Spoorbek was on good terms with the Voortrekker leaders Karel Landman, Piet Uys and Gert Rainier, who left the Cape Colony with ox wagons in search for a better life in the mainland.
On 29 June of the same year, the Uys Trek arrived at the combined Voortrekker laager at the Sand River where, unbeknownst to them, Piet Retief had been elected Governor and a constitution drafted.
Piet Mondrian | Piet Hein | Piet Pieterszoon Hein | Zwarte Piet | Piet Hein (Denmark) | Uys Krige | Tony Piet | Piet Zwart Institute | Piet van Heerden | Piet Uys | Piet Oudolf | Piet Kramer | Piet Joubert | Piet Cronjé | Piet Cronje | Jamie Uys |