Cape Council of Policy
122
1657-08-20
Minute details
- Entry number
- 122
- Date
- 1657-08-20
- Year
- 1657
English translation
Today, at the Council of the fort of Good Hope, strengthened by the Broad Council of the Hasselt and Maria hunts, a further reading of the letters and secret instructions recently received from our Lords and Masters on the subject of the slave trade and the communications of the said hunts to that end to Gunea and Angola &a. as well as their order to have the yacht Hasselt manned with 60 to 70 head, and the yacht Maria according to the wishes and requirements of the case. So, after various and detailed deliberations, it was approved by a majority of votes to man the above-mentioned yachts, namely Hasselt being the largest with 70 and Maria the smallest with 36 head, as is understood by the said naval authorities, less the design of the E. Compe. could not be carried out well, since on the coast of Angola some worthy princes384 appearing in the cruise, people are also needed to man them according to the order of our Lord Masters and to send them back there, but if without the appearance of some worthy princes the time will elapse for the yacht Hasselt to sail to Arder 385, for the ordered slave trade, it is understood that the same will then no longer stop if 60 and 10 men are transferred to the yacht Maria, to bring them back here, after she has left there (to be further deliberated at the Broad Council of the said yachts) some more time after Hasselt's departure. having crossed, and then, on their way back, to cross over to St. Helena Nov. 386: to inspect it, to see if any Portuguese vessel might be found there,387 and, together with them, to observe and mark the situation from that place, as well as from there further on out of St. Helena, to collect the horses still there (possibly and very necessary for this place) and bring them along, as well as as many apple or lemon trees and young pigs as they could find to plant and breed here.
Also, a closer look at the merchants' invoices with their Ed. The aforementioned projected for the common slave trade and loaded onto the yacht Hasselt was intended to be shipped in its entirety, without any further action being taken.
Also, the cargo for India was shipped therein: to minimize wasted time and allow the yachts to depart sooner, as well as because it is somewhat frail and would be difficult to recover. Regarding the 25 leggers filled with girt, of which one was consumed on the journey here and 24 remain, it has been agreed to allow only 12 to be brought ashore and transferred to dry barrels. In addition to the empty leggers, the other 12 full leggers with girt are to be left on board to feed the slaves to be traded or captured, in place of 8 half leggers or coarse barrels of horse beans to be cut here. In addition to leaving one of the 12 pieces of flour on board (of which 2 were also consumed during the voyage) and taking 9 pieces of the other on land, and then furnishing the aforementioned yacht Hasselt with as many old, whole and half pieces of flour or pork for water as can be obtained from the other, just as was done with the yacht Maria, and furnishing the land with 12 whole and 8 half pieces of flour or meat barrels, and the grounds are clear, therefore, with his boat and crew, he will daily give all possible assistance to the Hasselt, in order to be ready and prepared as quickly as possible for the voyage, since it is to reach the designated places crossing, whatever is loaded at that time, and therefore it was also approved after Hassel's departure from Angola to Arder to allow the yacht Maria to be crossed again at some time as aforementioned.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope, date hereof.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] JACOB HENDRICKSZ MOOKER.
[Signed:] KLAES FRANSEN BORDIJNGH.
[Signed:] ADRIAEN VAN DE VENNE.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, Secrets. 1657.
Also, a closer look at the merchants' invoices with their Ed. The aforementioned projected for the common slave trade and loaded onto the yacht Hasselt was intended to be shipped in its entirety, without any further action being taken.
Also, the cargo for India was shipped therein: to minimize wasted time and allow the yachts to depart sooner, as well as because it is somewhat frail and would be difficult to recover. Regarding the 25 leggers filled with girt, of which one was consumed on the journey here and 24 remain, it has been agreed to allow only 12 to be brought ashore and transferred to dry barrels. In addition to the empty leggers, the other 12 full leggers with girt are to be left on board to feed the slaves to be traded or captured, in place of 8 half leggers or coarse barrels of horse beans to be cut here. In addition to leaving one of the 12 pieces of flour on board (of which 2 were also consumed during the voyage) and taking 9 pieces of the other on land, and then furnishing the aforementioned yacht Hasselt with as many old, whole and half pieces of flour or pork for water as can be obtained from the other, just as was done with the yacht Maria, and furnishing the land with 12 whole and 8 half pieces of flour or meat barrels, and the grounds are clear, therefore, with his boat and crew, he will daily give all possible assistance to the Hasselt, in order to be ready and prepared as quickly as possible for the voyage, since it is to reach the designated places crossing, whatever is loaded at that time, and therefore it was also approved after Hassel's departure from Angola to Arder to allow the yacht Maria to be crossed again at some time as aforementioned.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope, date hereof.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] JACOB HENDRICKSZ MOOKER.
[Signed:] KLAES FRANSEN BORDIJNGH.
[Signed:] ADRIAEN VAN DE VENNE.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, Secrets. 1657.
Original Dutch transcription
Heden bij den Raedt van ‘t fort de Goede Hoope, gesterckt met den Breeden Raedt van de jachten Hasselt ende Maria genomen sijnde, de nader lecture van de brieven ende secrete instructien, onser Heeren Meesters nu jongst becomen op ‘t stuck van den slavenhandel ende despeche der gemelte jachten tot dien eijnde na Gunea ende Angola &a. mitsgaders oock derselver ordre omme ‘t jacht Hasselt gemandt te laten met 60 a 70 coppen, ende ‘t jachjen Maria naer advenandt ende vereijssch van saken, Soo is na verscheijde ende omstandige genomen deliberatien bij meerderheijt van stemmen goetgevonden meergenoemde jachten te mannen als te weten, Hasselt sijnde het grootste met 70 ende Maria ‘t cleijnste met 36 coppen, als wordende bij gemelte scheepsoverheden verstaen, met minder het desseijn van d’ E. Compe. niet wel soude cunnen uijtgevoert worden, vermits op de custe van Angola in ‘t cruijssen eenige waerdige prinsen384 becomende, oock volcq nodich sij, om die na d’ ordre onser Heeren Meesters te mannen ende herwaerts op te senden, doch wanneer sonder becominge van eenige waerdige prinsen de tijt sal verstreecken wesen, voor ‘t jacht Hasselt om na Arder 385 te lopen, tot de g’ordonneerde slavenhandel, Is verstaen dat denselven dan niet meer sal ophouden als 60 ende 10 man overgeven aen ‘t jacht Maria , omme hier te rugh te brengen, nadat met d’ selve daer (bij den Breeden Raedt der gemelte jachten alsdan nader over te delibereren) noch eenige meerder tijt na Hasselts affscheijt sal gecruijst hebben, Ende dan empassant in ‘t herwaerts keeren over te steecken na St. Helena Novo 386 : om dat eens te besichtigen, off daer misschien ‘t een of ‘t ander Portugees vaertuijch noch mochtetevindenwesen387 ende met eenen de gelegentheijt van die plaetse ter degen aff te sien ende teijckenen, mitsgaders van daer vorders op out St. Helena , omme de aldaer noch sijnde paerden (mogelijck ende voor dese plaetse seer nodich wesende) empassandt aff te halen, ende mede te brengen, beneffens soo veele appel off lemoen boomtjes ende jonge verckens als sal cunnen bergen om hier aen te planten ende voort te teelen.
Wijders oock wat nader oversien de facture van de coopmanschappen bij haer Ed. voorsz totten gem. slavenhandel geprojecteert ende in ‘t jacht Hasselt geladen is verstaen deselve soo in sijn geheel te laten mede gaen, sonder daer ijts aff388 te doen.
Item oock het loot voor India daerin gescheept: om de minste tijtspillinge ende de jachten te eerder te cunnen affvaerdigen als mede om dat ‘t selve wat ranck is, ende qualijck weder bij sijn last soude te crijgen wesen.
Aengaende de 25 leggers gevult met gordt, waer van al een op de herwaerts reijse is geconsumeert ende noch 24 resteren, is goetgevonden, maer 12 aen landt te laten comen, ende in droge vaten over te storten: mitsgaders beneffens die ledige, de andre 12 volle leggers met gordt aen boort te laten tot spijsinge van de te handelen offte te verovren slaven, in plaetse van 8 halve leggers offte grofftonnen paerdeboonen hier te saijen.
Mitsgaders van de 12 leggers meel (daer der oock 2 op de reijs van sijn geconsumeert) oock een aen boort te laten ende de ander 9 stucx aen landt te nemen, ende dan vorders meergenoemde jacht Hasselt te versien met sooveel oude, heele ende halve leggers offte verckens tot water, als bij den andren te crijgen wesen sal, gelijck aen ‘t jachtjen Maria rede geschiet, ende van landt met 12 hele ende 8 halve leggers offte vleesvaten versien, ende rede claer leggende is, sullende derhalven met sijn boot ende volcq dagelijcx die van Hasselt alle mogelijcke hulp doen, om in allerhaest, tot de te doene voijagie vaerdich ende gereet te worden, vermits het om op de gedestineerde plaetsen te cruijssen, al wat laedt in den tijt wordt, ende daeromme oock goetgevonden is na Hassels vertreck van Angola na Arder ‘t jachjen Maria als voorsz noch eenigen tijt te laten nacruijssen &a.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope datum uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] JACOB HENDRICKSZ MOOKER.
[Signed:] KLAES FRANSEN BORDIJNGH.
[Signed:] ADRIAEN VAN DE VENNE.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, Secrets. 1657.
Wijders oock wat nader oversien de facture van de coopmanschappen bij haer Ed. voorsz totten gem. slavenhandel geprojecteert ende in ‘t jacht Hasselt geladen is verstaen deselve soo in sijn geheel te laten mede gaen, sonder daer ijts aff388 te doen.
Item oock het loot voor India daerin gescheept: om de minste tijtspillinge ende de jachten te eerder te cunnen affvaerdigen als mede om dat ‘t selve wat ranck is, ende qualijck weder bij sijn last soude te crijgen wesen.
Aengaende de 25 leggers gevult met gordt, waer van al een op de herwaerts reijse is geconsumeert ende noch 24 resteren, is goetgevonden, maer 12 aen landt te laten comen, ende in droge vaten over te storten: mitsgaders beneffens die ledige, de andre 12 volle leggers met gordt aen boort te laten tot spijsinge van de te handelen offte te verovren slaven, in plaetse van 8 halve leggers offte grofftonnen paerdeboonen hier te saijen.
Mitsgaders van de 12 leggers meel (daer der oock 2 op de reijs van sijn geconsumeert) oock een aen boort te laten ende de ander 9 stucx aen landt te nemen, ende dan vorders meergenoemde jacht Hasselt te versien met sooveel oude, heele ende halve leggers offte verckens tot water, als bij den andren te crijgen wesen sal, gelijck aen ‘t jachtjen Maria rede geschiet, ende van landt met 12 hele ende 8 halve leggers offte vleesvaten versien, ende rede claer leggende is, sullende derhalven met sijn boot ende volcq dagelijcx die van Hasselt alle mogelijcke hulp doen, om in allerhaest, tot de te doene voijagie vaerdich ende gereet te worden, vermits het om op de gedestineerde plaetsen te cruijssen, al wat laedt in den tijt wordt, ende daeromme oock goetgevonden is na Hassels vertreck van Angola na Arder ‘t jachjen Maria als voorsz noch eenigen tijt te laten nacruijssen &a.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope datum uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] JACOB HENDRICKSZ MOOKER.
[Signed:] KLAES FRANSEN BORDIJNGH.
[Signed:] ADRIAEN VAN DE VENNE.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, Secrets. 1657.