THE HISTORY OF SEKWATI. 33 1 



crossed Steelpoort and settled at Magnet Heights. Many of 

 Sekwati's people were tired of his rule, so they left and settled 

 with Kabu. Sekwati at once took up anus and went to fight 

 Kabu. Kabu and his men fled into the Loin above Seopela 

 (Schoonoord). Sekwati camped at Schoonoord, made many big 

 fires to decive the enemy (as Frederick II. of Prussia once did), 

 left early in the night, and marched all night through to Pa'hla 

 (Mooifontein). Kabu next morning took this as a sign that Se- 

 kwati was afraid and followed him. Sekwati camped at a spruit, 

 a little distance from Fa'hla's kraal. Kabu came before sunrise 

 and attacked the Ba-Pa'hla while they were still asleep and sus- 

 pected nothing. As soon as Sekwati heard the noise and shouts, 

 he attacked the Ba-Kabu from behind and killed them, together 

 with their auxiliaries, the old Makgema cannibals, many Bakonis 

 and Mapulanas. He captured Kabu, but did not kill him. 

 Kabu, however, fled away to Ohrigstad. While there he allied 

 himself with Legadimani (Magakal), who gave Kabu a wife. 

 Sekwati now asked Kabu to raid the Ba-Marabe (Marabastad, 

 otherwise Pietersburg). They went. The Ba-Marabi not only drove 

 them oft", but killed them all. Both Kabu and Legadimani were 

 amongst the slain. Then Sekwati went and looted all the cattle of 

 Magakal. 



After this there came an impd of the Swazis (under Somo- 

 tobi, father of Umsutu, grandfather of Shopean), and attacked 

 Sekwati, but they were driven off. 



Then came a Zulu impi, sent by Panda, from Zululand. They 

 were nearly successful in their attack, but could not manage the 

 rocky hill (Phiring). After they left, Sekwati sent a messenger, 

 Mangakane, with ostrich-feathers and skins of the tshipa (much 

 prized by the Zulus) as peace offering. When this messenger 

 arrived at Panda's, his mother mocked them because of the strange 

 coverings round their loins. Panda thanked them and sent word : 

 '' That is all right now between us, but Sekwati must not sleep 

 when the dogs bark. I am not the only enemy." He also sent 

 some Zulus back with the messenger, to whom Sekwati gave some 

 cattle as a gift to Panda. From there until lately the Bapedi 

 from time to time sent tribute and so kept up the old good feeling 

 between them. 



Now came the first rumour about white men (the Boers).* 

 Some Boers with Ntere'ke (Hendrik Potgieter), coming from 

 Waterberg, called Sekwati to the drift at the Olifants River (at 

 Molalegi's, Mathebe's). Sekwati went with all his men, with ele- 

 phant tusks and some goats and sheep as a present. The Boers 

 were glad to see him, and said, " Let us be friends." Then they 

 passed over Magnet Heights to Ohrigstad, where thev settled. 

 They often came to hunt elephants together with Sekwati's men. 



Afterwards Hendrik Potgieter begged a commando from 



* On first seeing white faces, the people said, "A';' Tulare, o tsogile": 

 (It is Tulare; he has come up again). Because he also was very light in 

 colour. 



