Cape Council of Policy
208
1659-06-29
Minute details
- Entry number
- 208
- Date
- 1659-06-29
- Year
- 1659
English translation
In order to be able to launder some dough on our enemies here without detaining the ship, and also to take fewer people from it and more pregnant others, so as also to lose less time, it has been decided to send the aforementioned Oedasoa again by tomorrow, and in order to be more careful by the fiscal, hopefully to meet him with a wagon for him, along with some more tobacco, coral, copper, etc. to compel to reverence, with the charge to persuade him with all possible kindness to participate or, postponing this further, to seriously and politely request just a few of his people to guide us, as we had enough soldiers to defeat the marauding enemies, but we are disappointed that we do not know where they are located, nor have any spies sent out been able to locate them to date.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope, date uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1659.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1659.
[Signed:] PITER EVRARD.
[Signed:] GIJSBT. VAN CAMPEN, secrets.
Thus done and resolved in the Fort of Good Hope, date uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1659.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1659.
[Signed:] PITER EVRARD.
[Signed:] GIJSBT. VAN CAMPEN, secrets.
Original Dutch transcription
Om dewijl dit schip hier noch legt wat deegs op onse vyanden te mogen uytrechten sonder do. schip daerom op te houden, ende oocq te min volcq van ‘t selve te lichten ende anderen pregnantien meer, als oocq om te min tyt te verliesen, is goedtgevonden, voorsz Oedasoa tegen morgen andermael te besenden, ende dat om te meerder aensien door den fiscael quansuijs met eenen wagen voor hem tegemoedt nevens weder wat tobacq, coralen, coper ende do. cnopen tot vereeringe, met last den selven met alle doenelijcke vrundelyckheijt te bewegen dat hij mede compt of sulcx noch langer uytstellende serieus ende beleeft te versoecken eenelijck maer eenige weijnige van sijn volcq tot weghwijsers, alsoo wij soldaten genoegh hadden om de rovende vyanden te verslaen, haperende het ons daer aan maer, dat wij niet weten waer se leggen noch deselve door geenige uytgesonden spions tot heden hebben cunnen opvinden.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope datum uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1659.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1659.
[Signed:] PITER EVRARD.
[Signed:] GIJSBT. VAN CAMPEN, secrets.
Aldus gedaen ende geresolveert in ‘t Fort de Goede Hope datum uts.
[Signed:] JAN VAN RIEBEECK. 1659.
[Signed:] ROELOFF DE MAN.
[Signed:] ABRAHAM GABBEMA. 1659.
[Signed:] PITER EVRARD.
[Signed:] GIJSBT. VAN CAMPEN, secrets.