Johan van Riebeeck

Regional Director of Operations | VOC Fleet Logistic Support | Former Surgeon | Botanist | Trade Ambassador | Conflict Resolution Mediator |#JanvanRiebeeck

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

@OhFuckItsRayner @DaanBarnard At least it is not me

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

We expect the Goringhaiquas in summer , and hope that they will be inclined to trade . The wheat and barley sown on the 10th are sprouting forth .

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

Stock fish supply exhausted - resolved henceforth to catch fresh fish , to be supplied 3 times a day as long as the heavy work lasts . Went out fishing yesterday ; caught more than 400 breams and about 2 , 000 bar Jers , which we salted and some smoked .

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

We had some time before sown on different spots skirret and mustard seed , which have not yet sprouted out . It is supposed that the seeds were spoilt , as was observed before in the case of the chervil and onions .

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

Sowed peas , Turkish beans , aniseed , fennel and wormwood , also medlars and quince - pips on the banks of the canals , and we intend when it is a little warmer also to plant Spanish orange and apple seeds .

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

@simonrademan I support you Simon. You have my endorsement.

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@OranjeSwaeltjie Israeli and South African joint nuclear weapons test

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@chanell_sa You can’t trust people who don’t eat cheese.

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Loving my heritage 🍺

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

Fine weather - many whales . Death of a soldier Jan Janz : of Swartsluys . Some are still laid up with dysentery , and others are daily attacked in consequence seemingly of the greens used as refreshments instead of fresh meat , which we have not yet been able to obtain .

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

Peas sown last month commencing to blossom and show young pods — the blossoms of the large beans falling off in consequence of the cold weather . Will continue planting every month to find out the exact season for each plant .

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

Heavy Westerly wind accompanied with hail — little progress with our works - labour impossible in this weather .

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

Sowed some turnips and wheat in the new garden , in which we diligently work to be ready with refreshments when the ships arrive from India.

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

Meeting of Council; resolved to draft from the expected fleet as many men as can be spared to finish the fortress and other works; likewise provisions and other necessaries as mentioned in the resolution of this day ' s date.

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

Saw many elands and harts beyond cannon distance from the fort, but too wild to be approached. This makes us very miserable , as up to date we must still live on the old food , varied with Cape greens and a little Dutch radish , until better times .

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

Stormy weather — unsafe berth of the yacht , which might be relieved by a pilot or dogger boat if we were sure that we did not require it for important work . Country under water . The men return from the guard - house as there is no chance , before drier weather , to catch game.

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

Death of the soldier Daniel Lepla.

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

Snares again set at the Fresh River below Table Mountain for harts and elands , and a little guardhouse erected for the person ordered to attend to them. We have to date been unsuccessful in obtaining cattle or sheep from the tribes to the North; fish remains the only protein.

[Johan van Riebeeck @Anthoniszoon]

Whales made a great noise near the shore during the night . Took up our abode in the fort to - day , whose Northern point is in a perfectly defensible condition - busy now with the Southern angle.