Kammala wannan jumla: Fararen fararen farko sun zo yankin a cikin 1770s. A cikin 1776, masanin ilimin halitta na Sweden Anders Sparrman ya bayyana yankin a matsayin mafi kyawun da ya taɓa gani, kuma ba da daɗewa ba a watan Satumba na 1778 Gwamnan Cape of Good Hope Joachim van Plettenberg ya biyo baya. Kodayake Kamfanin Dutch East India ya ayyana duwatsun a matsayin iyakar gabas na Dutch Cape Colony a 1770, wannan bai hana mazauna daga yin noma a kwarin Little Fish River mai albarka ba. Tarihin yankin ya kasance yana gwagwarmaya kan iyakoki, satar shanu, da juriya ga ikon gwamnati ta Trekboers, Xhosa, Khoikhoi, San, da gwamnatin Burtaniya. Ba da daɗewa ba kafin 1780, ɗan kasada Coenraad de Buys ya ziyarci yankin, kamar yadda Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, wanda ba shi da sha'awar halin Trekboers. Mazauna yankin sun taka rawa a cikin Van Jaarsveld Rebellion na 1799 da kuma Slachter's Nek Rebellion na 1815, kuma yankin yana da mahimmanci a lokacin mulkin mallaka na Dutch.
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