Stephanus Johannes Scheepers

Stephanus Johannes Scheepers - ~(Doop) - 1785-11-20 Added by AR Swanepoel

[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moordkoppie-monument,_inskr... Monument to the massacre on 'Moordkoppie' - Piet Retief]] Added by AR Swanepoel

Name Stephanus Johannes Scheepers Father's Name Gerrit Scheepers & Mother's Name Helena Dorothea Bekker.

Bride: x Graaff Reinet 13/11/1808 Maria Margaretha Janse Van Rensburg.

Eyewitness account of the murder of Retief and his party. The farmers were then dragged with their feet trailing onthe ground, each man being held by as many Zulu as could get athim, from the presence of Dingaan, who still continued sittingand calling out ""Bulala amatakati"" (kill the wizards). He then said, ""Take the heart and the liver of the king of the farmersand place them in the road of the farmers."" When they had dragged them to the hill, *""Hloma Mabuto,""they commenced the work of death by striking them on the headwith knobbed sticks, Retief being held and forced to witness the deaths of his comrades before they dispatched him. It was a most awful occurrence, and will never be effaced from my memory. The Rev. Mr. Owen and I witnessed it, standing at the doorsof our huts, which faced the place of execution. Retief's heartand liver were taken out, wrapped in a cloth, and taken toDingaan. Date: 6 February 1838

Kwytskelding: geen verantwoordelikheid word aanvaar vir enige foutiewe of onakkurate inligting nie, hetsy aangehaal, herverpak of self geskryf.