community
Hessequa
Khoikhoi pastoral communities associated with the Overberg, including the Breede River and Riviersonderend regions.
Parent: Khoikhoi communities
The Hessequa were Khoikhoi pastoral communities whose livestock economy and trading networks extended across parts of the Overberg.
In this family
Events
21 November 1662Sousoa encourages direct VOC trade with the Hessequa4 January 1669Hieronimus Cruse departs on a Hessequa trade expedition10 December 1676–6 January 1677Cruse leads a livestock expedition toward Captain Claes and the Hessequa4 January–10 April 1689Isaq Schrijver leads an expedition into the eastern interior20 July–August 1693VOC backs rival captain Koopman in an attack on Dorha1730Riet Valleij cattle post is first recorded