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hato (wife of Moshesh). Then they ran and stopped Mamohato 

 and slew the Batlokoa : Mamohato returned home, and Moshesh 

 praised (them) greatly, he found his children (they had been 

 stopped by Tyakane's men — there were some heroes among them 

 at Mphutlana's place' — the mighty men of Nyakane slew the 

 Batlokoa, Mokakailane the Motlokoa : so they stopped Mamohato. 

 (1829: See Almanaka ea Basotho for the dating.) 



Note on 'Mamosa, the Mother of Jonathan (vide IV.). 

 (Contributed by A. Sekese.) 



Kamokotyo, the father of 'Mamosa, was a man of Makhabane, 

 the brother of Moshesh. When Makhabane was proclaimed at 

 Ntlokholo, he was out with Ramokotyo, and at that time Japje, 

 a prophet of the war with the Koranas, which was still to come 

 (1835), prophesied of the horses which they rode and an ox, which 

 was ridden by Raleotoana, and also of his death, and of the guns. 

 (At the time of that war 'Mamosa was circumcised at Ramakha 

 with Masenate, Moshesh's queen.) He also prophesied of the 

 coming of the missionaries. 



'Mamosa then went back to Ntlokholo. At that time 

 'Mamosa was a little girl. She was frightening birds there, and 

 was seen by the shepherds of Mokhachane and Moshesh. Tsieane 

 Mokhachane wanted to marry her, but she refused him flatly, and 

 Lesaoane also (he was engaged to Mamaneela). Molapo also saw 

 her looking after his father's cattle. 



Moshesh hastened to send Khoho, and ordered him to take a 

 royal sheep in Mokotyo's charge and to ask him for 'Mamosa. 

 Then they went out to Makhoarane (near Morija). Moshesh and 

 his father sent Tsieane to follow him and Nkhase, Qusha and 

 Makhoma, son of Let oka (a Mosia), in addition to his father's 

 wives, including Manena Moshesh. At that time the missionaries 

 had come, and when they were there Moorosi said he had been 

 to look for the cattle at Kobe's (in Cape Colony) ; at that time 

 Isaac praised himself and said: — 



"Mphurane a phura thata, Baphiri." 



(M. gnashed his teeth well, O men of the Hyenas regiment.) 

 Mosa Molomo was born ; when they left Makhoarane they 

 went to Peka, when Jonathan was born. They returned to 

 Makhoarane, where Jonathan was baptised. Then they came to 

 Cana; shortly after they left there because of trouble caused by 

 Sekhonyela, and went to Tsoanamakhulo ; when they left there 

 they went to Leribe, where Japje prophesied the madness of 

 Josepha. 



