Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Fiye da shekaru goma na zaman lafiya da ci gaban tattalin arziki, wanda ya kai tsakiyar tsakiyar 1870s, ya kawo ƙarshen jerin bala'in fari a fadin Transkei, wanda ya fara sanya mummunan damuwa a kan dangantakar tsakanin kabilanci. Matsarinsu ya karu har zuwa 1877, lokacin da babban yaƙin da mutanen Fengu suka yi, Yaƙin Yankin na Tara
, ya ɓarke bayan gwagwarmayar mashaya tsakanin baƙi Fengu da 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.