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Hoyer had come unmarried with his bride to Hermannsburg and also wanted to continue his journey to Transvaal unmarried. Superintendent Hohls did not want to allow this at all and so he was still married by Superintendent Hohls before the journey. He also did not stay for long at the seminary in Bethanie, a peculiar fellow, and eventually he disappeared
in Africa!! Just as he had wanted. But more about this later. Grotherr was at Moseke. Köller’s widow lived at Bethanie, her husband had died at Phalane.
My baptism school did not have many pupils, but it turned
out the following: David More who was a great support
to us until his death, also Willem Matjale [?], teacher and assistant here until he died, and particularly Koos Segale,
who became a teacher at Makalokoe and then in 1913 he was taught in Botshabelo and was then ordained by Superintendent Schloemann and now retired in 1942 and is still alive.
I was given a bedroom in the house of my father and free meals from my parents and a salary of ₤ 3 per month. My goods and a bit of furniture arrived in August by ox wagon. A certain share was paid by the mission, for everything beyond that I had to pay about 25/- per 100 pounds. In 1880 there was no railway.
In December 1880, the war between England and the boers broke out and battles took place near Bronkhorstspruit and Majuba. In 1879 England had been at war with the Zulus and suffered the big unnecessary loss of the entire legion near Isandlwana.