Matabili

Thus we have between the years 1400 and 1900 a great period of migration up to 1750, when Bushmen, Hottentot, Bantu, and Dutch appeared in succession at Land's End. In the latter part of the eighteenth century we have the clash of the Hottentots and Bechuana, followed in the nineteenth century by the terrible wars of Chaka, the Kaffirs, and Matabili.

The Negro 1915

A black bard of our own day has described the onslaught of the Matabili in poetry of singular force and beauty:

The Negro 1915

Till their near approach proclaimed them Matabili.

The Negro 1915

(Kaffirs, Zulus, Matabili, etc.), were more recent immigrants than the white men themselves.

The Expansion of Europe Ramsay Muir 1906

_To the great ruler the Chief Lo Bengula, the son of Umzilikatse, the great King of the Matabili nation_.

The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs 1896

Matabili provoked war by falling upon and destroying a detachment of the emigrants.

Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880

As in their battles with the Boers they were destroyed by the fire of horsemen riding up, delivering a volley, and riding off before an assagai could reach them, so in the great war with Cetewayo in 1879 they fought in the open and were mowed down by British volleys; and in 1893 the Matabili perished in the same way under the fire of riflemen and Maxim guns sheltered behind a laager of wagons.

Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880

By it the upper part of the rock might be gained, and when it had been pulled up, approach was cut off and the fugitives on the flat top might be safe, while the Matabili were plundering their stores of grain and killing their friends beneath.

Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880

Matabili to dissolve still further, as was seen by the absence of notable leaders and the general want of plan and co-operation in the late conflict.

Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880

Only one native tribe and one native chief stand out from the confused tangle of petty raids and forays which makes up (after the expulsion of the Matabili) the earlier annals of the Boer communities.

Impressions of South Africa James Bryce Bryce 1880