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Wessels. 1,300 sheep, 300 horses, 140 cattle—all gone. Doors and windows smashed
in.
Fate of house unknown.
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— MRS. J. J. P.
—Farm, Burghers Kraal, Winburg.
—One child.
—Prisoner in Bloemfontein.
—Arrived January 11, 1901.
—Compelled to come as prisoners.
—Has no means.
—Not burnt when left.
—Furniture destroyed and cattle taken.
—Could go to Velterreden, Winburg.
No illness so far.
Very scant clothing.
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— MRS. P.
—Farm Gruysfontein, near Bethulie.
—Has six children, ages 15 to 2 years. Taken from them, does not know where they are.
—Husband a farmer, detained in Bloemfontein. May not see her.
—About two months.
—Brought by force. Lost everything. Expects confinement in three weeks. Shares a single
bell tent with eight others, and all lie on the ground. Rise stiff and miserable.
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—Would get on somehow if let loose.
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—Knows nothing.
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—No.
Mrs. P. is wonderful in the brave way she faces her troubles, present and future. She did not
complain or ask for anything. None of them do. I have to find out what each longs for most. In her case
a mattress and baby clothes as what she prepared was all lost.
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— MRS. B.
—Lives in Village of Zastron.
—Has six from four years to 17. Knows nothing of them.
—A farmer. He and one son in Ceylon.
—Since January 4.
—Is a prisoner—forced here. Besides house in Zastron has cattle near Bethulie. She
went off alone to fetch them, but was taken prisoners before could reach home, because, on
getting near Zastron, found the town taken by English.
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—Yes ; feels sure she could get on.
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—Knows nothing. No tidings. Wrote but no reply.
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Since arrived never feels well, but she looks hardier and healthier than others.
Needs a dress, and has a great longing for a pillow.
Terribly anxious for children.
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— MRS. P.
—Lived on father’s farm, near Petersburg.
—Had five children in Camp, also three little boys, who the troops had taken out in the
fields with the sheep, whom she befriended away from their parents. One day the Sergeant
frightened these lads with threats of Ceylon, and her two eldest lads, of 13 and 9, with these
three others, all ran away together. Nothing has been heard of them, and they were not
followed.
Mrs. P. is mad with anxiety, and that is why she herself tried to escape, with Mrs. V. B.
and Miss T., as elsewhere related.
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—Husband on commando.
No soap or clothes.
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—Been in Camp since Feb. 13.
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— MR. AND MRS. F. P.
—Corneliusdam—Winburg.
.—Five children in Camp.
—Husband also in Camp. Deaf, and with weak eyes. Never on commando.
—Since Oct. 8, in Bloemfontein.
—Compelled. Mr. P. had always lived quietly at home, on account of health and bad
sight. In June, on the approach of troops, thought it best to take oath of neutrality, and did so,
receiving a pass stating he was under British protection, etc., etc. In September the Boers
occupied Thornburg, about one hour from his farm. No burghers had been near them. The
British troops came along, and on the evening of September 17 Mrs. P. and family stood at the
door of her house listening to the band playing in the distance. Then they sat down to supper.
When it was dark a knock was heard, and on opening there stood a man with a gun. It was an
English officer, and he said to Mr. P., “ I am come to take you prisoner.” “ How can that be,”
said he, “ when I am living here at peace, under the oath of neutrality.” “ Have you a pass ? ”
said the officer. “ Yes,” said the farmer, and produced it. “Very well,” said the officer, “ then
that is all right.” They gave him some coffee, and when he went out Mrs. P. followed him,
chatting. She said she always liked to chat with people. He whistled, and behold a number of
men appeared. “ Why,” she said, “ my house is surrounded, and I never knew it.” “ Yes,” said
the officer, “we are looking for burghers.” “We have not,” she assured him, “ had any or seen
any on our farm.” She further asked him if they were safe, and he replied they were, with the
husband’s pass.
Next morning, September 18th, before 9 a. m., a captain and eight men appeared. “ You have
five minutes,” he said. “ I am come to burn the house.” They pleaded. But he said, “ These are my
orders. I shall be shot if I don’t obey.” He then sent Mr. P. to find the General, Hector Macdonald,
under whom he served, saying he would be found passing in such a place with the column. In less than
half an hour, before the farmer could get back, the Captain set fire to the house. Mrs. P. said she cried
and prayed and pleaded, all in vain. He told her to get out her things, and she hastily began pulling out
chairs, chests of drawers, etc., with the children’s clothes. Then he began to smash the
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