Kafir tribes from the north-east were chased southward into the mountain country now called Basutoland, most of which had been previously inhabited only by Bushmen, and here the Basuto kingdom was built up out of fugitive clans, by the famous chief Moshesh, between 1820 and 1840. Some of the bechuana tribes were driven from the east into their present seats in bechuanaland, some few far north-west to the banks of the Zambesi, where Livingstone found them.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce
They were all of excellent breeds; and, with the exception of his twelve yoke-oxen, and one or two long-horned bechuana bulls, all the others were fine young cows calculated soon to produce a large herd.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
Six Hottentots, a Bushman, and a bechuana boy obeyed, but those who searched sought in vain.
"The Settler and the Savage"
R.M. Ballantyne