Houd den Bek Slave Rebellion, February 1825
Glossary of terms from Galant's Criminal Trial
in G.M. Theal, Records of the Cape Colony, Vol 20, pp. 188-341
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| People & Places | ||||
| Glossary of terms | ||
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| Assegai | assagaay | short-handled spear for stabbing |
| Buchu | bugoe | medicinal herb indigenous to the Western Cape |
| Commando | armed group of citizens (often supplemented with Khoisan and slaves) formed for quick response, or to counter particular actions | |
| Drosdty | magistrate's court or residence | |
| Field Cornet | veldkornet | local official, deputy of the Landdrost (magistrate) |
| Fiscaal | chief prosecutor in the Cape Colony; second in command to the Governor under Dutch East India Company rule | |
| Grazing Place | farm not considered a principal family residence; formally claimed through colonial goverment, used seasonally for additional pasture | |
| Heemraad | local council of advisors to the Landdrost | |
| Karoo | Carroo | semi-arid region in the interior of South Africa, east of Cold Bokkeveld |
| Kraal | corral; also refers to Khoisan, Zulu and Xhosa homesteads | |
| Landdrost | Magistrate; colonial offical with primary responsibility for a district; in criminal cases the Landdrost reports to the Fiscaal in Cape Town | |
| Opgaaf | annual census and taxation register | |
| Place | individual farm; borrowed directly into English usage from Dutch plaas, which means farm | |
| Rixdollar | currency of the Dutch East India Comany | |
| Sambok | long-handled whip, used for driving teams of oxen, often made from hippo hide | |
| Seacow | hippopotamus | |