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1905 – 1906
They agreed with everything and 1200 acres with ditches and all arable land were transferred to the name of the people and I got 1200 acres dry land in my name that bordered on Berseba land.
The people were tired of the reign of Raligoape and demanded that Johannes from Lovedale would be nominated and appointed as their king. That happened. He was still young and married the daughter of the chief of Mabaatstad, Dorothea. He only had one daughter and reigned from 1906 until he died
in 1942. Abraham was sent to Hebron as sub-chief, did not
do well, was revoked and died before Johnny. Johnny did not succeed as chief, vaulted like a buck on numerous occasions and was a heavy drinker. He did not mean a lot and I had much trouble with him. He was also excluded because of No. 6 and in Rustenburg jail because of brandy. He was a sorry fellow and had no authority with his people.
For my sister I built a house from her inheritance portion
on the Mission land with the permission of Superintendent Yordt. It cost ₤ 250. When Superintendent H. Behrens and
his advisors sold the Mission land in 1916/17 together with
all buildings, the Mission Management refused to repay me
for the house and thus it then belonged to the people and the Hermannsburg Mission pocketed the money.