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Chaihantima of the Chainouqua¹

M, #19091, b. circa 1635

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03/05/2019

Birth*

Chaihantima of the Chainouqua was born circa 1635 in de Caep de Goede Hoop, the date is estimated. He was negotiating with the settlers on behalf of his people in 1658.¹

(Member) PeopleGroup

In 1662 Sousoa was the leader of the Chainouquas, a group said (in 1657) by Van Riebeeck as living toward the East and that they were named for their great chief Chaynunqua who was very rich in cattle. However it subsequently emerges in the record that Sousoa was the leader in the first years of colonial settlement. It is possible that the reference to Chaynunqua was an assumption by Van Riebeeck who had not yet met Sousoa. The following individuals were numbered among this people: Chaihantima, Dorhá, Hanhumma and Oocktis Koukoua.²

Citations

[S673] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, December 1651 - December 1653[5], Van Riebeeck's Journal, &c. Part I, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W. A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, Castle Street, 1897), pp.121. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives, JVR Journal 1651-1653[5].
[S646] Precis of the archives of the Cape of Good Hope, JVR Journal II, 1656-1658, H.C.V. Leibrandt; (Cape Town, South Africa: W. A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, Castle Street, 1897), pp.121. Hereinafter cited as Precis of the archives, JVR Journal II 1656-1658.