No. II. 
HISTORY OF AFRICANER, A PLUNDERING 
CHIEF ON THE GREAT RIVER. 
AS this man, hy his murders and depredations, is become 
the terror of a considerable part of South Africa, and is con- 
sequently spoken of and feared far and near, I endeavoured 
to obtain as much information concerning him as I could, 
but notwithstandmg his fame, or rather infamy, I could not 
procure much. 
He was originally a Hottentot, belonging to the colony, 
and was a considerable time in the service of a boor, in the 
Drosdy of Tulbach, named Piet Piemaar • part of this 
time was employed in attending to the boor's cattle, which, 
for the sake of pasture, were sent at certain seasons to the 
vicinity of the Great River. Afterwards he, and his sons 
Jager and Titus, lived with Piemaar at Elephants River. 
This was about the time that the Cape first came into the 
hands of the English, when a report was industriously cir- 
culated by evil minded persons, that all the Hottentots were 
to be forced into the army, with the design of sending them 
out of Africa. This report made Africaner and his sons to 
resolve to live out of the colony altogether, or near its limits, 
to escape being forced into the army. 
They continued in the service of Piemaar, who sometimes 
sent them on Commandoes, or plundering expeditions, 
against the defenceless natives of the interior, furnishing them 
with muskets and powder for that purpose. In this way they 
were taught to rob for their master, which ultimately led to 
their setting up for themselves. 
Suspicions, from some circumstances, rose in the minds 
of Africaner and his sons, that their employer acted un- 
faithfully to their wives during their absence ; and his send- 
ing them more frequently from home confirmed their sus- 
