450 SESUTO PRAISES. 



XVI. 

 MOKOATHI. 



Mokoathi oa makhoatha-holimo, 



kh(o)atha tlala e ba bolaee ba haLetijane. 



Of Mokoathi, Lechesa's Son. 



Mokoathi of the "flickers-up" (regiment?), 



Flick some hunger, that he may slay Let i jane's men. 



XVII. 

 MOTINATINA. 



Motinatina: Khomo ea lihloela tsa Rainabaleha, 

 khomo ea Bokone ea Matebeleng, 

 ea runoa lint a le mapokaetsi. 

 Khomo ea lihloela e sesa moholi, 

 khomo ea Bokone ea Matebeleng. 

 Mohaha-hlabana oa bammuso, 

 mohale a hlabana thunya li boee, 

 Mohale-oa-liKatrise-tinane, 

 O ile a hlabana Mathebe, bosiu bo sele, 

 mohla ho bolaoaug Posholi, 



RaMathibila litlhomola Letina Ramatsabisa mafora 

 bohaong. 



Of Motinatina, a Grandson. 



The ox of the spies of Ramabaleha (i.e., Posholi, brother of 



Moshesh), 

 Ox of Bokone, of Matebeleiand, 



Was searched for lice and horse-flies (i.e., raw kaffirs). 

 The ox of the spies clears the mist, 

 The ox of Bokone of Matebeleiand. 

 The builder of the battle heap of Government men, 

 The warrior fought to bring guns home. 

 Hero of the cartridges in little tins, 

 He fought at Mathebe, 

 When the night had cleared, 

 The night Poshodi was slain. 



Information about the Family of Foregoing, Received at 

 tsikoane, opposite flcksburg. 



His son, Letina, said : Nkhahle quarrelled with Leohesa and 

 the brother of Lebaka, i.e., Tlaedi. Then the children of the 

 Dikonyela (regiment) fought against our men, those of Lebaka, 

 and our brethren slew them. Now chief Lechesa refused, saying, 

 "Let them go"; they were his people, but they had already killed 

 (some). Those of the Dikonyela departed, and they sent two mes- 



