, 1879-03-24
md kent killing NIL tho way. There were very
fcw white mcn; tlley were nearly oil mounted
btQHtrs f,f mrs j1yfti!r.


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nnd kent killing MI the wuy. There were very
fcw wbftc men; tllcy were nearly nl, mounted
ntggere Of ours fy!nS.
utcn tiDwn to Dc River i}ulfalv. / jumped Oft
un.l leu nv ]r,fsc down. There wns pppr fej.
inv Of tic imountci Infantry IN prisntc) struck
through The nr,iI, wIto sail Us pas.Ml That II
culllt. bttll TT, his asnt nt sion lg bleeding he
wou.'l br ali right. accordingly took out my
handkerchief alnl lied uu lnis nrn,. Just "a 1
had 'i,nc II, Mai. Smith, II tl'e trtiirry, canac
tl"wn by me- wounded, .ayiny, FOR G't''. sa';c;
ns.' had slonu all uoults snr t1,r wounded
tnnn, t,l1 ~ Turned 10 lump IN tny horac.
lust rs ! mas dotny 20 lie iwr.e went
with hou,ut tn ht bo,,rs, Of iir rcriplc., llc.
tbg struck With n,l nsacrat. gave up MI !Io,tu
as tlc Xulss we're a1i rruntt me- tush|lIx OF i1e
wonn!ed,--tllc nun lad hGlrc,l unsl Mai.
smith alfong tic n,,.,bcr. However, viii. t,in
strong l.upp strt everybody cllncs to illa, fn,,c
nccidcut wouil turn ~, I r,i.l,cd of on
foot ard plunged iuto .le river Which was little
better than roarn. tasrrItt. was being rar-
ried dorm tho struasn mt /. tre.nendoi. tlare.
wien loosc lmrsc came ty f,lr, a,,.l not hold
Of bis tail, a he li,mied ,nt safely on the other
hank: bu. was ton t!rc,l 10 stivls to hin, and
get on f!s back. cut up Egntn ai,l rushed uf,,
| md was seypra t,cs knocked over by our
mounted nIggcrs. wLo would rot ret out III iny
clothes Md l,oots full ot Water. Ab.,ut twenty
Zulns cot oyer The water a.nI followed ns ,,p
IHE n{lIt 10 EaF. iIpF I1Hu NDt
slreir. firearms. Cross|,, the river, however,
tic Zulus en- the opposttc .i'ie kent ttrug it us
| rs wc wont up tht. hill, ami killed several
Of tho niece's round nc: 1 wns the
0nty white ninn to be SEEN until came 10 onc
who had tccn Kicked by bis horse mud could not
| my knife. IIc said he would catch inc Il horse.
| Directly !,e WIS uu he vent clean away. y lew
Xuus folIuu ell us tpr about Three miles arruss
| the river, but theY had uo CUTS tirl llal re-
volyer, wlIisl, Kept lcttint; them know. Also
| the mounted nfggcra stoppcd iitt1e nuA kept
firing anthem. they did not comc iu close, md
| finally stopped altogether.
"Ncll, to r,,t 1t short, strugelctlsfuto 1fclp-
1naknar. ahuus twenty nii!cs on Ut niyhttaIi, to
| find few men who llad escaped, about ten or
n wagon lager. We sat up ali nlrht. nlo,ncn-
tarlly expecting attnrk. The next Jay there
was i dense fot all tiny, nc.rty na lad Al night.
md ne could not make out what lad taopene4
IN thc eth 1 struggled down so Korke's
Drift, my former headquarters, Witch Ind
been galiant!y defended lor n s'luc night
flat sc l;cncral and remainder Vi tic column
| had arrived all right. / nm there now In n
laagcr. We Keep n tremendous lookout, a,,d
sit up oil night expecting, at,urk. 1t Inns been
lust hight. VIC have ,lut single thny left.
Tie tncu hayc no conts t,r uuytjIinr. n1] bslnE
taken by the Zulus. We shn!t have anothrr
dreadful night ut Il tonight, cxprrt, lyiug OF,
the wct ground. lsaye 1utt hntl to t}rop ,fls
for minute for ollie Of our numerous alarms
have no tllnu for more now. What we are to 10
~! .lannt.' s sss ~ ~. ~ 'ns.es. Mea ,. t
a.fgs, nrcn. n,IIrs. hurses c,c, However. We,
must hcrit, to work orntu tu ret fresh transport
together. think Gotl nm alive mud we'll,
having feW orutsct. dotl bless you.
~ a't '1 -, ,s WIZ, .,,n ,',n
Tain md liz. air tnin,rt, viii ,iead Iodies. as
there were nbout $50 Zulus killed hcrc and sotu
buried In tile ruins"
vhs ,;, Laasst .ss says: T., a.. ,,,,.on - A.. 49,,
death Of surEeo'i-Ma1or sllcpsserl % rclatctl BY
an eye.Eitness, air. slushcad, Nataf Carbtneers:
AZ Kelly and were rsIstlE l"T our lives, tho
lulus tursuiHE rs, my e.rlpanon--aln'ost Il
cvllcut]y hlt. | stopped my tiurse to sec what
wa tIlc matter, and tried to support hlin, but
coulA not, md lMa to I'LL hin oil OH to tic
gruun4. Al TINT moment Or. ShcphetH catno
gallop!ng past. IcaIled out to him, and he dis
lnuuntcd tu exasn!nu poor kelly. After casu-
tuiiy examining !lim hc cr'td @ out, "Al,, poor
I'd my horsr, and Dr. S'e.,l!ersi wus IN tue acs I'll
putting hts loot Into the s,iyrlit, when suo H..
s'tnct warned tnu to look round. ~ dill 50 l
saw un asseEai cotllnE stra'gl,t towards INC. |
tnrned to the left IN the saddle NJ tlir Same mo-
n3cnt u lassca close 10 MY lls'att, al1. uulor-
tunatcly, struck Dr. Shepherd iH tlc side. lie
immediately fell, anu put spurs to my 'lorsr,
and Tal'oped OIL As haei as t'e hoFse eonlu
so' -, ,.,,.x rr,r,s,, s,,,,r,
r,o xo,,, |',,,ai,, sars. '''
IAN tnr,,1ent s1,ovl,,. oo,,, ,,,,r,, and ,u,1r.
o,,, IN xo,, ,,or,,, rcr,,,,,tt,',, n,"o ss.1o..t
arm,.r,,,,,r ,,f ,i Tirtar,, N,,,'s1 1,Iaas ,ra .
M ,si,n y ,ort~ of t,,,", .,th"rs r1,s,, thn.
fn,,,a f,rrs"t..s ,nnfrtn,c ~, ,r;,,, ,-,.o;,
vn,"s ~, ar,,,n., .,,1 n.s..a,,.l,, .',. 80 ,s,'
ar,,stronr mi 1T. Ipm n,r.. aI,anaa, r.r,'l,,.
towards tt,. uno,ny ,,nt,l ,vt,l,I, t,f,v ,,or1: