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Cinquepas of the Khoe¹

M, #19095, b. circa 1635

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04/05/2019

Birth*

Cinquepas of the Khoe 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 1658.²

Citations

[S925] Contracts, 405-452; CJ 290, Court of Justice; Court of Justice, Western Cape Archives and Records Service, Roeland Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Van As trial: den Hottentot Cinquepas . My thanks to Mansell Upham for providing the transcript of this record.
[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].