Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te rau tau 19, ko te awa te rohe o te Cape Colony, ā, i tino tautohetia i te wā o ngā Pakanga Xhosa
Nō te tau 1779 ki te tau 1878 i waenganui i te iwi o Xhosa i tētahi taha, me ngā kaiahuwhenua o te Netherlands, me ngā Kaituku mai i Ingarangi i te tau 1820, ā, i te tau 1835, i whakaaetia te iwi o Fingo ki te noho ki ngā pareparenga o te awa. I te wā o te apartheid, ko ngā awa o raro te rohe ki te hauauru o te whenua motuhake o Ciskei.