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Mountain, from whence he proceeded eastward to the 
Malalareen River, where he met with Buys, a fugitive 
Africaneer boor, from the colony, whose party he joined. 
With these he removed to the Yellow River, when the 
day after their arrival they were attacked by a party of 
Griquas, who wished to d,pprehend and send them as 
prisoners to the colony, The Griquas fired upon them 
three times, which was returned, and a Bushman belong- 
ing to the Griquas was killed. After this encounter they 
removed higher up the Yellow River, to be out of the 
reach of the Griquas, from whence they sent messengers 
to Sibinell, a powerful chief, residing some days' journey 
from them, to solicit permission to live at his town. On 
receiving their message, Sibinell was so pleased with the 
application, that he came personally to invite them to live 
with him. This invitation they did not hesitate to accept. 
Soon after their arrival at Yattabba, Sibinell's town, they 
planted Indian corn, tobacco, pumpkins, water-melons, 
&c. and built a house for their residence fifty feet by 
fourteen, and five feet high. They frequently found the 
rains in that part of the country uncommonly heavy ; 
during one of those falls three women were drowned, 
and three of Sibinell's children died. 
They had not long resided with Sibinell before he 
compelled them to go with him upon a commando 
against the Boquaina nation. The army was composed 
of about 8,000 men. A small party of the Boquainas 
was sent out to attack part of Sibinell's troops, but being 
surrounded, about fifteen were killed. On approaching 
the town, which stood upon a hill of difficult access, they 
attempted to ascend to it, but were repulsed by the Bo- 
quainas rolling down stones upon them from the summit, 
so that they were glad to retire without being able to 
capture any of their cattle, which was the great object of 
the expedition. Though Buys, Aaron, &c. fired upon 
them from five muskets, they made no impression. 
Being in want of clothing, and hearing of a nation to 
