Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Fiye da shekaru goma na kwanciyar hankali da ci gaban tattalin arziki, wanda ya kai tsakiyar tsakiyar 1870s, ya kawo ƙarshen jerin mummunan fari a fadin Transkei, wanda ya fara sanya matsananciyar damuwa a kan dangantakar tsakanin kabilanci. Matsarinsu ya karu har zuwa 1877, lokacin da babban yakin da mutanen Fengu suka yi yaƙi,
Yaƙin Yankin na Tara, ya ɓarke bayan gwagwarmayar mashaya tsakanin Fengu da baƙi na Gcaleka, a bikin auren Fengu. Yawancin mutanen Fengu sun kasance 'yan asalin Cape a wannan lokacin, don haka Cape Colony ya ɗauki ra'ayi na yaƙi, wanda ya kawo shi cikin rikici da sojojin Gcaleka.