Louis Johannes Tregardt ( from Swedish : '' trädgård '' , garden ) , also spelled Trichardt ( 10 August 1783 – 25 October 1838 ) was a farmer from the Cape Colony 's eastern frontier , who became an early voortrekker leader , called the " voorste mense " . Shunning colonial authority , he emigrated in 1834 to live among the Xhosa , before he crossed the Orange River into neutral territory . His northward trek , along with fellow trekker Johannes ( Hans ) van Rensburg , was commenced in early 1836 . He led his small party of emigrants , composed of seven Boer farmers , with their wives and thirty-four children , Bushman slaves and Bantu servants , into the uncharted interior of South Africa , and settled for a year at the base of the Zoutpansberg
Johannes ( Hans ) van Rensburg
Lang Hans van Rensburg
Louis Tregardt