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ARRIVAL AT HOKKOORO. 
[1820. 
Bootshuanas, several of whom followed the wag- 
gons for a time. Soon after this we came to a 
town called Hokkooro, the inhabitants of which 
were suspected of the murder of some Mashows 
a few days before. We, however, understood 
they had not murdered them, as was reported at 
Lattakoo, but that the people at one of their 
cattle-posts had attacked them, wounded three, 
and captured all their pack-oxen with their pro- 
perty. Brumella, who was sent by Mateebe to 
inquire into the circumstances of the case, had a 
daughter on the eve of being married to the cap- 
tain or chief of the town, and On that account, 
probably, he had caused the matter to be 
quashed, and perhaps obtained a share in the 
plunder himself. The town of Hokkooro, is go- 
verned by a chief named Mongallee. 
The waggons went forward, but we walked into 
the town. On coming to the principal public 
inclosure we found Mongallee sitting in the 
middle of about a dozen of his principal men. 
He told us we had found him in a sorrowful 
state, for he had just finished burying one of his 
captains, who died on the preceding day of a 
bowel complaint, which had seized him on re- 
turning from a journey, his name was Impas- 
seeley. We were sorry we had not arrived 
sooner to witness the ceremonies they observed 
on such an occasion ; but having asked to see 
