I-Pitoli yathi yafunyanwa ngo-1855 nguMarthinus Wessel Pretorius. Wayeyinkokheli yeVoortrekkers. U-Pretoruis wathiywa eligama ngoyise owayenguAndries Pretorius. U-Andries Pretorius wabaligorha leVoortrekkers emva kwedabi elalibizwa ngokuba yiBattle of Blood River. Esi sixeko saba ngundlunkulu werhiphabhlikhi yaseMzantsi Afrika ngomhla woku-1 kaCanzibe, ngo-1860.