Round 8: Tossup 9

A tree carved with the year 1883 marks a disastrous initiative named for this word that focused on the so-called “Thirstland,” during which a party of Jerusalemites planned to reach Israel. This word was gradually dropped from a 17th-century term for frontier nomads who descended from a class of “free citizens.” Re-enactors cooked over open fires for the centenary celebrations of a prolonged event known by this noun that culminated in the Sand River Convention. (-5[2])During a process (10[1])known by this noun, (10[1])460 participants made a prayer on the “Day of the Vow” (10[2])and formed a laager to defeat Dingane (10[3])(“din-GAH-neh”) at the Battle of Blood River. (-5[2])The (10[1])word voor (10[3])is prefixed (10[1])to a form of this noun to refer to 1830s (10[1])settlers who, outraged (10[1])at abolition, (10[1])founded republics like the Orange Free (10[1])State. For 10 points, what Afrikaans word (10[1])names a “great” migration of Boers? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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