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where local farmers accused him of harboring lawless elements. He countered with a list of alleged ill-treatment of the
Hottentots by local farmers, but the evidence proved unsatisfactory and the farmers were acquitted.
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on this irregular state of affairs. As a result, he both married
Stijntje, on 29 May 1779, and quit the army after serving for sixteen years.
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317:Bethelsdorp
262:Zwijndrecht
243:Netherlands
239:Parmenides,
208:Army career
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381:References
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247:Middelburg
184:Early life
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231:Edinburgh
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153:Relatives
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368:See also
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