Reports from the Dorsland and other pioneering regions

‘Shortly after his appointment as lecturer in Stellenbosch, historian PJ van der Merwe turned his attention to the Northwest. In those days the region was mostly unknown to people outside this part of the world. Like today, there was uncertainty then about the boundaries of this region and its sub-r...

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1. Verfasser: van der Merwe, P. J
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Stellenbosch African Sun Media 01.08.2020
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African Studies
Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)-History
History
ISBN:9780620872713, 0620872713
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  • Front Matter Table of Contents FOREWORD Farmers Farming and Irrigation Structures Concoctions and Inventions Caves Holes and Graves Cover Pictures Drought Pans Dams and Dunes Water and Grazing Trees Flowers and Gardens Trekboere Voortrekkers and French Huguenots Development and Progress Artists Characters and Kings Mines Trains Carts and Camels Pioneers Trail Blazers and Die-Hards Towns Schools Churches and Jails Stories, Legends and Yarns Boer Wives Industry and Skills Matjieshuise Grass Huts Shacks and Other Homes Trekking Wagons and Way of Life West Coast and its Charm
  • 01 Famous cave a historical monument -- 02 SECRET of a forgotten grave -- 03 Kuruman's Miracle Cave -- 04 Oldest 'hotel' in South Africa -- 05 Child graves tell of pioneers' heavy sacrifices -- 06 Name Daniëlskuil comes from hole -- 07 Prince of Kalahari hunters' grave -- 4 Cover pictures -- 01 Die Huisgenoot - A farmer walks in the dunes on his Kalahari farm -- 02 Die Huisgenoot - Griquatown artist Edith Christie -- 03 Die Huisgenoot - camels at the Kalahari's Witdraai camel-breeding station -- 04 Die Huisgenoot - A herd of sheep, probably in the Kalahari -- 05 Die Landbouweekblad - Kuruman farmer pulls out pipes from his deep borehole -- 06 Die Landbouweekblad - borehole tower on a Kalahari farm -- 07 Sarie Marais - Namakwaland farmer's wife who makes candles -- 5 Drought pans dams and dunes -- 01 The 'Brulsand' in Griqualand -- 02 Cost of dam '£3 per stone' -- 03 When pleading eyes scan the heavens -- 04 Pan makes its own salt -- 05 Pans of the Kalahari -- 06 Farmer loses 8000 ewes and 1000 cattle -- 07 Great losses and high costs -- 6 Water and Grazing -- 01 Old saying derived from bucket pump -- 02 By deep waters … -- 03 Remnants of expedition -- 04 Donkeys power the water wagon -- 05 Water on a roll -- 06 Oil machine tower on Kalahari farm -- 07 'Bitterhout' eases pain of pulling 'wip' -- 08 Bucket pump's brother … -- 09 Windmill with wooden leg -- 10 Saving every precious drop -- 11 Old kettles port's storage dam -- 12 Draw well in dry riverbed -- 13 Bushmanland draw well -- 14 Factories now use Kalahari 'patent' -- 15 Digger of deepest Kalahari well -- 16 Well digger of the Kalahari -- 17 'Two oulap's water, please!' -- 18 Draw well and 'gorra' quench thirst -- 19 Horsegears and 'wippe' -- 20 Windmills and engines -- 21 Roll out the barrel -- 7 Trees flowers and gardens -- 01 Namaqualand's graceful sentries
  • Intro -- 0 Prelims -- 0 A TITLE PAGE etc -- 01 IN MEMORY OF -- 02 QUOTE -- 03 PJVDM ARTICLES CONTENTS -- 04 FOREWORD GILIOMEE A4 -- 02 Boers' ingenuity triumphs -- 03 SA's biggest 'rain' machine -- 04 Black gold of the Northwest -- 05 Bushel still used to measure wheat -- 06 Man-made rain -- 07 Chief water bailiff rests after 30 years -- 08 More trials with seedless oranges -- 09 Bridge carries only water over Olifants -- 10 Rainmaker of Citrusdal -- 11 Experiments with rooibos tea -- 12 Draw-well in Spoeg River -- 13 Cloudburst calamity... -- 14 Rich silt scales come from afar -- 15 Separating wheat from chaff the old-fashioned way -- 16 SA has only seven of these balers -- 17 Bonemeal as necessary as rain in the Kalahari -- 18 The problem of over-irrigation -- 19 Farmer's biggest blunder -- 20 Northwest's biggest Frisian farmer -- 21 Karakul lambs' skins valuable export cargo -- 22 Brainy sheep almost human -- 23 Lucerne experiments will take many years -- 24 Ditch digger does work of 150 men -- 25 Dairy farmer's olives thrive on poor land -- 26 Unruly peach tree only 15 months -- 27 Experimental farm in Upington -- 28 Rooibos tea farmer of the Bokveld -- 29 'Step along, reds!' -- 30 Farmer still in the saddle... -- 31 Where wheat is still winnowed with forks -- 33 First man in SA to let it 'rain' on orange groves -- 34 Only best leaf fit for aristocratic cigar -- 35 Afrikanders top breed in Southern Rhodesia -- 36 Native cattle shine in research station trials -- 2 Structures concoctions and inventions -- 01 Namaqualand skin bag -- 02 Springtrap caught lions of Kuruman -- 03 'Breying' riems the ancient way -- 04 Limestone creamery has no windows ... -- 05 Namaqualand rucksack -- 06 Kalahari Mac's chopper a winner -- 07 Tanning tub still in use -- 08 Yesteryears' ostrich camps -- 09 Bushmanland ingenuity -- 3 Caves holes and graves
  • 02 Namaqua daisies form giant stools -- 03 Planting trees in the Northern Bokveld -- 04 Wild olive, prince of SA timber -- 05 Upington boasts it has longest palm tree avenue -- 06 Camel-thorn trees helped to develop Kuruman -- 07 Dutch trio together again in Northwest -- 08 Aristocratic oubaas grows tulips -- 09 Shepherd's tree worth its weight in gold -- 10 Kalahari garden withers away -- 8 Trekboere Voortrekkers and French Huguenots -- 01 The tradition of independent farming -- 02 Evolution of the Trekboer - The origin of livestock farming (1) -- 03 Evolution of the Trekboer - The origin of livestock farming (2) -- 04 Evolution of the Trekboer - From stock farmer to trekboer (1) -- 05 Evolution of the Trekboer - From stock farmer to trekboer (2) -- 06 Evolution of the Trekboer - The First Trekboers -- 07 Evolution of the Trekboer - Expansion of the Colony in the eighteenth century (1) -- 08 Evolution of the Trekboer - Expansion of the Colony in the eighteenth century (2) -- 09 Arrival of the French Huguenots, 1688 -- 10 Piet Retief - In memory of the great Voortrekker leader -- 11 Huguenots - A new fatherland -- 9 Development and progress -- 01 Electric swine herd does the job -- 02 Electric power in the Kalahari -- 03 Few towns have hydro power -- 04 Hope wanes for crafty jackal -- 05 Good workmanship marks old power station -- 06 Vosburg waits 55 years for taps -- 10 Artists Characters and Kings -- 01 Leipoldt's last resting place -- 02 No gravestone for Leipoldt -- 03 Interesting link with old copper era -- 04 Poet of the Kalahari -- 05 Old Karel lived under five governments -- 06 Woman artist of Griqualand -- 07 Griqua wants to be 'king' -- 08 Watchmaker now a king -- 09 Afrikaans poet's last resting place -- 11 Kakamas man dislikes holidays -- 12 Bloody brute could be like a lamb -- 13 Centenary of Mzilikazi's burial
  • 11 Mines trains carts and camels -- 01 Gate over railroad -- 02 Days of yore -- 03 One-man diamond mine has a history -- 04 Eight bob's worth of firewood -- 05 Biggest copper-mining news -- 06 Old shed has seen better days -- 07 Copper wealth from old dumps -- 08 Well water pumped to copper mine -- 09 East O'okiep Copper Mine working full-time -- 10 O'okiep Copper Company demolishes old private shop -- 11 Old wooden pier replaced -- 12 Capital of Namaqualand -- 13 Iron balls grind copper ore into a fine powder -- 14 Site of past riches -- 15 Breeding farm for desert's ships -- 16 Rock sediment fills Okiep mine's dam -- 17 Scrap metal valuable commodity for mines -- 18 All aboard - and it's free! -- 19 Mine collapse fears unfounded -- 20 Iscor's plans take off in Northern Cape -- 21 Copper smelters' waste -- 22 Riches in a sea of sand -- 12 Pioneers trail blazers and die-hards -- 01 Adventure in the Northwest -- 02 Kalahari Voortrekkers I Last pioneers of the Cape Colony -- 03 Kalahari Voortrekkers II A struggle for water -- 04 Kalahari-Voortrekkers III Living conditions of the settlers -- 05 Oom Japie 'Home' -- 06 Woman pioneer of school farm -- 07 Boer engineer of the Northwest -- 08 Oom Lokkie tamed rugged earth by hand -- 09 She ground wheat at an umbrella thorn -- 10 Settlement's oldest pioneer -- 11 Intrepid pioneer duo never feared fate -- 12 Oom Jaap could still pay 2s 9d per morgen -- 13 One of Kuruman's few die-hards -- 14 Hotazel fitting name for farm -- 15 Die-hard farmer defies curse of dry boreholes -- 16 'Lilies of the desert' -- 17 Man shoots first rinderpest cattle -- 13 Towns schools churches and jails -- 01 One of Bowesdorp's two households -- 02 Predikante unwilling to live in this town -- 03 Namaqualand town that 'trekked' -- 04 One of oldest ruins in Leliefontein -- 05 Moffat's church still in use after 111 years
  • 06 The Rev MacKenzie Fraser -- 07 Pioneer school has own farm -- 08 Namaqualand's copper capitol -- 09 Rare but True -- 10 Hidden treasure under cornerstone -- 11 Church and jail next to each other -- 12 New shool hostel for Griquatown -- 13 Lekkersing has only two buildings -- 14 Nama from the pulpit -- 15 Old seminary now school hostel -- 16 'Piet, the goats are off to the field!' -- 17 Port Nolloth's crayfish industry -- 18 Thieves steal 'parcel' worth £52 000 out of post office -- 19 When Clanwilliam still had slaves -- 20 Upington's tax collector -- 21 Capitol of the Northwest -- 22 Livingstone's 'church tree' -- 23 Church roof needed many trips to interior -- 24 Town bought for £750 -- 25 First experiment by missionaries -- 14 Stories legends and yarns -- 01 Lover's leap ends in death ... -- 02 Memorial to a horse -- 03 Tragic end of Jean Frédoux -- 04 Koenraad Fiet murdered stock traders -- 15 Boer wives industry and skills -- 01 Boer wives make a plan -- 02 Dried milk -- 03 Fresh water for washday -- 04 Venison haunches dried whole -- 05 Tallow candles -- 06 Kuruman farmers dry their milk -- 07 Home remedies for all ailments -- 08 Wives on the trek road -- 09 Farmer's wife can still practise art of making tallow candles -- 16 Matjieshuise grass huts shacks and other homes -- 01 Cosy homes made of reed mats -- 02 How a Namaqualand matjieshuis is built -- 03 Pioneer houses in the Northwest -- 04 Borehole produces only a few tears -- 05 All three in a cluster -- 06 Kalahari pioneer's 'cross-bred' house -- 07 Unusual pioneer house -- 08 Big farmer lives in tent to save veld -- 09 Oom Daan Schoeman's 'brakdakhuis' -- 10 Trailblazer's 'brakdakhuis' -- 17 Trekking wagons and way of life -- 01 Nearest girl many hours away by horse -- 02 5 years on the trek road -- 03 Kalahari comforts -- 04 Worn-out old Namaqualand rack wagon
  • 05 Wagon with tent of zinc