. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . T mi City of PlETERWARITZBURG Altil li • 2218 I Distance 71 mile, J CHAPTER VI. HE capital of the Province was laid out in the year1839 by the Dutch voortrekkers from the Cape,and was named from two of their leaders, PieterRetief and Gert Maritz. The sturdy pioneers hadsuffered much since they had brought their wagonsdown the passes of the Berg into * the meadow ofNatal. From the Story of a South African City(J. F. Ingram) we gather that the Settlement ofMaritzburg consisted of six small hovels and manywagons and tents ; that in the
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . T mi City of PlETERWARITZBURG Altil li • 2218 I Distance 71 mile, J CHAPTER VI. HE capital of the Province was laid out in the year1839 by the Dutch voortrekkers from the Cape,and was named from two of their leaders, PieterRetief and Gert Maritz. The sturdy pioneers hadsuffered much since they had brought their wagonsdown the passes of the Berg into * the meadow ofNatal. From the Story of a South African City(J. F. Ingram) we gather that the Settlement ofMaritzburg consisted of six small hovels and manywagons and tents ; that in the beginning of 1839 aVolksraad, or Council of the people, was elected,and that on the 15th of February of the sameyear, the town was officially named Pietermaritz-burg. The natives name it Umgungunhlovu,from the ancient seat of Government of the Zuluson the White Umfolosi River. Such, then, was the founding of the capital of Natal. MARITZBURG, as it is usually called, enjoys an altitude of 2,218 feet abovethe sea level. It lies in a leafy hollow, and is commanded by hills on everyside. Two small but pretty rivers, the Umsindusi and Dorp
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