They realized their error too late, and attempted to fix the situation by changing the resurrection to another day, but blank despair had taken the place of hope and faith, and it was only as starving supplicants that the Xhosa sought the British.
De indså sin fejl for sent og forsøgte at rette på situationen ved at ændre opstandelsen til en anden dag, men ren fortvivlelse havde taget pladsen til håbet og troen, og det var bare sultende og tryglende, at xhosaerne søgte briterne.