AsthenamewasfoundinuseamongthosewhohadnointercoursewithEuropeans，beforewecanreceivetheaboveexplanationwemustbelievethattheunknowntravelerknewthelanguagesufficientlywelltoaskaquestion，butnottounderstandtheanswerWemayadd，thatthewayinwhichtheystillcontinuetousethewordseemstorequirenofancifulinterpretationWhenaddressedwithanydegreeofscorn，theyreply，“WeareBachuana，orequalswearenotinferiortoanyofournation。”inexactlythesamesenseasIrishmenorScotchmen，inthesamecircumstances，wouldreply，“WeareBritons。”
or“WeareEnglishmen。”Mostothertribesareknownbythetermsappliedtothembystrangersonly，astheCaffres，Hottentots，andBushmen。
TheBechuanasaloneusethetermtothemselvesasagenericoneforthewholenationTheyhavemanaged，also，togiveacomprehensivenametothewhites，viz。，Makoa，thoughtheycannotexplainthederivationofitanymorethanoftheirownItseemstomean“handsome“，fromthemannerinwhichtheyuseittoindicatebeauty；
butthereisawordsoverylikeitmeaning“infirm“，or“weak“，thatBurchell’sconjectureisprobablytherightone。
“ThedifferentHottentottribeswereknownbynamesterminatingin`kua’，whichmeans`man’，andtheBechuanassimplyaddedtheprefixMa，denotinganation。”TheythemselveswerefirstknownasBriquas，or“goat-men“ThelanguageoftheBechuanasistermedSichuana；