Den Edle. Mr. Raat Extraordinaire of India Nicolaes Schaege,32 the matter contained in the letterf was communicated by the Commandeur van der Stel. Gentlemen Maijooris in Patria wrote to this government on January 23, 1681, regarding the conduct of an expedition after the Namacquaese Hottentots to examine in detail the situation and opportunity of that attack, with the reasons and circumstances for this, and how urgent it was and the time no further delay conde led to take a final resolution there, including the former Mr. Schaegen, as well as the chief merchant Wijbrandt Lijcohton33, having been requested for this purpose in this Council and a proposal made here by his E.E., and furthermore, through the mouth of the Honourable Commander van der Stel, has deduced more recently how his E.E., previously, but especially after receiving from their High Honorable Letters, had used all diligence and dedication to dispose of some of the aforementioned namacquatic nation so far away that they could travel back there once, in order to, through a good salary, increasingly incline that nation to us, so that we could thereby secure more of them to facilitate the journey that was intended to be undertaken there when the opportunity arose; which finally succeeded so far that some of the principal heads of that nation came down to us, on which occasion the Commander obtained precise information from them concerning the constitution of the region, where she withheld her information, and at the same time showed her to his E. some small coppers which they themselves, according to their pretense concerning their negroes, could manage to fetch from the mountains, not without great apparentness because of the reasons and circumstances given by them, or that work seemed somewhat good for the Company. to promise, as long as one could discover the truth of what they pretended to be, and at the same time after the occasion when they were at the Comp. It is particularly convenient to follow up on the desired success quaeme, while neither taking into account that the trip that one intends to undertake there must necessarily take place in the month of September or October and no later than that in the immediate dry South East of May, in order to ensure that there is no shortage of water, so it is after the upcoming deliberation, and everything had been taken into account and had been considered,35 for a useful insight, the journey after the Namacquaes congregation, the sooner the better to undertake, provided that. to use for this purpose as chief the salesman, Oloff Bergh, with a competent penmanship and one or two persons who understood the pole height and cosmography, and another 30 soldiers at her assistance, in order to be all the more formidable in the event of an attack by any Hottentots who might come to attack her hostilely.36 Good records must be kept of the daily events, the course and tendency, including the shape of the mountains, valleys, forests, rivers, hills, swamps and furthermore the path they take, accurately serving and noting in a map, etc. However, on the proposed one the aforementioned. Namacquaese, if they cannot be brought amicably to indicate the aforementioned mine, nor ought to be constricted thereto, it is understood that one will first use all diligence and thoughtful deeds and means of friendship and persuasion to move them to indicate this, but in no way can one reach beyond our aim, one will gradually constrict them, at the expense of body and life, understanding that in order not to come to an hostile attack on ours beforehand. Sending the melted vendrich were versions of a simple and clear instruction37 for his further direction, the one and the other broader continuing, lasting furthermore and the Commander van der Stell defers the provision of provisions and other necessary necessities to that voagie.
Thus resolved in 't Casteel de Goede Hoop, date ut supr.