needs peacefully. Like their predecessors, they acquired sheep and cattle in
exchange for Western goods. They also cultivated friendships with three
cooperative Khoikhoi, whom they called Doman, Eva, and Harry, using
them as interpreters for communication with the leaders of the local com-
munities. Tensions soon developed, however. As they witnessed the build-
ing of the fort and the planting of fruit trees, vegetables, and crops, and,
more particularly, the engrossment of land by the first free burghers, -it
gradually dawned on the indigenous people that they were facing an un-
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