Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin karni na 19, kogin ya zama iyakar Cape Colony kuma an yi jayayya sosai a lokacin Xhosa Wars
na 1779 zuwa 1878 tsakanin al'ummar Xhosa a gefe guda da manoman Holland da 1820 Masu zama daga Ingila a gefe guda, kuma a 1835, an ba da izinin mutanen Fingo su zauna a kan bankunan kogin. A lokacin mulkin wariyar launin fata, ƙananan raƙuman ruwa sun kasance iyakar yammacin ƙasar Ciskei mai zaman kanta.