British authorities moved Warday Galla across the Tana to prevent their extinction by Somali.

Evidence

By 1912, when administrative and military posts were opened by the British in this turbulent northern part of the East African Protectorate, the situation was still fluid. The Darod were still on the move and were now seeking to dominate completely the whole region from Buna in the west, through Wajir, to the Tana in the south-east. Many of those non-Hamitic WaBoni hunters who had survived the tides of migration and battle had now become the serfs of the Darod, and most of the Warday Galla who remained had to be moved across the Tana River to prevent their extinction by the Somali. A good number, however, chose to stay with their former Darod subjects as clients, thus completely reversing the earlier position when the Oromo had been masters of Jubaland. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 111 (#expands, via linked claim)

Some twelve years later, further unrest broke out among the Galla subjects of the Darod, and a rumour began to circulate that the Somali were about to disregard the 1919 agreement. Whether on this account, or for other reasons, about eight hundred Oromo dependents with ten times as many head of livestock made a forlorn bid for freedom, trekking towards the Tana River at the very height of the dry season. The result was disastrous; nearly half their number perished, and the few who survived were ignominiously returned to the left bank of the river. In 1936, the agreement ended and the government of Kenya tacitly recognized that, except for those on the right bank of the Tana, the Warday Galla with whom the Somali had so long been struggling had been finally assimilated. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 113 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: By 1936 Kenya recognized that most Warday Galla had been assimilated by the Somali.; By 1912 Darod pressure forced Warday Galla across the Tana and WaBoni into serfdom — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 111; The 1919 agreement forced remaining Warday Galla to pay half their cattle to emigrate — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 112 (+1 more)

Related

• By 1912 Darod pressure forced Warday Galla across the Tana and WaBoni into serfdom (similarity 0.96)
• By 1936 Kenya recognized that most Warday Galla had been assimilated by the Somali. (similarity 0.95)
• The Warday Galla bid for freedom failed disastrously and assimilation followed by 1936 (similarity 0.92)
• The 1919 agreement forced remaining Warday Galla to pay half their cattle to emigrate (similarity 0.91)
• The 1919 Somali-Orma agreement enticed few Galla to leave serfdom. (similarity 0.89)
• The 1919 Somali-Orma agreement forced Galla to choose serfdom or costly relocation (similarity 0.87)

Broader Connections

• By 1936 Kenya recognized that most Warday Galla had been assimilated by the Somali. #expands (0.75)
• By 1912 Darod pressure forced Warday Galla across the Tana and WaBoni into serfdom #expands (0.70) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 111
• The Warday Galla bid for freedom failed disastrously and assimilation followed by 1936 #expands (0.60) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 113
• The 1919 agreement forced remaining Warday Galla to pay half their cattle to emigrate #expands (0.55) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 112