History of a language in Nigeria.

History of the Bassa-Nge People (How they defeated the Igalas in a battle). The Bassa Nge's of today are Nupe's who migrated from Gbara in south-west Bida just a little over hundred years ago. Their first place of settlement was in Kaaba which is today occupied by the Okun's (Yoruba) of Kogi State.The place Kabba was named by the Bassa settlers because they intended to use it as a maize farm (kaba means maize). The Nupe's now Bassa had to leave because of the incessant slave raiding in the area. Subsequently they moved to mount Patti and became the first settlers on Mt Patti in Lokoja. The name "Patti" is the Nupe word for Mountain. After victory over Muhammadu Maikarfi of Katsina, the Nupe's crossed the Niger River in 3 batches. the first batch headed by the Lerama family called on the others by saying 'e dabe kpata' which means 'come one come all' in the Nupe tongue. thus Kpata became the first settlement across the River. The crossing was made through 'am kpata' meaning 'river bank' in Nupe's which is currently the kpata market area of lokoja. The Second batch who crossed the river were headed by the Mopa family. The Mopas returned to invite their brothers who were left on Patti, non returned because they had discovered a fertile swampy bank which decided to settle in, they named it 'Ndadumo' meaning 'swampy land'. this name was later adulterated to 'Gadumo'now in Lokoja After due consultations the last batch were asked to split into 3 groups, since they were the traditional warrior. When they did, two groups crossed under the watch of the other group who were to remain behind to watch over 'Lokodja' meaning 'uniting place'. The third group adviced the Mopas to 'follow this path and enter' meaning 'dawn kolo' or 'let the remnants follow here n enter' meaning 'adawn kolo' in the native Nupe language which is now the 'Adankolo' in Lokoja. Of the two groups that crossed in the last batch, on reaching Kpata, the Lerama's told them of the occultic.