Hunter's Road (8)

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The pan names themselves (Stoffel's Pan, for example) are full of history.

Christoffel Schinderhutte, or "Stoffel" as he was known, was an employee of Westbeech.
He left for the south from Mpandamatenga in July 1875, but his wagon broke down, he got drunk on "Cape Smoke" (home-made brandy), set off again while still out of his senses, knocked a servant off the wagon and crushed him to death beneath the wheels.


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Running amok, Stoffel then shot some of his oxen and one of his teamsters before rushing off into the bush, never to be seen again.
The only trace ever found were his veldskoens (boots) and part of his beard, which were taken to Shoshong and there identified.
How he met his death has never been established.


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