Nongqawuse was the teenage prophetess whose visions triggered the tragic Xhosa Cattle-Killings of 1857-1858. Nongqawuse’s prophesy, said to have been delivered by spirits of the ancestors in a pool of water, required the Xhosa people to destroy their cattle and burn their crops in order to bring about a new paradise where new crops and cattle would arise along with an army of ancestors who would drive the European settlers back into into the sea. Desperate, and suffering from the effects of a prolonged drought and cattle disease, the Xhosa people obeyed resulting in further famine and disease. The 1856 cattle killings have receded into legend and its tragic manifestation is Nongqawuse’s pool, which can be visited on guided tours from the resort of Qolora Mouth.