colonial secretary added that it was impossible for England to supply troops to constantly advancing outposts, "especially as Cape Town and the port of Table Bay were all she really required in South Africa". In withdrawing from the Sovereignty the British government declared that it had "no alliance with any native chief or tribes to the northward of the Orange River with the exception of the Griqua chief Captain Adam Kok [III]". Kok was not formidable in a military sense, nor could he prevent individual Griquas from alienating their lands. Eventually, in 1861, he sold his sovereign rights to the Free State for £4,000 and moved with his followers to the northern part of the Mpondo king Faku's No Man's Land, later called Griqualand East. Notes References Former countries in Africa States and territories disestablished in 1854 History of the Free State (province) States and territories established in 1848 1848 establishments in the British Empire 1854 disestablishments in Africa Former British colonies and protectorates in Africa