The South-African crisis - pagina 12

THE SOUTH-AFRICAN

remained inexorable. The condemned again hung up and delivered over anew to

nothing could

men were the

CRISIS,

ruffle

agonies of a

more

still

The on-

frightful death.

lookers gave to the scene of this execution the

which may be translated Slaughter's

of Slachtersnek,

As English authors themselves admit, never has

Hill.

memory

the

name

of

horrible execution been eftaced

that

from the minds of the Dutch farmers. "Remember Majuba!" has been the war-cry of the Scotch guards.

"Do not

forget Slachtersnek!" has remained throughout

the century the vengeance cry of the outraged Boers.

n.

We

must not however too

closely identify the Boers,

with the Dutch. In the month of January 1659 there disembarked at the Cape a group of French Huguenots

numbering about 300 persons, followed afterwards by 17 Piedmontese families. ^) 1)

Chase, mstory ofSnulli-Africa,

Maaiken and three other of family

names

p.

Anthonarde, Avis

:

—

Benezat, Bota, Briet, Bruet;

108.

—

;

Camper,

Claudon, Cordier, Carpenant, Couteau,

Debuze,

Du

Debeurier,

Dumont, Dupre, Du Grange

—

;

Hugot

;

Texel hyihe Lang eofficial list

Bastions, Beaumons,.

Basson, Cellier,

Corbonne,

Couvret, Crogne

Durant, Dubuisson

—

Foury, Floret, Fraichaise, Furet;

Goviand,

left

;

~

Coi-ban,,

Dailleau,

Decabriere, Delporte. Deporte,

Plessy,

Toit,

They

Chase gives the following

vessels.

—

;

—

Extreux;

—

DerueU Fracha,

Gauche. Grillon, Gardiol, Gounay,.

Jacob, Joubert, Jourdan

;

—

Lanoy,

Laporte, Laupretois, Le Clair, Le Clerq, Lefebvre, Le Grand, Lecrivent.

— Maniel, Martinel, Mesnard, Madan, Malan — — Passeman, Peron, Pinnares, Prevot, Pelanchon: — Rassimus, Retief, Rousse, Resne — Savoye (Jacques), Sellier; — Terre— Vallete, Vaudray, Vanas, blanche. Terrier, Tenayment, Terront Lombard, Longue Nice, Norman, Nortie;

;

;

;

;

Valtre,

Verbat,

Villons,

Verdette, Verdeau,

Vyol, Villion, Vivet, Viton, Yitroux,

Yiviers,

Vyton.

We

gather from this

family belonged to the Huguenots.

list

that the Joubert

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