CHAP. XXIII. 
MALAPEETZEE— INTERVIEW WITH THE NATIVES— THEIR 
ACCOUNT OF DR. COWAN'S MURDER. 
Malapeetzee is the name of a place, near the 
river Makkarab ; but the Coranna people are known 
by the name of Tybuss Kraal, and also Makholoyank 
Kraal. The inhabitants seemed to gaze at our ap- 
proach with a mixture of fear and astonishment. They 
stood in groups, viewing us from a distance, for some 
time after our arrival. At length we obtained a meet- 
ing with the people, to inform them of the object of 
our visit, that we might put their minds at rest on that 
head. It was some time before we could learn who 
was their chief. First they said they had no chief ; 
then, that it was a person of the name of Tybuss, who 
vi^as not now with them ; then, that Oukey who was 
present was chief in his absence. We addressed our- 
selves to him as to the object of our visit. 
The chief told us that he had been for some time at 
Reed Fountain, when missionaries were there, and 
