Seqiti war
The Seqiti War [ sɪˈǃkʼiti ] (English Seqiti War or Second and Third Basotho War ) was a conflict between the Boers of the Orange Free State and Basotho under Moshoeshoe I in the years 1865 to 1868 in what is now South Africa and Lesotho . As a result, the Basotho lost large parts of their pasture land.
history
In 1858 the Boers and Basotho waged the Senekal War in the border area between the Orange Free State and the Basotho country . The British High Commissioner Philip Wodehouse ordered in October 1864 that the Basotho settlements west of the Warden border established in 1849 were to be dissolved. Most of the Basotho then fled east across the Caledon . Only Moshoeshoe's nephew, Lesaoana, stayed with loyal followers in the area to which numerous Basotho eventually returned to collect the harvest. Thereupon the President of the Orange Free State, Johannes Brand , declared war on the Basotho on June 9, 1865. In August 1865 the farmer and officer Louw Wepener besieged the plateau of Thaba Bosiu , on which Moshoeshoe resided, with a troop . When Wepener tried to storm the plateau, he was shot, Thaba Bosiu was not captured. The Boer troops, however, were better armed. In 1866, Wodehouse tried to convince his government to annex Basutoland by the United Kingdom in order to stop the Boer advance. His request was rejected, however, so that the war continued.
On April 11, 1866, the Basotho had to conclude the Treaty of Thaba Bosiu , in which they had to agree to the loss of two thirds of their fertile areas, including areas between Caledon and Senqu , which today belong to Lesotho. As a result, there was a truce . Most of the Basotho refused to leave the country, so that Brand in March 1867 ordered an intensification of the war. With the exception of Thaba Bosiu, all Basotho fortresses were captured by the Boers. Moshoeshoe I. turned to the British for protection.
On March 12, 1868, Basutoland became a British crown colony . Two days later the war ended. In February 1869, the new border was established in the Convention of Aliwal North ("Agreement of Aliwal North"), which reduced Basutoland to the size of Lesotho it is today. The British took control of Basutoland in March 1870. In 1871 Basutoland was incorporated into the Cape Colony .
Designations
Seqiti was the onomatopoeic name of the Basotho for the bang that was created when the cannons of the troops of the Orange Free State were fired. The designation as the Second and Third Basotho War was common on the part of the Orange Free State and included the Senekal War as the First Basotho War.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weis fields Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , p. 375.
- ^ Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , p. 396.
- ^ Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , p. 398.
- ↑ The Seqiti War 1865–1866 at sahistory.org.za (English), accessed on January 17, 2013
- ^ Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , p. 387.
- ^ Scott Rosenberg, Richard W. Weisfelder, Michelle Frisbie-Fulton: Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland / Oxford 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-4871-9 , p. 47.