Answer: Moshoeshoe was the first chief and founder of Sotho, a nation in Southern Africa. The people who lived there were called Basutos, and he ended up leading them against armies like the British using diplomacy. He began to raise followers in other tribes because of the success he had with the military. He ended up negotiating peace with a border to separate parts of the land called orange free state. In the mid 1800's, Moshoeshoe won against fighting off Boers, and gained as well as lost land. He ended up asking the british for help, but for a price. Some of his people's land. They agreed, and the land is today called Lesotho.
