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Trekboers also traded with indigenous people. This meant their herds were of hardy local stock. They formed a vital link between the pool of animals in the interior and the providers of shipping provisions at the Cape. Trekboere were nomadic, living in their wagons and rarely remaining in one
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valley. He continued having numerous wives after leaving the colony. Descendants of his second series of marriages still live in the small town of
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