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Story: Jan Plat's story about his brother Ruyter
Title
Jan Plat's story about his brother Ruyter
Collection
Summary
Information regarding the family of 'Jan Plat' (a mixed Namaqua Hottentot and Bushman) was taken down, in English, after Díä!kwãin (L V.-23. 5872, 5871 rev. and 6872 rev., 25. 6006 rev., note). 'Ruyter' (a relative of the preceding). In the Katkop dialect, by Díä!kwãin (L V.-23. 5873-5880). About the man called Ruyter (brother to Jan Plat); the names of his relations in |xam and Dutch and some details about them. Ruyter was brought up by white men and beaten to death by a Dutch man ('Boer') called Koos Struys who accused him of not herding sheep well.
Comments
1) p.5871v: this story was looked over with Jan Plat at Mowbray on 7 January 1884; details about Jan Plat's genealogy, 2) p.5872v: Jan Plat's family's place (Springkan's kolk), 3) p.5877v: the Dutch man ('Boer') who brought up Jan Plat and where this man lived (he was married to a coloured woman), 4) p.5878v: the 'Boer' master (Koos Struys) who killed Ruyter, 5) This story is found in Book V-23
Contributors
Date
20 – 26 January 1876
Categories
History (personal), Relations with others
Keywords
|xam (their relations with others) , |xam (farmers) , |xam ('master') , |xam (white men) , |xam ('Boers') , |xam (the 'Boer' masters) , |xam (the Dutch) , |xam (|xam killed by Boers) , |xam (|xam beaten) , |xam (the death of Jan Plat's brother Ruyter who was beaten to death) , Dutch (the 'Boer' who beat Jan Plat's brother Ruyter to death) , Boer (Dutch man) , Boer (who killed Jan Plat's brother Ruyter) , names (of Jan Plat and Ruyter's relations) , names (of 'Boers' or Dutch masters) , names (name of the man who beat Ruyter to death) , white man (who raised Jan Plat's brother Ruyter) , white man (Ruyter's murder by a 'Boer') , white man (the treatment of |xam by) , white man (and the killing of |xam) , white man ('Boers' or Dutch men) , white man (farmers) , white man ('master') , white man (names of) , white man (and Jan Plat and Ruyter's personal history) , genealogy (of Jan Plat and his brother Ruyter) , Ruyter (his personal history) , Ruyter (his death) , Ruyter (and Jan Plat, his brother) , Jan Plat (his story about the death of his brother Ruyter) , Jan Plat (the names of his relations) , Jan Plat (his personal history) , personal history (of Jan Plat and his brother, Ruyter) , death (of |xam) , death (of Jan Plat's brother Ruyter who was beaten to death by a 'Boer') , work (performed by |xam) , work (sheep-herding) , work (done by Jan Plat's brother, Ruyter)
Story Pages
5872-5880
