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8'UTEMENT OF THE XORANA. CHIEF.. 11Xlaar-water. The Barolongs at this time occupied Tauns andsurrounding country. The Ohief Tau then departed, having, .. 'Wethought, visited our chief and people in a friendly way. .After alapse of time, the Chief' Tau again visited us, and was attended bya large number of' his people. The chief', my grandfather, believinghe had come in friendship, made haste to meet him, and preeented81IDCIry ariicles of' f'ood to him and his people, according to ourDative ouatoms."The Ohief Tau and his people, noticing a convenient opportunity, and having.concealed under their skin cloaks (k&l'088e8)MUga" broken short, suddenly displayed their treachery, and mlll'­dered the chief', my grandfather, with a large number of ourpeople."After the 1088 of' our chief, we recognized the father of' J' anTaaiboech, my grand-uncle, 81 chief', and under him we crosaed theHarts Biver in pursuit of Tau and his people, who had Sed back:to their country. We fought the treacherous chief' and his Bamlongs,deleated, and drove them away. We f'ollowed the chief tohis great plaoe, Tauns, and fought f'our battles with him and theBatlaping tribes of' Ka.firs (who were at this time the slaves of' theBarolongs )-the said Batlaping people being a mixture of Baroloug,Bushmen, &0.; hence claim. no distinct nationality."We f'orced the Barolongs to leave the country, and take refugeat Betlagole.. The Barolong country then reached to iBetabingllakwaai and the Molopo Biver. The Chief Tau died of his'Wounds. The Barolongs then appointed one Mokalaka; but thischief' Sed, and then one Maasua was made chief, and with him wemade peace, and defined our boundaries, vis. :-" F%om the 8altpan known as Kweichona, and the 8altpaa known&8 Kazre, extending to Magakabane, from. thence to l[alachue,thence to J'aresat'ontain, thence to Koning, thence to Langeberg(Mts.), thence with a stright line to the Orange River, includingBlink-Klip and Klaar-water (Griquatown), thence with the OrangeBiver past Bloemhof to the Blesbok Bprait, and thence to theBaltpan.·• Nearly 100 miles to the north.t A. reference to diagram. A. (at the end of the chapter) will ahow thaiDOt only do the bounc1ariee thus de6ned include all the ground claimedand cliaputed by the Griquas under Waterboer. but also nearly the wholeof the territory occvpW by them DOrth of the Vaal River ..Digitized by Goog Ie