Cape Council of Policy
130
1657-11-30
Minute details
- Entry number
- 130
- Date
- 1657-11-30
- Year
- 1657
English translation
Considering the great consumption of salted meat and speck among the freemen, who get their money's worth from the E. Comp's warehouse in Borch, since most of them have no means to pay, but have to be fed by hand, this causes them to incur quite a large debt, and because of the current increase in the number of freemen, it is very difficult for the E. Comp's, also against their good intentions and purpose, to continue to supply this residency primarily with salted meat and speck; but to the contrary, first of all, I would like to see the matters referred to below, that one can excuse the same, and that here, from one's own resources as well as from the agricultural costs, it is no longer necessary to be provided for from the homeland or India. Also, it is considered that what is collected from more durable provisions here, India will miss out on, since it is nevertheless very necessary, and can hardly be brought enough for Comps. Ships sailing there, and needy forts, counters, etc.
And it has been noted that free people are now beginning to come into the market fairly regularly, especially sheep, which they now trade daily from the inhabitants in reasonable quantities. And that fish, also very abundant here, and more than enough for side dishes, can be caught there, which they are therefore only willing to do with little diligence. It has been decided that henceforth no salted meat or speck should be sold to them for cash, nor even at the gate, but that they should be allowed (in accordance with their request) to occasionally slaughter a sheep for convenience, and to do so among themselves. Selling for three stuivers per pound as per the date stated thereon, provided that this is first declared and paid to the Lord for each sheep: six stuivers, and for a cow: 24 stuivers, as well as for a pig: four pence per pound, live, so that they are not too eager and generous in slaughtering animals, and that care is taken to ensure that breeding is not excessively and unnecessarily hampered. Therefore, it has also been deemed acceptable to inhibit the slaughter of any ewes or ewes, nor cows (suitable for breeding), and also to exempt suitable oxen from these for use with plows and wagons, etc.
Item also so If any of the animals die, the freedmen will also present themselves to conduct proper inspections and have the dead body removed or buried, in order to prevent any fraud that might be committed under the name of a deceased animal, in accordance with legal custom.
Furthermore, the freemen requested permission to go on a third expedition, because it had been understood that a party of Hottentoos409 from the Charingurinars, with their housing and cattle, were encamped about two days' journey from here, and that they therefore expected to become quite a beast of them. Therefore (considering that it was now the right harvest time to mow, thresh, and gather the grain standing in the fields) it was agreed and understood that their request should be declined (for these and other reasons), because it had become apparent that the aforementioned people, whom they intended to approach, namely the Charingurinars, were not very beast of them, and It is also much more dangerous to come with such a small number of troops, as if they were trying to give us the clap and kill us, as the principles of this are not only revealed by you. Passado to our Robbejachts volcq, but also this year to ours to two different journeys in the land near Roach. Charingurina and Gorachouquas (or tobacco thieves), according to the warnings of our trusted Hottentoes, were always on board, and were slowly escaping with ours, as they went around saying that Charingurina (the boat-washers of the aforementioned Robbejach) and Gorachouquas (the tobacco thieves) had all made a resolution to give ours the clap at an opportune time and run away with the copper, etc.
And now we believe ourselves sufficiently relieved of the departure of the Chaijnouquas, from whom we have already traded a good portion of goods, and who have also promised to bring more in a few days to trade, as have some others, namely the Cochoquas (who are very rich in goods, and indeed the most powerful of all the true Saldanhars). And all of whom are not happy to have us in their country with them, following the affirmation of the aforementioned Chaijnouquas, so as not to support them in their departure with goods, with the departure of our nation (from which they always flee, and their goods for fear of being robbed). every time drifting away and shifting jlen, according to the evidence of which has often been experimented: but in order to situate the people as much as possible, to entice them off themselves, and to be able to attract every good salary here, then the freemen are more seriously prohibited from going out, and instead of that it is recommended that they mow their grain standing in the fields, and see to it that they get a house, as the E. Compe. attaches so much importance to agriculture to them: as well as, instead of all that going out, to make sure that their houses and barns for storing the aforementioned grain are clean and ready. It also becomes a good, permanent cradle for the safekeeping of its reason and cannot be acted upon, so that it is no longer torn apart by the wild animal and is eaten, as often happens, and it is not seen above the head at all.
Continuing to allow her to trade in the property that comes to her house, freely and liberally according to the established rule, as much as she can get, and recommending, instead of leaving, to invite the inhabitants to her as much as possible, if they wish to trade what they want to do, even to deliver. And regarding the aforementioned Charingurinars and Gorachouquas, the only thing to do is to get a little of our own from them, along with a lot of copper and tobacco, and thus to witness their attack on them, just as the aforementioned Charingurinars demonstrated so fully in the Saldanha Bay anno Passado, when they attacked our seal-hunting boat, which they cut to pieces, took the copper from, and furthermore intended to give the people the chop, which they then barely managed to salvage by swimming after the yacht, etc.
Thus resolved and arrested in the Fort of Good Hope, date as above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1657.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1657.
And it has been noted that free people are now beginning to come into the market fairly regularly, especially sheep, which they now trade daily from the inhabitants in reasonable quantities. And that fish, also very abundant here, and more than enough for side dishes, can be caught there, which they are therefore only willing to do with little diligence. It has been decided that henceforth no salted meat or speck should be sold to them for cash, nor even at the gate, but that they should be allowed (in accordance with their request) to occasionally slaughter a sheep for convenience, and to do so among themselves. Selling for three stuivers per pound as per the date stated thereon, provided that this is first declared and paid to the Lord for each sheep: six stuivers, and for a cow: 24 stuivers, as well as for a pig: four pence per pound, live, so that they are not too eager and generous in slaughtering animals, and that care is taken to ensure that breeding is not excessively and unnecessarily hampered. Therefore, it has also been deemed acceptable to inhibit the slaughter of any ewes or ewes, nor cows (suitable for breeding), and also to exempt suitable oxen from these for use with plows and wagons, etc.
Item also so If any of the animals die, the freedmen will also present themselves to conduct proper inspections and have the dead body removed or buried, in order to prevent any fraud that might be committed under the name of a deceased animal, in accordance with legal custom.
Furthermore, the freemen requested permission to go on a third expedition, because it had been understood that a party of Hottentoos409 from the Charingurinars, with their housing and cattle, were encamped about two days' journey from here, and that they therefore expected to become quite a beast of them. Therefore (considering that it was now the right harvest time to mow, thresh, and gather the grain standing in the fields) it was agreed and understood that their request should be declined (for these and other reasons), because it had become apparent that the aforementioned people, whom they intended to approach, namely the Charingurinars, were not very beast of them, and It is also much more dangerous to come with such a small number of troops, as if they were trying to give us the clap and kill us, as the principles of this are not only revealed by you. Passado to our Robbejachts volcq, but also this year to ours to two different journeys in the land near Roach. Charingurina and Gorachouquas (or tobacco thieves), according to the warnings of our trusted Hottentoes, were always on board, and were slowly escaping with ours, as they went around saying that Charingurina (the boat-washers of the aforementioned Robbejach) and Gorachouquas (the tobacco thieves) had all made a resolution to give ours the clap at an opportune time and run away with the copper, etc.
And now we believe ourselves sufficiently relieved of the departure of the Chaijnouquas, from whom we have already traded a good portion of goods, and who have also promised to bring more in a few days to trade, as have some others, namely the Cochoquas (who are very rich in goods, and indeed the most powerful of all the true Saldanhars). And all of whom are not happy to have us in their country with them, following the affirmation of the aforementioned Chaijnouquas, so as not to support them in their departure with goods, with the departure of our nation (from which they always flee, and their goods for fear of being robbed). every time drifting away and shifting jlen, according to the evidence of which has often been experimented: but in order to situate the people as much as possible, to entice them off themselves, and to be able to attract every good salary here, then the freemen are more seriously prohibited from going out, and instead of that it is recommended that they mow their grain standing in the fields, and see to it that they get a house, as the E. Compe. attaches so much importance to agriculture to them: as well as, instead of all that going out, to make sure that their houses and barns for storing the aforementioned grain are clean and ready. It also becomes a good, permanent cradle for the safekeeping of its reason and cannot be acted upon, so that it is no longer torn apart by the wild animal and is eaten, as often happens, and it is not seen above the head at all.
Continuing to allow her to trade in the property that comes to her house, freely and liberally according to the established rule, as much as she can get, and recommending, instead of leaving, to invite the inhabitants to her as much as possible, if they wish to trade what they want to do, even to deliver. And regarding the aforementioned Charingurinars and Gorachouquas, the only thing to do is to get a little of our own from them, along with a lot of copper and tobacco, and thus to witness their attack on them, just as the aforementioned Charingurinars demonstrated so fully in the Saldanha Bay anno Passado, when they attacked our seal-hunting boat, which they cut to pieces, took the copper from, and furthermore intended to give the people the chop, which they then barely managed to salvage by swimming after the yacht, etc.
Thus resolved and arrested in the Fort of Good Hope, date as above.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1657.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1657.
Original Dutch transcription
Ingesien de groote consumptie van soute vleijs ende speck onder de vrijeluijden, t’ haerder montcosten uijt d’ E. Comps. magasijn te borch halende, vermits den meesten hoop noch geen vermogen hebben om te betalen, maer tot noch als uijt de handt moeten gevoedt worden, sulcx deselve daerdoor vrij groote schult maecken, ende door den jegenwoordigen aengroeij van vrijeluijden, d’ E. Compe. sulcx seer lastich valt, oock tegen derselver goede intentie ende oogmerck is, dese residentie voornamentlijck van soute vleijs ende speck successive langer te provideren; maar ter contrarie vooreerst gaerne sagen, de saken daerna aengeleijt, dat men ‘t selve excuseeren, ende alhier uijt eijgen bestiael soo wel als wegen den lantbouw costen bestaen, sonder meer nodigh te sijn van ‘t vaderlandt of India geprovi[an]deert te worden: Item oock geconsidereert ‘t gene van meergen. durable provisien alhier gelicht wordt, India compt te ontbeeren, daer ‘t nochtans seer nootsaeckelijck is, ende qualijck genoech can gebracht worden voor Comps. aldaer varende schepen, ende behoefftige forten, comptoiren &a.,
Ende gemerckt te vrijeluijden jegenwoordigh al redelijck beginnen in ‘t bestiael te comen, voornamentlijck van schapen, die se nu dagelijcx van de inwoonders in redelijcke quantite sijn handelende, ende dat de vis, hier oock seer abondant, ende meer als genoech tot toespijs, bij deselve can gevangen worden, als syluijden daeromme maer weijnich naersticheijt willen doen,Soois goetgevonden voortaen geen soute vleijs off speck aen deselve voor contant nochte oock te borch meer te vercoopen: maer hun (conform oock haerlieder versoeck) toe te staen, tot nootdrufft somtijts een schaep te slachten, ende dat onder malcander te vercoopen tot drie stuijvers ‘t pondt als voor dato daer op gestelt, mits sulcx eerst aengevende ende betalende voor elck schaep aen den Heer ses stuijvers, ende voor een koebeest 24 stuijvers: mitsgaders een vercken vier penningen ‘t pondt levendich, ten eijnde deselve niet al te gretich ende ruijm in ‘t slachten van bestiael gaen ende gelet moge worden, dat d’ aenteelt daerdoor niet al te veel ende onnodich verachtert wordt, waeromme oock goetgevonden is, deselve te inhibeeren eenige oijen offte moerschapen, noch koeijen (bequaem tot voortelinge) te slachten, ende oock derselver bequame ossen te excuseeren, om voor de ploegh en de wagens te gebruijcken &a.,
Item oock soo der eenich vee van selffs comt te sterven de vrijeluijden dat mede sullen comen aendienen: om daer over de behoorlijcke visite te nemen, ende dat doode aes te doen weghbrengen off begraven, tot voorcominge van alle fraude die onder den naem van gestorven bestiael soude cunnen gepleegt worden, op pene als na rechten gebruijckelijck.
Wijders door de vrijeluijden versocht wordende om voor de derde mael weder een lanttocht te mogen doen, vermits verstaen hadden partijeHottentoos409 van de Charingurinars met hare huijsinge ende vee omtrent twee dagen reijsens van hier gelegert waren, ende dierhalven wel eenich bestiael van de selve meenden te becomen, Soo is (gemerct het nu den rechten oegsttijt wordt, om haer op ‘t velt staende granen af te maeijen, dorssen ende in de schuijren te halen) goetgevonden ende verstaen, derselver versoeck dese mael (om die ende andre redenen meer) aff te slaen, dewijle doch gebleecken is van voorsz volcq, daer sij na toe wilden, namentlijck de Charingurinars, weijnich bestiael te becomen sij, ende oocq seer dangereus valt met soo luttel volcq by die troulose troupen te comen, alsoo sij d’ een ende d’ ander tijt om ‘t copers-halven d’ onsen doch trachten de clap te geven ende doot te slaen, gelyck daervan beginselen sijn g’openbaert niet alleen ao. passado aen ons Robbejachts volcq, maer oocq desen jaere aen d’ onse tot twee diverse reijsen in ‘t landt bij voorn. Charingurinans ende Gorachouquas (offte tabacq-dieven) geweest, volgens de waerschouwingen onser vertroude Hottentoos t’ elckens mede gehadt, ende qualijck dervende met d’ onse meer derwaerts gaen, alsoo rond uijt seggen dat Charingurina (de bootspoeljeerders410 van ‘t Robbejachjen voorsz) met gem. Gorachouquas (de tabacq-dieven) al resolutie hadden genomen, op gelegen tijt d’ onse de clap te geven, ende met het coper wegh te loopen, &a.
Ende nademael wij jegenwoordich van d’ afcompste der Chaijnouquas genouchsaem meenen verseeckert te sijn, van wien al rede goet deel bestiael hebben gehandelt, ende welcke oock beloofft hebben binnen weijnich dagen meer aff te brengen om te verhandelen, gelijck oock eenige andre, namentlijcq de Cochoquas (die heel rijck van bestiael, ende wel de machtichste van al de rechte Saldanhars sijn) Ende welcke alle niet gaerne ons bij haer in ‘t landt hebbende, achtervolgende de affirmatie van de voorsz Chaijnouquas sulcx dan om deselve in haer affcomste met bestiael niet te stutten, met ‘t uijtgaen onser natie (daervoor sij doch altijt vluchten, ende haer bestiael uijt vreese van beroofft te worden) t’ elckens weghdrijven ende verschuijlen, volgens de blijcken daervan menichmael g’experimenteert: maer om do. volcq soo veel mogelijck te conplaceren, selffs aff te locken, ende alhier alle goet tractement te mogen aendoen, Soo is den vrijeluijden het uijtgaen te ernstiger ontseijt, ende in plaetse van dien gerecommandeert, haer op ‘t velt staende granen te maijen, ende sien t’ huijs te crijgen alsoo haer d’ E. Compe. aen den landtbouw, alsoo veel gelegen laet: mitsgaders oock in plaets van al dat uijtlopen, maken te versorgen dat hare huijsen ende schuyren tot berginge van voorsz granen claer ende vaerdigh crijgen. Item oock goede vaste craelen tot bewaringe harer rede becomen ende noch te handelen bestiael op dat het van ‘t wiltgedierte niet meer soodanich verscheurt ende opgegeten wordt, gelijck menichmael gebeurt, ende t’ elckens nochal over ‘t hoofft gesien is.
Blijvende haer toegestaen ‘t bestiael dat aen hare huijsen comt, vrij ende liber na den gestelden regel, in te reuijlen, sooveel sij crijgen cunnen, ende gerecommandeert, in plaetse van ‘t uijtgaen, de inwoonders soveel mogelijck tot haer af te nodigen, als sullende ‘t gene sij verhandelen willen wel selfs affbrengen. Ende aengaende de voorsz Charingurinars ende Gorachouquas isset maer te doen, om weijnich van d’ onse met veel coper ende tabacq bij haer te crijgen, ende alsoo haer slagh op deselve waer te nemen, alsoo gelijck voorsz de gemelte Charingurinars anno passado in de Saldanhabaij sulcx volcomen betoont hebben, in ‘t overvallen van ons Robbejachts bootjen, dat se aen stucken geslagen, ‘t coper daeruijt genomen, ende voorts gemeent hadden oock ‘t volcq de clap te geven, die haer noch ter naeuwer noot met swemmen na ‘t jachtjen al[s]doen salveerden &a.
Aldus geresolveert ende g’arresteert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope datum als voren.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1657.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1657.
Ende gemerckt te vrijeluijden jegenwoordigh al redelijck beginnen in ‘t bestiael te comen, voornamentlijck van schapen, die se nu dagelijcx van de inwoonders in redelijcke quantite sijn handelende, ende dat de vis, hier oock seer abondant, ende meer als genoech tot toespijs, bij deselve can gevangen worden, als syluijden daeromme maer weijnich naersticheijt willen doen,Soois goetgevonden voortaen geen soute vleijs off speck aen deselve voor contant nochte oock te borch meer te vercoopen: maer hun (conform oock haerlieder versoeck) toe te staen, tot nootdrufft somtijts een schaep te slachten, ende dat onder malcander te vercoopen tot drie stuijvers ‘t pondt als voor dato daer op gestelt, mits sulcx eerst aengevende ende betalende voor elck schaep aen den Heer ses stuijvers, ende voor een koebeest 24 stuijvers: mitsgaders een vercken vier penningen ‘t pondt levendich, ten eijnde deselve niet al te gretich ende ruijm in ‘t slachten van bestiael gaen ende gelet moge worden, dat d’ aenteelt daerdoor niet al te veel ende onnodich verachtert wordt, waeromme oock goetgevonden is, deselve te inhibeeren eenige oijen offte moerschapen, noch koeijen (bequaem tot voortelinge) te slachten, ende oock derselver bequame ossen te excuseeren, om voor de ploegh en de wagens te gebruijcken &a.,
Item oock soo der eenich vee van selffs comt te sterven de vrijeluijden dat mede sullen comen aendienen: om daer over de behoorlijcke visite te nemen, ende dat doode aes te doen weghbrengen off begraven, tot voorcominge van alle fraude die onder den naem van gestorven bestiael soude cunnen gepleegt worden, op pene als na rechten gebruijckelijck.
Wijders door de vrijeluijden versocht wordende om voor de derde mael weder een lanttocht te mogen doen, vermits verstaen hadden partijeHottentoos409 van de Charingurinars met hare huijsinge ende vee omtrent twee dagen reijsens van hier gelegert waren, ende dierhalven wel eenich bestiael van de selve meenden te becomen, Soo is (gemerct het nu den rechten oegsttijt wordt, om haer op ‘t velt staende granen af te maeijen, dorssen ende in de schuijren te halen) goetgevonden ende verstaen, derselver versoeck dese mael (om die ende andre redenen meer) aff te slaen, dewijle doch gebleecken is van voorsz volcq, daer sij na toe wilden, namentlijck de Charingurinars, weijnich bestiael te becomen sij, ende oocq seer dangereus valt met soo luttel volcq by die troulose troupen te comen, alsoo sij d’ een ende d’ ander tijt om ‘t copers-halven d’ onsen doch trachten de clap te geven ende doot te slaen, gelyck daervan beginselen sijn g’openbaert niet alleen ao. passado aen ons Robbejachts volcq, maer oocq desen jaere aen d’ onse tot twee diverse reijsen in ‘t landt bij voorn. Charingurinans ende Gorachouquas (offte tabacq-dieven) geweest, volgens de waerschouwingen onser vertroude Hottentoos t’ elckens mede gehadt, ende qualijck dervende met d’ onse meer derwaerts gaen, alsoo rond uijt seggen dat Charingurina (de bootspoeljeerders410 van ‘t Robbejachjen voorsz) met gem. Gorachouquas (de tabacq-dieven) al resolutie hadden genomen, op gelegen tijt d’ onse de clap te geven, ende met het coper wegh te loopen, &a.
Ende nademael wij jegenwoordich van d’ afcompste der Chaijnouquas genouchsaem meenen verseeckert te sijn, van wien al rede goet deel bestiael hebben gehandelt, ende welcke oock beloofft hebben binnen weijnich dagen meer aff te brengen om te verhandelen, gelijck oock eenige andre, namentlijcq de Cochoquas (die heel rijck van bestiael, ende wel de machtichste van al de rechte Saldanhars sijn) Ende welcke alle niet gaerne ons bij haer in ‘t landt hebbende, achtervolgende de affirmatie van de voorsz Chaijnouquas sulcx dan om deselve in haer affcomste met bestiael niet te stutten, met ‘t uijtgaen onser natie (daervoor sij doch altijt vluchten, ende haer bestiael uijt vreese van beroofft te worden) t’ elckens weghdrijven ende verschuijlen, volgens de blijcken daervan menichmael g’experimenteert: maer om do. volcq soo veel mogelijck te conplaceren, selffs aff te locken, ende alhier alle goet tractement te mogen aendoen, Soo is den vrijeluijden het uijtgaen te ernstiger ontseijt, ende in plaetse van dien gerecommandeert, haer op ‘t velt staende granen te maijen, ende sien t’ huijs te crijgen alsoo haer d’ E. Compe. aen den landtbouw, alsoo veel gelegen laet: mitsgaders oock in plaets van al dat uijtlopen, maken te versorgen dat hare huijsen ende schuyren tot berginge van voorsz granen claer ende vaerdigh crijgen. Item oock goede vaste craelen tot bewaringe harer rede becomen ende noch te handelen bestiael op dat het van ‘t wiltgedierte niet meer soodanich verscheurt ende opgegeten wordt, gelijck menichmael gebeurt, ende t’ elckens nochal over ‘t hoofft gesien is.
Blijvende haer toegestaen ‘t bestiael dat aen hare huijsen comt, vrij ende liber na den gestelden regel, in te reuijlen, sooveel sij crijgen cunnen, ende gerecommandeert, in plaetse van ‘t uijtgaen, de inwoonders soveel mogelijck tot haer af te nodigen, als sullende ‘t gene sij verhandelen willen wel selfs affbrengen. Ende aengaende de voorsz Charingurinars ende Gorachouquas isset maer te doen, om weijnich van d’ onse met veel coper ende tabacq bij haer te crijgen, ende alsoo haer slagh op deselve waer te nemen, alsoo gelijck voorsz de gemelte Charingurinars anno passado in de Saldanhabaij sulcx volcomen betoont hebben, in ‘t overvallen van ons Robbejachts bootjen, dat se aen stucken geslagen, ‘t coper daeruijt genomen, ende voorts gemeent hadden oock ‘t volcq de clap te geven, die haer noch ter naeuwer noot met swemmen na ‘t jachtjen al[s]doen salveerden &a.
Aldus geresolveert ende g’arresteert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope datum als voren.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1657.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1657.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1657.