Word: droves
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Newell had the advantage of having rowed together longer than the other crews. The crew was picked last Thursday and no changes had been made in the order since then. The men rowed well together and had plenty of life. Brownell kept an excellent beat throughout the race and drove the crew well...
After the settlement of the Cape by the Dutch East India Company, affairs rapidly went from bad to worse. A harsh rule, combined with slavery and forced labor, soon drove out many of the Dutch inhabitants, who worked northward and finally settled down in the Transvaal. A large French Huguenot element had come in at this time, and as a result nearly two thirds of the Boers today are of French descent...