SWELLENDAM  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, Cape See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province, in the valley of the Breede See also:

• RIVER

River, 192 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail E. by S. of Cape Town . Pop . (1904), 2406, of whom_1139 were See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white . Swellendam is one of the older Dutch settlements in the Cape, dating from 1745, and was named after Hendrik Swellengrebel (then See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the Cape) and his wife, whose See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden name was See also:

• DAMME

Damme . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in 1795 the burghers of the town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose in revolt against the Dutch See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company, See also:

• PRO

pro-claimed a " See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic," and elected a so-styled See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly . At the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the burghers of Graaff Reinet also rebelled against the Cape authorities, who were powerless to suppress the insurrectionary See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement . One of the claims of the " free republic " was " the See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute and unconditional See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery of all See also:

• HOTTENTOTS

Hottentots and See also:

• BUSHMEN, or BOSJESMANS

Bushmen." In See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September of that See also:

• YEAR

year Cape Town surrendered to the See also:

• BRITISH

British and the " National " party at Swellendam quietly accepted British See also:

• RULE

rule . The town is a trading centre of some importance, and in the surrounding district are large See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep and See also:

• OSTRICH

ostrich farms . The neighbourhood is noted for its abundance of See also:

• EVERLASTING, or IMMORTELLE

everlasting See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers .