Hoengeiqua

The Hoengeiqua were Khoekhoe herders of the eastern Cape, whose country lay near the Great Fish River. Their chief Toena received tribute from Xhosa settlers in the frontier country, where Khoekhoe and Xhosa chiefdoms formed alliances as well as rivalries. In the eighteenth century the expansion of the Cape colony brought new competition over land and cattle to this region.

The later city of East London lies nearby.