Certainly some of the principal chiefs believed that they were acting simply in preparation for a last struggle with the Europeans, their plan being to throw the whole Xhosa nation fully armed and famished upon the colony.
Det er sikkert at nogen af de største høvdinger troede, at de handlede i forberedelse af en sidste kamp med europæerne, deres plan var at kaste hele xhosanationen, fuldt bevæbnet og motiverede, mod kolonien.