, 1879-06-18
n.,awayo Endeavors to Induce
Him to Enter His Mill
tary Service.
xot Embracing The Royal Propositions
He Is Sentenced TO DC Enlcn
to Dcath by Anis.
wh,le gu Route to the Plaoe Of Tort
ure, He Succeeds in Max
ing His Escape.

.-nnNh hRl6G& INV
s', ~, . mau coming towards them. Their prac-
vs .s.d eyea soon established Inst tint be wss not
W.: .gu,,.' md sccundly tint ho mas moving with
. ...s, aunarens dlt,eultv. rhey out apuea to
,h.r borscs, and SOON ca,ne up with the object
sh,rh Ind excited t,,civ curiosity, whcn some Of
.h.n recognized lin as a trooper OF Weather.
49, Uo,se, which had been cut to pieces 10 the
..,rt.o at tho Z!obaue Mountain. The poor
..p ..,,a, vn, dressed tn an old corduroy iacket,
~, into ribbons by nalegat stabs, = pair Of old
s.,,,,.nta, trousers cut OF At thu knees, tito
hs,sncc having been employed to bind round bis
tsst which were black, swollen, at,d bleeding
teon travelling over rocks, no shirt or hRt, anu
-. hot1y bore nnrks ot ill.trcatmcnt mud prira-
,to,. lie was scarcely ab!o to crawl, 80 he was
..C,r nm bebtud one OF the scouts and brought
sto camp, where be told
rns sronY or MS ADVENTURES
N Col, Wood-or,.a as am glad to bo abls now
to e,I him, BY decision Of tho High Conmfs.
Monrr. announced 10 last nights orders, Brig
Cam Wood, v. G., c. Band his sta1. His
n,ma fs Earnest 9randjer, Is years OF age,
r,tvo OF Bordeaux, who has been bctween -FOUR
,n, f1o 7sars 10 south Africa. ua ID a good
]ookIpc, Intelligent follow, und was serving,
ri,h couptryman for his couradc namod Cra.
m,,sn Bofndern, % trooper In Weaslcr1ey's
Uoxc. His account Of the slaughter OF that ur-
fortuuste troop agrees IN al essential particulars
t,th that which hayo previously sent ID my
|et,,r from this camp. They wcre descending
.he Zlobane by the pnth at the cast end, fol-
lorsd by D crowd Of Zulus from the monnt'
.in ions, when they found thclr rctteat
cut iii By the main Zulu impy. They then
tnrntd to cut their way through tho
lesser number Of pursncrs, md fey succeeded
Ia crossing neck conncctinE the 1lopame "iIn
Ills comrade wero OF this stnall party, having
tseabed death almost by miracle score OF
tines. Ia the deadly ,nclco which took place,
G,snjler vas still mounted, but boindern haa
bIowu. % with seIf-uUncention which, With such
brilliant EXAMPLES set BY Wood, Butler, Russell,
md adced all tic officers, 1t ID not surprising
10 ha7o found followed tn humorous instances
by the NEIL ura.1ier dsmDnntsa nna ,et n1n ,,o
mopnscd men little ahesd, aud Gran4ter,
4 ihe moment Ut fresh rush OF lthue.
rhrh caused Boludern to dtycrco, tried to 1otn
them, with tho intention Of runnlng betHeen
10 ,hen, but Tic yclls oI the savagcs drowned
hls voice aud caused them 10 spur un. lilo ran
uIler them TIL ho dropped from exhaustion. nm.
in a few seconds, before he could make an effort
to rise, hc 1o,1 bis legs ErssptN aMi @ ioHna nun
telf In the lla,ds Of four ssalwart Znlls. io
ttsa,i Of asteEaing h.sn, t.lcy began to pull him
about In q rcry rough strlc, ant then took OIL
bis clothes and examined 70 acc II he was
nounded, A ,hq was untouched. thev bound
his wrists With thong Of raw hide, called III
AiFice rllctu,, autl led lin OIL prls1ner tc
tue kraal uf ,Umbclnf tho Chief Or thE Hfobane
District, which is halfway w the mountain, an
urandier's description Of
THIS TAucouLESr scouSpaELr
~, IL ,r..1{t.,1 tho thf
war in hts raids amongst the friendly natives O.
the north, agrces pretty well with bis known
character. Through d Zulu Interpreter, wht
spuku q little English, Umbclin! aud anouie
and whether tie English were going to maxi
him kag Of the Zusus, Where shepstono was
anil who yas chief Of thu force at Kanbuln
With the exception OF tile last, Grandler va
not able to return very satisfactory angwers !!
order IRON Utnbeln!, which was practtcail.
translated by bis being tied 10 d tree ah Might
t*o OF thEce ears Of green naizo belug give
hia for food. Next day early no was LED
some Of Umbsln,'s followers behind that chile
iu.o tlls middle Of large force Of zu1ns, mi
hc thought his time bad come, 70
the warriors sang war songs and danced
and tbras1led him with thefr asscEas. "
possible TINT his sacrifice would hare bce
The finale To n solemn ceremony tcy were hold
lux before departing for the attack on the camI
but a chief named lnzanatne uterfcred, III
seems to have suggested tho alternative Of eeae
fug htn to CetewayQ,k kraal. Ho was take
tho road to tic camp az he was being, remove.
lb was kent prisoner all TINT daY at the Z}UDhr
Mountain, tied naked to trgs at night, "a
carly next uornlng was sent of unaer the guar
atspned him OF all clothes except bis Int, an
n.ado him carry their food. lle tied handke
chief round bis watst, but 4 Zulu took thu
away. ind he neyer saw It again, Under b
burden and bars iact To suffered greatly, at
could not travel for, 90 that four n!seraelc az
were occupied in the 1ourney to ulundL i
only food WAS being turned To- grazo In II
mR'ale or n,ealls gardens tllat they passed
route, While biz guards were rcposinE. ono
uas aEs,s .~s1. kss @ sS xen s sEs to n oars @
ibis way. At night he was
TIED NJ THE FEET NAKED TO TREE,
his guard bEyouacking round, md uslng i
clothes to keep themselves warm. He sutfcre
greatly from cold, which At THIS time Of the yc
y considerable. ln proof of this itlnay % nc
Toned tllut Of Tour Zulu pttsontrs n,adp Inst
he whee!s OF the guns, on the night Of the
t.ck On the camp, two were found ~ tho NOR
iog dead from EXPOSURE. drant]ier wus
chilled alld benunbe1 thut In The ,lornMg
;sulatlon, resorled to the grntlo method Of I
soall struggle 10 hls feet. When the auu E
Hatm, during the Journey, They gavo hin ]
.."IASas AHu uII0HEu Hltu " NFthSS ~ LIlAt III
might not hnye 10 carry them, hut ut night
Nas again stripped, Itd theru WIS occasional
AHsangle befarn they could settle who hhou
put tle1n on during tho btyotaG. They pass
soMu few kraAla on the roati, and tho inhn6
anls turned out to sec tic white prisoner, u Il
e!d woncn gratifying their n.a1sYoonce bY ll
!ng out hfs hair or giving atn apinch and
sefRtch.
% the evening OF tho fonrth day they arriy
asar ulundt, mud a messenger was Gent torWt
toCeteWayo TO announce their advent. Grand
we that night t!cd ~ usua! to 3 tree, but
cicthts Ncre lett with him, a. lhc guard lad
lneltet Of Akraal al.u lid not NEED them. NJ
GGay aboll noon lle Was led Into tho preatuce
Sete"afo. Granaer's descrlnti0n Of tile u
91,Ionpfch !nttlcates q strong fnmtly likeness
Uaaln: lie Bays CetewaYo ls very fat VI.
Nv All, lbout I've feet utght inches; of tntu
etnl but very euul,lnE east of couptsuance;
pasent!y about 40 1ears OF Age, wlo walks "
ao0e difficulty OH account vi his obesity.
Gafk1ktuned, but lopg.hatted lna,l, VIII
afaallcr took to be Dutch half-bFecd, nc
interpreter, aud through him CetcWuyo
handed what tue Enellsf wasled In coming
~ country, whcIr Utia,u was, aud what
tnngllstA ~ero doiltg nith him. Tho neutlol
taanl's infHe teouled 10 drive him Into d ra
aa'! be sad ho would kill him and 6hepst
sHo orgry Que who had come to
country, for lie hal pIeuty Of men
ssslt{ out Ills Intention. nu WIS very
rtNular 10 asktug how many men thero wore
nambuja Camp, all.l what Wus the uaMo OF
commander. "GrnndiJr returned ttH best
sxefs he could, nleadng ignorance to ttls I
query but Giving Col WDtA'G mama and