Cape Council of Policy
182
1658-10-31
Minute details
- Entry number
- 182
- Date
- 1658-10-31
- Year
- 1658
English translation
From the report of the salesman Jan van Herwarden (returned this evening), having heard the good will of Oedasoa, one of the two chiefs of the Cochoquas, or right and most powerful Saldanhars, who has opened up trade with his people to us, and because of the distance of the road and the meagerness of the meadows and water between the roads, we could not come any closer than we were going about 9 hours with a great number of beasts northeastwards directly across the bay to the landward 602 from here, and the aforementioned Oedasoa's wife being at that time Eva's own sister, and therefore, because of the good done to her by her actions, ours seems to be very well disposed towards her, as well It was also no less likely to find good trade. It was quickly approved and order was established to prepare a good number of merchants of copper, kerosene, tobacco, etc., to send the auction back with an escort of soldiers, as yesterday, along with a further tribute to the aforementioned Oedasoa, and to see to it that a good number of goods were disposed of.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope, date uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1658.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1658.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1658.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope, date uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1658.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1658.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1658.
Original Dutch transcription
Uijt ‘t raport van den vendrich Jan van Herwarden (desen avondt geretourneert) gehoort hebbende de goede genegentheijt van Oedasoa een van de twee oversten der Cochoquas ofte rechte ende machtichste Saldanhars, welcke ons den handel met sijn volcq heeft open gestelt ende om de verheijt des weghs als de schraelheijt der weyden ende water tusschen wegen niet wel cunnen nader comen als leggende omtrent 9 uijren gaens met ontallicq veel bestiael noort’oostwaerts recht over de baij telandewaerdt602 in van hier, ende wesende voorsz Oedasoa sijn vrouw in der daet de eijgen suster van Eva, ende derhalven om ‘t goet aen deselve gedaen door haer toedoen d’ onse na ‘t schijnt seer genegen, mitsgaders oocq niet min aparent om goede handel aen te treffen, Is cortelijk goetgevonden ende ordre gestelt, goet deel coopmanschappen van coper, craelen, tabacq, &a. gereet te maecken om den vendrich met een geleijde van soldaten als gister neffens een nader vereeringh aen voorsz Oedasoa weder aff te senden, ende daervoor te sien een goet deel bestiael te reuijlen &a.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope datum uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1658.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1658.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1658.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hoope datum uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1658.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] JAN VAN HERWERDEN. 1658.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA, secrets. 1658.