4 Mr. Morgan's Account of the Amakosae, 



T am led therefore to conclude that about this period the 

 first division of these people began, and also that their first 

 encroachments upon the Hottentot country took place about 

 this time. That the Hottentots at one time possessed the 

 country to the westward of the Kay River is extremely proba- 

 ble, because the names of all the rivers from thence, in that 

 direction, are still in their language, as well as many to the 

 eastward as far as the Bashee. 



The Mandanhie tribe derive their origin from Um Dangie, 

 a son of Un Conde, and as these were the most advanced 

 CafFers, having possessed themselves of the country as far to 

 the westward as the Sunday River, it is probable he was the 

 first chief who led out his people from the main body and 

 sought a new possession by conquest from the Hottentots. 



Um Bange, a grandson of Un Conde, is the head from whom 

 the chief of those Caffers now on the Buffalo River has de- 

 scended. The chief U'Queno derives his origin from U'Lango, 

 a son of U'Palo, and with his people formerly possessed the 

 country to the west of the Fish River, but it was during the 

 time of U'Calika that the greatest and last division took place, 

 when all the people to the westward of the Kai River became 

 in a manner free from the immediate controul of the direct 

 descendants of Un Conde. U'Henza is the present chief in 

 this line, and is acknowledged to be the head of the whole 

 people, and still possesses some kind of authority or influence 

 over all the other chiefs, for to him are referred all disputes 

 respecthig authority, guardianship of minors, &c. and he fre- 

 quently of himself also inquires into and decides upon affairs of 

 major and minor importance to the nation, and his interference 

 is not thought any encroachment on the power or authority of 

 the other chiefs, but they readily submit to his opinion on the 

 subject. 



The only regular accounts of their proceedings that can be 

 collected, commences in the time of U'Caleka, the third in 

 descent from Un Conde, who it appears ruled absolutely over 

 all the people for some time, until his brother U'Raraba, who 

 was a man of great influence, and much esteemed by the whole 

 nation, resisted some of his unpopular measures, and was 

 joined by a numerous party. A civil war ensued, and ended in 

 the division above alluded to : from that time he acted inde- 

 pendently of his brother. At the death of U'Caleka the part 

 of the Government that remained to him descended to his son 

 U'Kanta, who was succeeded about twelve years ago by 

 U'Henza, He it is who now rules over those Caffers who in- 

 habit the country to the East of the Great Kai River. 

 U'Raraba, the brother of U'Caleka, who caused the division 

 pf the people, succeeded in establishing his authority. He 



