Louis Trigardt's Trek Across the Drakensberg, 1837-1838

Albagh Antonie and Lourins arrived asked Baloela berg Blyde Bombo Hills boskloof bush Bushmen caravan Carolus cattle Chief Chuniespoort CLAUDE FULLER crossed Dagboek Delagoa Bay diary Dingaan Dingiswayo Drakensberg drift east elephant's tusk elephants entry farther followed footpath Fuller Governor guns hereabouts Incomati Induna inspanned Jan Pretorius Jan's kraal krantz Lebese Legadimane Louis Trigardt Lourenço Marques Mabota Magoepie Magude MaGwamba Makonijwe Makouijen malaria Maria Marmanella Marracuene Martha Trigardt Masiepana Massintonto miles morning Mosali mountain Mzilikazi Natives night Olifants River Omsana outspan oxen party passed Pieta poort Portuguese reached remarkable Rensburg returned ridge road route Sand Scheepers Sekana Sekwati sent Shangaan side Sieriende Sikororo Siriti skof Slawaana Sobuza Spruit stream tells to-day told Transvaal trek trekked trekkers Trigardt Trigardt writes tsetse tsetse fly tusk Uanetzi veld Vila Luiza Voortrekkers wagons whilst Wiensaana wife Zoutpansberg Zulu