Siyancuma

In the country of Siyancuma, the Vaal joins the great river known to Khoekhoe speakers as the Gariep. Korana communities lived along the Gariep, Vaal and Harts rivers, keeping herds in the interior. Farther north at Klaarwater, Chaguriqua, Korana, Tswana and people from the Cape came together around a mission established in the early nineteenth century. In 1813 the community adopted the name Griqua, and Klaarwater became known as Griquatown.