table Bay of the English ship, 134. Btniers, Jacob : the first Secunde at the Cape, 48 ; leaves for Batavia, 51. Saar: book of, 321. Saldanha Bay: receives its name from Jons van Spilbergen, 16; formation of a scaling establishment at, 41 ; dealings with a flench ship in, 48 ; trade with, 81 ; is taken possession of by the French, 151 ; removal of the French landmarks, 156 ; establishment of an outpost at, 160 ; is taken possession of by the French Admiral De la Haye, 166; is re- occupi^ by the Dutch, 166; capture of Dutch East Indiomen by an EngHsh fleet at, 382. SCHAOHER, Chief of the Goringhaiquas : is made a prisoner by the Dutch, 82 ; is released, 85 ; various names of, 178 ; sells territory to the East India Company, 178 ; particulars of the sale, 179 ; assists against Gonnema, 190; death of, 272. IBCHMIT, George, first Moravian Missionary in Bouth Africa: particulars conceftiing, 344. Schoolmasters : succession of the earliest at the Cape, 140. Schouten: book of, 321. SCHRTVER, Izaak : is head of an expedition to the Namaquas, 227 ; is hoad of an expedition to the Inquas, 257 to 260. Scurvy : instances of great loss of life from, 55, 62, 88, and 389. Search for metals at the Cape, 161. Secretary of the Council of Policy : duties of the, 100. Sheep : introduction of European, 63 and 295. Shillinqe : pamphlet of, 320. fiHlLLiNQE AND FiTZ HERBERT proclaim English sovereignty over the comitry adjoining Table Bay, 10. Shipping : statistics of, 117, 175, 221, 306, and 333. Siamese Ambassadors to Portugal: are wrecked on the South African coast, 269 ; treatment of, 270. 'Sick Comforters : succession of the earliest at the Capo, 136. SiLLBMAN : pamphlet of, 389. Simon's Bay : examined and named, 274. SiMOND, Pierre : first clergyman of Drakenstein, 278 and 283. Slaves: particulars concerning, 80, 81, 167, 208, 231, 306, 351 et seq. Bmall Pox : note upon, 142. flONNERAT : book of, 404. Sparrman : book of, 402. VAN Spilbergen, Joris : voyage of, 16 ; book of, 319. VAN DER Stael, Pieter : Sick Comforter at the Cape, 81 ; opens a school for slave children, 81 ; makes exertions to improve the Beachranger Hottentots, 110. StaveniMe: particulars concerning the wreck of the, 247. Stavorinus : book of, 403. VAN DER Stel, Simon : is appointed Commander of the Cape, 213 ; arrives •^ INDEX. 427 from Amsterdam, 213 ; administration of the government, 214 to 307 ; early life of, 214 ; character of, 215; is promoted to be Governor, 299. 1STELLENB08CH I first visit of Simon van der Stel to the valley of, 216 ; des- cription of , 216; is named, 217; first settlement of burghers at, 217 ; further settlement of burghers at, 222 ; establishment of a board of heemraad at, 222 ; establishment of a school at, 223 ; establishment of an annual fair at, 265 ; establishment of a church at, 267 ; names of the most notable residents in 1691, 301 et seg; particular concerning the records of, 337 et aeq. St Helena, bay of : is discovered and named by Yasco da Gama, 4. St Helena, island of : is discovered and named by Joan de Nova, 7 ; is made a place of refreshment for English fleets, 10 ; is taken from the English by a Dutch fleet sent from the Cape, 186; is retaken by the English, 186. St Helena Nova : search for the fabulous island of, 105. DE St Pierre: book of, 399. SuFFRBN, Pierre Andre, French Admiral: is sent to protect the possessions of the Dutch East India Company against the English, 378 ; attacks the English fleet under Commodore Johnstone at Porto Praya and is beaten off, 378 et seq; lands troops at Simon's Town to defend the colony, 380. Sugar Cane : experiments in the cultivation of, 180. Swbllbnd^vm : particulars concerning the records of, 348 et seq ; formation of the district of, 349 ; description of the site of the village, 350 ; condition of the district towards the close of last century, 353 et seq, SwELLENGREBEL, Hendrik : Govemor of the Cape Colony, 366. Table Bat: is discovered by Antonio de Saldanha, 7; is subsequently called Agoada de Saldanha, 7 ; is made a port of call by the early fleets of the English East India Company, 10 ; receives its present name from Joiis van Spilbergen, 16; is made a port of call for outward bound Dutch fleets, 20. Tachard : book of, 324. Target Shooting: description of in the seventeenth century at the Capt*, 266. Terwold, Leonardus : clergyman at the Cape, 299. Thttnberg : book of, 401. Tithes of Farm Produce : particulars concerning, 273. Trading Privileoes of the Company's servants, 159. Transfer Dues : particulars concerning, 236. Tristan d'Aounha, islands of : discovered and named, 8 ; inspection of and report upon, 62. TuLBAGH : description of the Ba^in of, 341 ; establishment of a church at, 342. TuLBAGH, Ryk : sketch of the life of, 361 et seq. LE Vaillant : books of, 405 and 409. Valentyn : book of, 395. Variation of the Magnetic Needle : 15, 263, and 324. Yerburo, Frederick : visits Saldanha Bay, 49 ; is sent to St Helena for a supply of provisions, 53 ; is appointed Secunde, 54 ; visits Madagascar and procures a quantity of rice, 54 ; visits Madagascar the second time, is shipwrecked there, and dies of fever, 61. 428 INDEX. Yerburo, Nicholas : is Commissioner at the Cape, 197. Vine, the : is first introduced from the Rhine, 56 ; further introductions- from the Bhine Provinces and France, 63 ; varieties introduced from France, Qermany, Sx>ain, and Persia, 268. DE YoociiT, Abriaan I resident clergyman at the Cax>c, 155. DE YoDCHT, Johannes : acting chaplain at the Cape-, 139. Wachtendojelp, Petrtjs : acting chaplain at the Cape, 155. Wagenaar, Zagharias: is appointed Commander of the Cape, 115 ; arrives and is installed, 116; character of , 122; administration of the govern- ment, 122 to 145 ; loaves for Batavia, 145 ; subsequent visit to the Cax)C, 146 ; bequeaths a sum of money to the Cape poor funds, 146. Weerxan, Butger Andries : fu^st clergyman of Malmesbury, 3i3. Wheat: price of, 87, 144, 162, 236, 297, 338, 339, and 381 ; exportation of, 295 and 333. Wine : manufacture of the first in South Africa, 89 ; experiments in the manufacture of, 268 ; samples sent to Batavia, 162 ; exportation of, 333 ; price of, 296. WiNTERVOGEL, Jan, the first South African Explorer : account of i)revious exploits, 58 ; journey inland of, 58. Wreck : first on South African coast, 7. Wreede, George Frederick : is a volunteer in the exploring expedition under Jan Danckert, 106 ; particulars concerning, 129 ; studies the Hottentot language and is employed as an interpreter, 129 ; prepares a Yocabulary of Dutch and Hottentot words, 129 ; is rewarded by the Directors of the East India Comptiny, 129 ; is sent from the Cape to form a Victualling Station at Martin Yaz, 129 ; finds only bare rocks there, 130 ; retiims to the Cape, 130 ; is appointed Commander of Mauritius, 130 ; is reduced by Commander Yan Quaelberg to the rank of a soldier, 160; is reinstated by the Directors as Commander of Mauritius, 160; is drowned, 161. Wylant, Willem Barents : is Sick Yisitor at the Cai)e, 36 ; is father of the first European child bom in the Colony, 36; is reprimanded for holding extempore services, 37. Wynbkrg : is planted and named by Commander Yan Riebeek, 87. Zoetendal : wreck of the, 191. ZULTTLANB : examination of the coast of, 209. ZwARTLANDS Kerk : see Malmesbury. ^fcF^. 