 Kuedza kuunza mambo nemauto ake kuti vazviise pasi kwakatungamirira kunhamo yeShangani Patrol apo Ndebele Impi yakakunda British South Africa Company patrol inotungamirirwa naMajor Allan Wilson murwizi rweShangani muna December 1893. Kunze kwaFrederick Russell Burnham navamwe vaongorori vaviri vakatumwa nokuda kwokuwedzera, boka racho rakapoteredzwa ndokuparadzwa. Chiitiko ichi chakakanganisa zvikuru nyika yeMatabeleland uye mweya wekuramba uye vagari vemo vakafira muhondo iyi vanovigwa paMatobo Hills pamwe chete naJameson naCecil Rhodes. Munhoroondo yeRhodesia yevarungu, hondo yaWilson inowana nzvimbo yechigaro chaGeneral Custer paLittle Big HornmuUnited States. Varwi veMatabele vairemekedza varume vakafa nokukwazisa ushingi hwavo muhondo uye vanonzi vakaudza mambo kuti, Vakanga vari varume vevanhu uye madzibaba avo akanga ari varume pamberi pavo. 