Shortly before this, a German trader was found murdered in the territory of Khauas Nama around Naosanabis (today's Leonardville).
When Curt von François, the predecessor of Leutwein, demanded the murderer be handed over to the German authorities, the Khaua chief, Andreas Lambert, refused.
In March, captured Andries Lambert accepted the conditions and recognized German authority, as well as agreeing to return cattle to Bechuanaland and to surrender arms.
[4] In the aftermath of this incident, Leutwein met with the remaining members of the tribe to establish the terms of a "protection" treaty.
[2] With no culture of raising cattle and deprived of the possibility of hunting and raiding for them, the Khaua no longer had a means of immediate economic survival.