The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23
Inn LAND OF THE ZULUS
,IasLE, IT'S GOVERNMENT, AND
~ h, rvs ARMY.
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4 sssvtea the war rsc',cs "f Civiiiza-
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sss,teS the war rac,,cs Of Ctyiiixa-
~. aud Rejected Civilization Itself.
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me recent terrible catastrophe TO the Brit
..,os on the Tugela has aroused public
...oat IN Zululand which will be NJ aintained
,a the termination Of what now promises
w I. tbe most serious Of Euglands many
" d South Africa. Comparatively little is
&c in America of Zululand proper,
sr,ob that large portion Of the Zulu nation
s.ed within the boundaries Of the Colony Of |
s.,aI bas for many years been the object Of |
'.n,saaful missionary effort on the part OF the |
,aorIean Board Of Commissioners for For |
An Missions. From the personal communi- |
~,lous OF gentleman who resided above |
] .-srty years as missionary In Natal, and
som many printed sources OF information,
~ following data have been obtained.
ENGLISH TERRITORY AT THE CAPE.
The British colony Of South Africa now cen
its Of Cape Colony proper, with It's depend
.des of Kaffraria, Basatoland. Flngoland.
| n,,ouoland and the TransvaaI, the latter hay
md been annexed In 1877. and the settlement
a WalTish Bay, ON the Atlantic coast, far to
M northward, the annexation Of which was
xnsummated by proclamation OF Queen
Victoria last month January, 1879 Kaffra-
n still enjoys nominal Independence,
though large portions Of 1t, which were the
/ syne OF the war Of the past year, have late
F n been annexed. and 1t Is an open secret that
. ihe vast region Of Bechuana Land, north OF
| he diamond region, will shortly be absorbed
Nv the voracious government OF Cape Town.
Eastward from Cape Colony, and separated
nom II by the lately independent province Of
Eafraria, lies the Grown Colony OF Natal,
fronting on the Indian Ocean, and bounded
on the northeast by Zululand, the present
scene Of hostility. Natal Ia vigorously indie
PENDENT of Cape Colony. from which 1t was
separated In 1856, when constitutional char
,sr was granted, which was essentially modi-
sed In 1876. At that time there were not o
thousand white settlers In Natal, and the M
i've Inhabitants--the fine race called Iulus or
Amazulus--were also few in number.
ZULU EMIGRATION TO NATAL.
Zululand proper was then as now, vast
region stretching along the Indian Ocean,
separated from Natal by the TugeIa river
the scene of the late Disaster bounded on
Inc northwest by the Transvaal Republic and
on the northeast by the Portuguese Colony OF
Dplapoa Bay. The northern portion Of Zulu
/ land was inhabited by race known as the
lmzswazis, of kindred origin and language,
! but owing ouly a feeble alliance to the Zulu
. King Since 1850 there has been a steady
stream of Zulu emigration southwark across
the Tugela river into Natal, and the Zulu
population OF that colony has Increased from
less than $4,000 in 1850 to 100000 at the last
census, taken In 1877. Probably they now
number above, aO0, 900. The white population
of Natal comprises but 22,G54 persons OF
European descent, many OF them Dutch beers,
more or less disaffected to the British gov
ernnlent. Natal Is almost the solitary In
stance OF a colony established by Great
Britain without cost to the Imperial treasury
In its early days It had loan OF 100000,
which has long since been repaid. 1t has an
estimated area OF 1880 square miles, with 9
sesboard of $50 miles. 1t comprises seven
Counties and nine unorganized districts
There are but two considerable towns, Dur.
Nm DOR Durban) on Port Natal Bay, and
Netermaritzburg, the capital, come sixty
miles northwest; The only railroad IN tht
cpony Ia one which WAS contracted by the
! Natal government In 1876, to connect the
capital with the seaport. 1t Is to be com
pleted In 1880, and is now In operation some
twenty miles. There are four monthly steam
err connecting with Europe-one line OF thre'
Eteamers via Cape Town, the other OF single
steamer via the Suez Canal. The principa
srticle of export from Natal Is wool, of which
nearly 4, 1000 900 pounds were exported Ia 1877
being more than double the amount In 1871
Next In Importance are raw hides' sugar ah'
cotto0.
CHURCH AND STATE.
The government OF Natal Is administered
BY a Lieutenant Governor appointed by tn
Crown. assisted by an Executive and Legis
lative Council fhe present Governor is VI
Henry Ernest Bulwer, appointed In 1919. In
yised bg two Anglican Bishops, one OF then
the celebrated DR.. j. W. Colenso, being tn
Crown Bishop of Natal the other, Dr. Mac
crorie, being Bishop Of Pietermaritzburg, b,
appointment of the late Bishop Of Cape Tow
IDr. Gray. who assumed to be Metropolltai
Of South Africa, and, as such, to depose III
Colenso for heresy manifested In his famous
book on the Pentateuch. The intelligent Zulu
commoply called civilian" who enjoys tn
credit OF having converted Bishop Colens
from Christianity" is still living, but reiapse'
Into barbarlsm several years ago.
ZULU CAFFREs AND THEIR COUNTRY.
Zululand proper, the vast region under tn
government of Cetywayo pronounced hetsh
wayo), Is Inhabited by some 100000 natives
who are admitted to be the finest and mos
powerful race OF South Africa. Their countr,
Is fine upland region, OF uncertain extent
the northern boundaries having never Deel
determined The territory on the Bloos
years In dispute between the Zulu King ant
the lately annexed Transvaal Republic. Thi
quarrel was the proximate cause Of tn
present hostilities Some years ago Getty
wayo offered to cede the territory In dispute
not to the Beers Of the Tranavaal, but to tn
English of Natal; but his offer was not the
accepted. The war between Cetywayo AM
the Beers having resulted Ia the annexation
of the Transvaal to Cape Colony on the pie
that the little Republic was unable to defen,
itself and preserve the peace, the rights Q
the Beers were, of course, transferred dc fact
TO the colonial government, and the boundar
Quarrel was referred to commission, whic
quite recently decided In favor Of the Zulu:
That decision, however, as VIII be seen, wa
accompanied by other terms In the nature {
an nltimatum. which led to the present wa
The Zulus are popularity said to be "a branc
Of the great Caffre nation but In this stat A.
word Caffre is not properly term of nation
ality, but an Arabic word signifying 'ihfidel
There are Caffres and Catfreland on the DO
ders of Afehanstan. The term was adopte
by the Roers of South Africa to designate a