Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yawancin ƙauyuka na yanzu a yankin Amathole sun fara ne a matsayin sansanonin soja, misali Adelaide, Cathcart da Fort Beaufort. Wannan saboda, a karni na 19, wannan yanki ya zama iyaka tsakanin Cape Colony, da kuma al'ummar Xhosa zuwa gabas. Yaƙe-yaƙe na yau da kullun
An yi yaƙi tare da wannan iyaka, musamman ma 7th Frontier War (wanda aka fi sani da Amatola War ko 'War of the Axe'). Wadannan yaƙe-yaƙe galibi ana yin su ne a kan filayen noma, satar shanu da ikon shari'a kuma sun ga ci gaba da motsi na iyakar Cape zuwa gabas, zuwa ƙasashen Xhosa. A cikin tsaunukan Amatola ne sojojin Xhosa suka ja da baya bayan koma bayan wadannan yaƙe-yaƙe, don haka Cape ya gina garuruwan soja a ƙoƙarin tabbatar da waɗannan iyakokin ga manoma.