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Dorsland Trek
Dorsland Trek (''Thirstland Trek'') is the collective name of a series of explorations undertaken by Boer settlers from South Africa towards the end of the 19th century and in the first years of the 20th century, in search of political independence and better living conditions. The participants, trekboere (''migrating farmers'') from the Orange Free State and Transvaal, are called Dorsland trekkers.
==Political background and previous treks==
After escaping the autocratic rule of the Dutch East India Company in the late 18th century, semi-nomadic settlers at the Cape Colony came into conflict both with the indigenous Xhosa tribes in the east and the British who had acquired the Cape as a result of the Napoleonic Wars. In 1836, the Boers set off on what became known as the Great Trek, establishing the Orange Free State and Transvaal as independent Boer republics.
There are two theories why the settlers would take off yet again to explore territory further north. One is that in the 1870s, Britain again began the process of annexing the Boer states;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tourbrief.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5766 )〕 the second theory claims that "()hey appeared compelled by a desire to trek," with no particular difficulty facing them at their current place.〔
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