The Rooinek and Other Boer War Stories |
Common terms and phrases
Affair at Ysterspruit Afrikaner afterwards Andries Visagie Anglo-Boer assegais battle of Bronkhorstspruit Boer Rip Bronkhorstspruit bullet burghers bush Bushveld camp Cape cattle commando Dalmanutha donga English Englishman Fanie Louw farm felt fighting Gerhardus Grobbelaar grass Groot Marico Hannes Potgieter Herklaas van Wyk Herman Charles Bosman horse Jan Vermeulen Johannes Jurie Bekker kaffirs Kalahari Karel Flysman knew Kobus Ferreira kommandant Koos Steyn koppie laughed Lee-Metfords Leendert Roux looked lying Mafeking Road Malopolole Marico Mauser mealies moepels Mtosas Myburg Ndambe Neels Potgieter Oom Herklaas Oom Schalk Lourens Ouma Engelbrecht Paul Kruger peaches Piet Niemand president queer realised rebel remember rifle Rip van Winkel rondavel rooinek Roux's Second Boer War shoot shot sjambok South African Opinion spoke Stefanus Malherbe Stephanus Stoffel Brink stood story talk tell thing thorn-tree told Transvaal Republic trek Upington veld veldkornet Veldkornet Joubert veldskoens wagon Waterval Onder Webber wind witch-doctor