Dick King’s extraordinary ride
Feb 25, 2022
3 minutes
By Mike Burgess.
At midnight on 24 May 1842, trader, farmer and big game hunter Dick King and his 16-year-old employee, Ndongeni ka Xoki, were rowed across the bay at Port Natal. Their horses, urged on by their masters, who clutched the reins, swam behind the small rowing boat. Once on dry land, the two men evaded the Voortrekkers and began a near 1 000km trip that would change the course of South African history.
PORT NATAL
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