Background - continued
3/11/1679 [Van der Stel to Hottentots Holland, back 8/11] having found in the ride thither that from about two hours* from the Cape the uncultivated land all the way to Hottentots Holland is suitable for agriculture ... lacking only industrious Dutch farmers ... the Hon. Commandeur took his rest one night in a grove ... naming the same ‘Stell en Bosch’ ...
Resolutions 17/11 ... prohibiting everyone ... from giving money to any of these natives or receiving any from them [as spoiling the Company's barter-trade]
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