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1874
1874 the following happened: Mamogale, the Chief of the Bakwena ba Mogopa, had returned from Basutoland, in
about 1868/70, where he had fled when Moselekatse with
his Zulu hordes enslaved the Bechuana here in Transvaal
and treated them like dogs. He lived on Selikatsnek but was then driven away by the boers. Genug Mamogale, a very old man, came and lived on Makolokoe near Bethanie. 1874 I drove to Makolokoe with my father, where the old Mamogale wanted to instate his son Raikane as his successor before his people. Many of the Bakwena were present and after the old Mamogale instated Raikane as his successor before his people in a long speech, he took my father by the hand and said, “I considered this white man to be an enemy, but have found him to be a fried, he now is your father.”
The old Mamogale did not become a Christian and died
when he was very old. His son Raikane also was no Christian although he had his son educated and baptised and gave him
a big Bible as a gift. Raikane is said to have been poisoned in 1878/79, he was a tall, strong man and very black. His son was baptised Jakobus and was a Christian with all his heart and was hated by the old heathens for this.