-
interests of the free burghers, the
social class of most of the
Trekboers.: 26
Trekboers also
traded with
indigenous people. This
meant their herds were...
- by
Charles Collier Mic**** An
aquatint by
Samuel Daniell of
Trekboers making camp
Trekboers crossing the
Karoo by
Charles Davidson Bell It was largely...
-
Gamtoos River as the
eastern frontier of the colony, only to see the
Trekboers cross it soon afterwards. In
order to keep out Cape
native pastoralists...
-
undoubtedly benefited from the
trading and
pastoral endeavours of the
Trekboers, it did
little to
control or
support them in
their quest for land. The...
- ****istance.
Although wagon trains are ****ociated with the Old West, the
Trekboers of
South Africa also
traveled in
caravans of
covered wagons.
Wagon trains...
- as Boers, with some
adopting semi-nomadic
lifestyles being denoted as
trekboers. The
Boers formed loose militias,
which they
termed commandos, and forged...
- the Cape
Colony and
their descendants. The
founders –
variously named Trekboers, Boers, and
Voortrekkers –
settled mainly in the middle, northern, north-eastern...
- Indonesia.
Similar to the
other Afrikaans-speaking
group at the time, the
Trekboers,
Oorlam originally po****ted the
frontiers of the
infant Cape Colony,...
- guns for use
against the
encroaching Europeans and the
Griqua people.
Trekboers from Cape
Colony arrived on the
western borders of
Basutoland and claimed...
-
reached 13,360. Some
vrijburgers eventually turned to
cattle ranching as
trekboers,
creating their own
distinct sub-culture
centered around a semi-nomadic...
