Inqua

The Inqua were Khoekhoe pastoralists of the southern African interior, north of the coastal peoples of the Cape. Their country was known for its cattle and sheep. In 1689 Isaac Schrijver led an expedition from the Dutch settlement at the Cape, crossing the mountains to trade for livestock. He met the Inqua leader Hykon, who received the visitors and exchanged animals with them. The journey carried the Dutch party through the Little Karoo and over the Swartberg into the interior.