Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A979-B-Bb-Bb2
Title
Correspondence
Date(s)
- February 1900 - October 1903 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Extent5 items
Context area
Name of creator
(19th - 20th century)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondents:
Green, E Graham.
Minchin, Spencer.
Moffat, J B.
Pringle, C S.
Snyman, Jacobus.
Subjects:
Letter to Jacobus Snyman in Dutch 1900 February 3 replying to his message that he (Wessels) should take his people out of Mafeking, but he does not trust the message which might be an English plot to put him in trouble; Lord Methuen requiring hire of 30 wagons to carry goods from Mafeking to Cowan's farm; looting of cattle by Barolong tribe members; eviction of illegal squatters on Setlagoli Reserve; loyalty of Barolong during South African War and losses sustained; inability of the government to relieve the Barolong from the balance of payments on farms in lieu of war losses.