Stellaland en Vryburg 1600’s - 1852
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[Afrikaans] Die fonds is so te sê op die sypaadjie en sal nie te groot uitdaging wees vir enige gesoute erdvraat nie.
[English] The cache is just about on the side walk and would not pose to much trouble to any experienced cacher.
[Afrikaans] In vergange jare was dit die tuiste van die wildsbok en roofdier. Oor die uitgestrekte vlakte het olifante, renosters, wildebeest, kwaggas en springbokke geswerm. Die nomadiese Boesmans was van die eerste inwoners wat wel voorwerpe en rotstekeninge nagelaat het en jare lank met hul pyle en boë op die wild jag gemaak het.
Geleidelik sou die gebied egter binnegedring en die rus verstoor word. Aan die begin van die 17de eeu het die Tswana vanuit die noorde in opeenvolgende golwe suidwaarts beweeg en die ganse gebied van Betsjoeanaland beset. Voor hulle het die Batlapin die gebied bewoon wat strek van die teenswoordige Vryburg, suidwaarts langs die Hartsriviertot aan die sameloop van die Vaalrivier en dan weswaarts verby die huidige Kuruman. Taung, op die Hartsrivier, was die sentrum van hierdie nedersetting. Langs die bolope van die Moloporivier, in die omgewing van die huidige Mafikeng, het die Barolong hulle gevestig. Teen die einde van die 18de eeu het immigrante vanuit die suide hierdie gebied begin binnedring. Dit was die Koranna, ‘n Hottentotstam, wat hulle met die koms van Jan van Riebeeck in die omgewing van die Kaap bevind het. Hulle het langsamerhand noordwaarts getrek en hulle later by Mamusa, die huidige Schweizer-Reneke, gevestig. Die Korannas was ‘n rustelose volk en hul plundering van die Batlapin het aanleiding tot ‘n eindelose stryd gegee. Gedurende die twintiger- en dertigerjare van die 19de eeu, het die Matebele-impi’s onder Mzilikazi, die gebied na die weste in die rigting van Betsjoeanaland skoongevee. Baie van die Tswanastamme het in die Kalahari-woestyn veiligheid gaan soek. Na hierdie oorwinnings het Mzilikazi naby Zeerust in die distrik van Marico gaan woon waar sy kraal, genoem Mosega, vandag nog ‘n welbekende landmerk is.
Vroeg in die begin van die 19de eeu het die voorhoede van die blanke ook tot hierdie gebied deurgedring. Sendelinge, reisigers en handelaars het moeisaam hul weg deur die dorre streke gebaan wat die Kaapkolonie van Betsjoeanaland geskei het. In 1806 reis die bekende dr Henry Lichtenstein verby Grikwastad tot by Lithako, net noord van die huidige Kuruman. Hy word gevolg deur William Burchell en John Campbell, wat min of meer dieselfde roete gevolg het. In 1819 word die eerste sendingstasie onder die Batlapin deur dr Robert Moffat gestig. Die eerste sendingstasie was naby Maropin, wat gedurende Junie 1826 na die huidige Kuruman verskuif is. In 1836 neem die Groot Trek ‘n aanvang. Bo langs die Vaalrivier word die Trekkers van Potgieter deur die Matabele aangeval. As gevolg daarvan stuur Potgieter twee strafekspidisies teen die Matabele en word hulle noordwaarts oor die Limpoporivier gedryf. Die Westelike Transvaal, tot sover as Betsjoeanaland, was feitlik ontvolk en die Voortrekkers het geleidelik die gebied in besit geneem. Ook die Tswanastamme het uit die Kalahari teruggekeer en hulle vreedsaam onder die beskerming van die Voortrekkers gevestig. Die Boere het die Barolong, Batlapin en Koranna beskou as wonende op grondgebied wat deur hulle van die Matabele verower is en sommige van die stamme het as vanselfsprekend die gesag van die Boere aanvaar. Na die onafhanklikheidswording van die Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek in 1852 sou die Wes-grens van die Transvaal egter jarelank die toneel van die stryd tussen die Swartstamme onderling word en waarby die blanke ook later betrek sou word.
Die fonds is so te sê op die sypaadjie langs die eienaar van die fonds se huis. Die huis en die eienaars is nie vreeslik van historiese belang met betrekking tot Vryburg nie. Dit is nie nodig om die erf te betree nie. Dit is in ‘n mikrofilmhouertjie en bring asseblief jul eie pen of potlood. Die fonds het spasie vir klein items of munte. Daar is iets spesiaals in vir die eerste erdvraat wat dit ontdek.
[English] In past years it was the home of the antelope and predator. Over the vast plains elephants, rhinos, wildebeest, zebra and springbok swarmed. The nomadic Bushmen were the first inhabitants who left objects and paintings and for years hunted game with their bows and arrows.
Gradually the area was infiltrated and the rest disturbed. At the beginning of the 17th century the Tswana moved from the north to the south in successive waves and occupied the entire area of Bechuanaland. Before them the Batlapin inhabited the area stretching from the present Vryburg southwards along the Hartsrivier up to the confluence of the Vaal River and then west past the current Kuruman. Taung, on the Heart River, was the center of this settlement. Along the upper reaches of the Molopo River in the vicinity of the present Mafikeng the Barolong settled. By the end of the 18th century, immigrants from the south of this area began entering. It was the Koranna, a Hottentot tribe, who with the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck found them in the Cape region. They gradually moved northwards and later established Mamusa, the current Schweizer-Reneke. The Koranna were a restless people, and their plundering of the Batlapin gave rise to an endless struggle. During the twenties and thirties of the 19th century, the Matebele-impis under Mzilikazi, erased the area to the west in the direction of Bechuanaland. Many of the Tswana tribes hid in the Kalahari Desert to find safety. After these victories Mzilikazi went to stay near Zeerust in the Marico district where his kraal, called Mosega, still is today a well-known landmark.
Early in the beginning of the 19th century, the vanguard of the whites also penetrated this area. Missionaries, travelers and traders labored their way through the arid regions, which separated the Cape Colony and Bechuanaland. In 1806 the famous journey of Dr Henry Lichtenstein passed Grikwastad to Lithako, just north of the current Kuruman. He was followed by William Burchell and John Campbell, who more or less followed the same route. In 1819, the first mission under the Batlapin was established by Dr Robert Moffat. The first mission was near Maropin, was moved during June 1826 to the present Kuruman. In 1836 the Great Trek started. Above on the Vaal River, the "trekkers" from Potgieter was attacked by the Matabele. Consequently Potgieter sent two expeditions against the Matabele, and they were driven to the north of the Limpopo River. The Western Transvaal to as far as Bechuanaland was almost depopulated, and the Voortrekkers gradually possessed the area. The Tswana tribes returned from the Kalahari and they peacefully settled under the protection of the Voortrekkers. The Boers saw the Barolong, Batlapin and Koranna as residing on the territory that they conquered from the Matabele and some of the tribes accepted the authority of the Boers. After the independence of the South African Republic in 1852 the Western frontier of the Transvaal would for years be the scene of a conflict between the Bantu tribes among themselves and in which the white man would later be drawn into.
The cache is on the sidewalk next to the owner of the cache's house. The house and the owners are not of any historical interest relating to Vryburg. It is not necessary to enter the property. This is a microfilm container and please bring your own pen or pencil. The fund has space for small items or coins. There is something special for the first geocacher that discovers it.
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