10. Ox-wagon travel in
roadless, mountainous country
was no easy thing. On their
Great Trek in 1838, Afrikaner
voortrekkers crossed the
Drakensberg Mountains from
the highveld to Natal with
nearly a thousand wagons.
Although men held onto
thongs fastened to the sides,
several wagons crashed on the
precipitous slopes.
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