during one of the dry seasons, matitta prayed to god for a fountain (spring) which was granted to him and he called it the "spring of life". he said that any person who drank from the spring and asked god for anything in faith, they would receive it. the fountain currently is still in qwaqwa and is now named after him as - "walter matitta spring". he used water from that spring to heal people. the spring which he had prayed to god for is provisionally declared as a provincial heritage site in the free state.