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which he made them, referring significantly to the past indignities 
heaped upon them, first by Sibotwana and then by his son 
Sekeletu, he ordered them at the conference on the following 
day to mingle freely with the newcomers, so that, at a given 
signal, each one should be in a favourable position to kill one of 
the Makololo men, who would appear unarmed, at once. Then, 
when he used the words in conference, ‘ two bulls cannot live in 
one kraal/ they were to fall on the Makololo and kill the lot. 
When the preparations for the ‘ reception ’ were complete, he 
sent out messengers who brought the men of the Makololo to 
the conference held within the walls of the Kodthla. Accord¬ 
ing to custom, the Makololo came in without weapons, as it is 
not allowed to appear before the king armed, and presented 
their petition to the councillors and king, who, waiting till he 
saw his people well intermingled with the Makololo, discussing 
unconcernedly the while, suddenly jumped up and shouted, 
‘ What do you traitors want in my country ? have you come to 
sow dissension amongst my people as you have already done in 
the Barotzi valley ? Know ye not “ that two bulls cannot live in 
one kraal ”V At the word, in an instant, the betrayed and 
defenceless Makololo were all butchered, not even one remain¬ 
ing to carry the tale out to Basutoland. Their arms, women, 
and children were distributed amongst the natives, who felt more 
at ease now that the dreaded Makololo power was effectually 
broken. Some of the male children, when grown to manhood, 
dissatisfied with their lot, for they were by law prohibited from 
intermarrying with the Batowaana people, deserted, and fled up 
the Cubango, but were followed and killed, all but two, who 
escaped, and eventually made their way to Matabeleland, where 
Lobengula offered them protection for reasons of his own. 
Letchulatebe died in August 1874, when Moremi n., his boy 
son, was taken charge of by Meno, a chief who opposed 
Christianity only because the religion excluded polygamy, and 
he would not abandon his wives. Da Tapo, the son of Meno, 
opposes Christianity to this day for the same reason. 
Meno ruled the people with much consideration and justice, 
