▁town ▁of ▁Win burg ▁( so ▁named ▁by ▁the ▁Bo ers ▁in ▁comm em oration ▁of ▁their ▁victory ) ▁was ▁founded , ▁a ▁Volks ra ad ▁elected , ▁and ▁Piet ▁Ret ief , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ab l est ▁of ▁the ▁Vo ort re kk ers , ▁chosen ▁“ g overn or ▁and ▁command ant - general ”. ▁The ▁em igr ants ▁already ▁number ed ▁some ▁ 5 0 0 ▁men , ▁besides ▁women ▁and ▁children ▁and ▁many ▁servants . ▁D iss ensions ▁speed ily ▁arose ▁among ▁the ▁em igr ants , ▁whose ▁numbers ▁were ▁constantly ▁added ▁to , ▁and ▁Ret ief , ▁Pot gi eter ▁and ▁other ▁leaders ▁crossed ▁the ▁D rak ens berg ▁and ▁entered ▁Natal . ▁Those ▁that ▁remained ▁were ▁divided ▁into ▁several ▁parties . ▁ ▁British ▁rule ▁Meanwhile , ▁a ▁new ▁power ▁had ▁ar isen ▁along ▁the ▁upper ▁Orange ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁valley ▁of ▁the ▁C aled on . ▁Mos ho es ho e , ▁a ▁minor ▁Bas oth o ▁chief , ▁had ▁w eld ed ▁together ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁scattered ▁and ▁broken ▁cl ans ▁which ▁had ▁sought ▁refuge ▁in ▁that ▁mountain ous ▁region ▁after ▁fle eing ▁from ▁M zil ik azi , ▁and ▁had ▁formed ▁the ▁Bas oth o ▁nation ▁which ▁acknowled ged ▁him ▁as ▁king . ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 3 ▁he ▁had ▁wel com ed ▁as ▁workers ▁among ▁his ▁people ▁a ▁band ▁of ▁French ▁Protest ant ▁mission aries , ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁Bo er ▁imm igr ants ▁began ▁to ▁sett le ▁in ▁his ▁neighborhood ▁he