This is the grave of the Legend Katagwan who lived over 300 years ago.Katagwan was a giant, a hunter, a warrior, and a civil right defender, Dusai was his home, He lived and died in this village. He had a house and family. They remnants of his family are called the Kagwan clan. To prove that Katagwan was a civil right defender and believe on equal rights and justice; he taught his people how to practice equal right and justice in this manner; if hunters shoot an animal with their poisonous arrows, and there was an argument on who first hit the animal. Katagwan will stretch his long arm and pick the animal and drop it at the house of the right person that first shoots the animal for them to share when they return.The stream that passes through Dusai land, when it over flows its banks in the rainy season, he will stretch his long arm to serve as a bridge for his people to cross to the other side for farming.Katagwan had his footprints, that of his dog, and the mark of his spear on the following hills to mark his hunting zones and his kingdom. These footprints are on these hills;Aduwo Shuwai at Agban, KagoroDusai, KagoroAfan Takad, in Takad chiefdomRahama Hills in Chawai chiefdomAfan Atyap in Atyap chiefdomAfan Adan in Wadon, Bajju chiefdomFootPrints of KatagwanKatagwan never drank water from any source other than his specific source of water known as UDONG KATAGWAN, this is an underground source of water in a little cave on the foot of the hills.Due to his size, he could not sleep in their types of houses at that time; instead, he used a cave on top of the hill as his bedroom.Finally, he dug his grave by himself. The prints which he used to bring out the earth are marked on his grave. At his terminal illness, he went into his grave and lay in it and gave up his ghost. His people then covered the grave and gave him all the death rituals he deserved. He was greatly honoured by his people, neighbours and all well wishers and also a great legend.By Edward Joshua
THE KAGORO TRIBE: THEIR TRADITIONS OF ORIGIN The tribe as well as the people are called Kagoro. (Oegworok as they called themselves). Their land is Abin Oegworok and their chief is Oegwam Oegworok. The traditional always say that they came from the east and probably from Sudan. They left there for reasons of wars and pleasures and travelled southwest through south of Chad into Borno. (There is a tribe known as Kagoro in French west Africa whose link may not be coincidence). The left there to southwestward until they reached Bauchi and settled at southern Bauchi around Fobur areas (now in plateau state). They stayed there for many years until they left and travelled southwestward to Assop ( Plateau state) and from there to numbio (presently Nimbia) near the Kagoro Hills. They found no one there but bush forest full of wild animals. While there, though they hunted the wild animals for food yet the had to move away after many years because there domestic animals were being tomente
Pictures of these prints pleaee
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DeleteWow lovely keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteGreat job Edward
ReplyDeleteSo good to see young men keeping our history, our heritage! Its all we can pass down to the coming generations. God bless you, keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sir. for the encouragement.
DeleteGod bless you Edward
ReplyDeleteThanks for this. It's interesting and I want to infuse parts of this story into a work for children.
ReplyDeleteHas there been a forensic excavation of this grave anytime in the past?
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