Complex sentence: Bahta originally gained recognition in 1875 when he killed Embaye Araya son of Ras Araya, an Ethiopian Governor, in a skirmish precipitated by raiding of the area.
Split into simpler sentences: Bahta originally gained recognition when he killed Embaye Araya son of Ras Araya, an Ethiopian Governor in 1875. He was killed in a skirmish precipitated by raiding of the area.