, 1879-02-19
ZULULAND.
Its People, Its Government, and
It's Army.
Qotvwayo a Faoile Monarch, Who Promises
Without Performing.
How IL Adopted Tie War.Tattits ot Civilization,
mud gtieeted Civilization ttsttt.

Nto TnFk Ttrdid.
The recent terrible catastrophe to tho British
arms on the Tueeta Kver has aroused a public
interest In zululand which will be maintained
until the termination OF what now promises to
lo the most scrious Of Engla,mt's many whrs In
South Africa Comparatively lfst1e IA known in
America OF zu!ulanl proper, Though that largo
portion ot tho Zulu nai!nn settled within tho
boundaries Of the Colony of Na,ai has for many
wears been the object Of aucccssfut missionary
effort IN the part Of the Amuslcan Hoard Of
Commissioners for Foreign Mssstons. From the
persoual communications OF gentleman who
resided aboyo twenty years rs a missionary In
Natal, AMI from 1aany printed sources VI in
formation, tho following data havc been OBJ
tatncd:
RFGI.IsH TERRITORY At THE CAPE.
The British colony Of south Atriea now con-
slsts Of Cape Colony proper, with Its depend
cnctcs OF Kaifrnrfa, Dasatolan1, Ftngolal,tl,
Grluuolanl, md tic Transvnal, tho latter hav-
Ing lecn annexed In 1877, and the settlement OF
Walnsh Bay, on the AtantEc coast, far to tho
northward, the annexation OF Which was con-
summatcd By "A proclamation Of Queen Victoria
last mouth {Jamuary, l870) KatIrasla still Gu
joys nominal independence, though large por.
tons of It, which wero tllc scene Of tho war OF
thu past year, haye lately been annexed, and 1t
is an open secrat ,hnt tho vast region OF
Beclaann Land, north Of The diamond region.
will shortly bo absorbed by the vorac1ous Gov
crnnient of Cape Town. Eastward from Cape
Colony, mud scnaratcd from 1t BY tho
1atcly independent province Of Kaf-
fraria, lies the Crown Colony Of Natal,
fronting on the Indian Ocean, and bounded on
tlc northeast by Xululand, the present scenp Of
hostility. Natal is vigorously iaacncnlcns of
,tx . 1trs3 3sA
s1nr nMqa ,stitrs.nmn, c,e,nr %,.n %au ,,rcn
ss ,H: "..ea .sn ssant,niIr ,uatt;n ~ ,s ,n;
tato terG Wete Ply tsu WHY H.. raoa ~
Na1n WY s!c s'.u ,,,mi,,a",.nno ~, fo,s ."ir ~
s',sst sss.lsh 4"iu' ~ 1A1'1A"'"0' ~'0' -" '
uuo'1e''
Zulu]ant proper was then, rs now. ii vast re-
gIon stretching along ti1e Indian ocean, scpa-
rntvd from Natal by tho Tuyra River {tle scene
Ut tie rcccht t1isastcrA hnlindetl on tlle north
yortenst by The Portuguese Co!ony Of Dclagoa
hay. The northern portion OF Xlluansl was liz
Inhibited by & race khnwll M the
AmnswazIs Of Kindred origin Mul lgn-
to tho Zulu King. Since 1850 ,hcra
j,as been steady stream Of Zulu emigration
sout1lwnrd aeross the Tugcla River into INITIAL.
md tic Zulu population Of thnt colony has it,
crense{t from less that, SO UoO In 1850 to 90 100
at the Inst ressls, tal<c,, In 1877. Probably
,oput"tan "ss @ % ef Xstai ressu eoppisss % tut @ aer
eo,s Of Et,roucan descent. tnauy Of them Dutch
Govesnn:cnt. Nata! Ia pA..,ost tbs solitary ta-
ataucu OF a colony established by Grc,tt Brltaiu
without cost to thc Imperial Trras,,ry. In It's
earlY Days It Ind toai, Of Glu,0O0. Which h4s
area OF II, $50 e1lluru miles. with scubHrd uf
15U miles. 1t couprtacs seven counties ntmt
utna uaorgautxcd districts. 'riera ago hut
two considcra6lc towns, U,Urbati ft,r
k,.A. d.,