▁the ▁Orange ▁Free ▁State ▁and ▁Bas ut ol and . ▁The ▁country ▁lying ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁Orange ▁River ▁and ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁C aled on ▁River , ▁formerly ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁Bas ut ol and , ▁was ▁c eded ▁to ▁the ▁Free ▁State , ▁and ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Con quer ed ▁Territ ory . ▁ ▁A ▁year ▁after ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁the ▁Con quer ed ▁Territ ory ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁another ▁boundary ▁dispute ▁was ▁settled ▁by ▁the ▁arbitr ation ▁of ▁Robert ▁William ▁Ke ate , ▁lieutenant - g overn or ▁of ▁Natal . ▁By ▁the ▁Sand ▁River ▁Convention , ▁independence ▁had ▁been ▁granted ▁to ▁the ▁Bo ers ▁living ▁" n orth ▁of ▁the ▁Va al ", ▁and ▁the ▁dispute ▁turned ▁on ▁the ▁question ▁as ▁to ▁what ▁stream ▁constit uted ▁the ▁true ▁upper ▁course ▁of ▁that ▁river . ▁Mr ▁Ke ate ▁decided ▁on ▁ 1 9 ▁February ▁ 1 8 7 0 ▁against ▁the ▁Free ▁State ▁view ▁and ▁fixed ▁the ▁K lip ▁River ▁as ▁the ▁div iding ▁line , ▁the ▁Trans va al ▁thus ▁se cur ing ▁the ▁W ak ker st room ▁and ▁adjacent ▁districts . ▁ ▁Diam onds ▁discovered ▁The ▁Bas ut ol and ▁difficulties ▁were ▁no ▁sooner ▁arranged ▁than ▁the ▁Free ▁Stat ers ▁found ▁themselves ▁confront ed ▁with ▁a ▁serious ▁difficulty ▁on ▁their ▁western ▁border . ▁In ▁the ▁years ▁ 1 8 7 0 – 1 8 7 1 ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁foreign ▁dig gers ▁had ▁settled ▁on ▁the ▁diam ond ▁fields ▁near ▁the ▁j unction ▁of