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in any measure that would meet with the universal 

 approbation of the Caffer Chiefs. 



" A tradition exists among them in reference to 

 their origin, that the first Great Chief came out of a 

 cave, called U' Daliwe, Dala being a word they use 

 for the Creator, and Uka Dalwa the creation *." 

 This cave they describe as being situated to the east- 

 ward, from whence the sun issues every morning to 

 warm and enlighten the world. 



The Amatembu tribes form the great second 

 division, commonly called Tambookies ; they dwell 

 near the Bashee River, and extend inland as far as 

 the country of the Karroo desert ; they also inhabit 

 the country north and west of the Amakosa : their 

 Umkumkani, who died in 1830, was Vossani, the 

 brother and successor of Vossani. Magwa and Tabo 

 are the principal subordinate Chiefs of this division, 

 and as they are in close alliance with Hintza, the 

 power of the Amatembu is really very small. 



The third division are the Amaponda tribes, called 

 Mambookies, whose territories extend from the 

 Bashee to the River Umsikalia, about thirty miles 

 beyond the St. John, or Zimvoobo River. The Um- 

 kumkani is Fako. The principal subordinate Chiefs 

 are Umyeiki, Jali, Sobazilla, Qanda, Cetani, and 

 Dapa, the son of an English woman wrecked on the 

 coast. Fako is a very powerful Chief, a man of 

 talent, and much dreaded by the surrounding tribes. 



* South African Quarterly Journal.— 1833, 



