The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-05
Getty WAYU INTERVENE

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Uetywayo thc depoaed Xnlu King wna In
tnrviewPd on the first vi tfWo hy como british
officers previous To their departure FOL Eng
land. The interview 10 thus deaerihod
At 10 n. N. we we've introduced and found
Getywayo summing himself on tho ramparta
If q haation Of the oaetle and having hia haIr
dreseei. He shook hands with all of ia n
good, wholesome grip. with cold hand aud
huge grip Ha was sittinR Oh IL INIT spread
on tho ground, and had on n rod tahle-oloth
which partially covered hia body and nuor-
nous thisha, We had brought with "a
basket full Of figs. oranges rwentnaHts ana
raainH, of which laat he ia inordinatnly fond.
\ bottle 81 whisky and some cnuiod kerrhioia
We asked permission 10 give him theao thinga.
IA VIZ had heard that he was shy Of visitors
aud often would not talk 10 them. A with
lesa renowned mon, All Offering to his appetite
looaaned his tongue aud he spoke tn Ma apnnlY
and PLEASANTLY lila appearance by this time
will have been often deaerhad and unat 10
~ we'll known hy tho thousands ~ photo.
arapha that have already bocn sold that we
will touch lightly on this point. His manner
waa atlhdued and aclf possessed, and ha Was
extremely ahy OF being looked ~, IL can
not look any one In tho face. but after u quick
Intelligent glance looks askanoa and auawora
autationa and talks In a low voice. Whom TIL
clined to talk at al he Ikea being questioned.
and anewers at once through the iuterprrtor
WeRskad him II he felt afraid If the sra a4
he embarked NJ Fort nurnfurd lie said
''Yea. Of the surf boats, hut not at all when
got on the big ship He said that hn
had known In his head all along that MI
army would he beaten by the English aud he
did all he could 10 prevent u Wal. but was
driven 10 IL by tho young men DF tho army
that after lsandhlwaua and Kamlna whcr"
his regiment loot very many mon more than
hc could count, they had only half hearts In
the fight. and that II was only with The great
eat difficulty that he could get the men to-
gether again. that very few Of the things
taken Mt laandhlwana were over brought a.
said they had got nothing but he knew that
they had. and he supposed they had thnm
hidden away AT their kraals rho two gums
we're brought to him by bis order n week after
lsandhlwana, during which time they had
been left on the battle field. ono was caught
hia aldo the hill. the othor ours, He had
never heard anything of the lost colors. and
did not know what they were. and did mol
think IL likely that they should hear of them
again. The young men would most likely
tear them up and give the gold fringe 10 their
intombis girsl. The white people living III
Huluiand miRhtpin years To come hear OF them
and other things. Ii they had not been dos
troyed, but the people for ~ long time would
he afraid Ia give UP anything. through toal 81
heng killed Tor being In possession. He was
exceedingly angry with the army for kilug
| the officers at lsandhlwana, aud hal given his
mon atriCt orders to hiing all the utlirnrs Ia
him alive. hia mon had said that they could
not tell The officers from tho mon aud 40
| killed them all. He called them FOOLS IA hs
| told them that the officers wore swords and
| the men had guns. It will be remembered
| that before the campaign commenced the
ofIlcers received orders TO assmilate their
dress "a much IA possible to that of tho mon
| 10 prevent the fire o. the enomy being drawn
on them)
When asked what he would have done with
| the officers. Cetywayo replied, Il should have
| ustA them for political purposes" On hnnG
| pressed for meaning he said II should
have made use of them. knew what to 10
| with them | was very angry"
Cetywnyo then began to talk about his liz
| ing aud some arrangements FOR his comfort.
aud grumhled because he could not havna
whole oX every day for hinisNlf and then he
asked Capt. Poole If he knew what his name
with click In front of 1t meant In the Zulu
| language RainR answered IN th" negative.
the king. laughing. told the interpreter to tell
him that II meant 4 small thorn. very trouh
lesome i'll some parts Of the country and thu
| he must take his namo 10 ho u warning 70 take
| care Of him and not get pricked
| The Iulus prize themselves on their CONVEX.
SatiNnal powers, and never miss an nppOItu-
nifty OF playing upon a word. and III this the
| king Is an adept. He has been measured for
| y suit OF clothes and pair Of boots and he
| was counting the days on his fingers till they
were completed as promised, thus assuming
very quickly raiments of civilization to
| which u few days before he was such Il deter.
| mined enemy and an adaptation To fortune
| and circumstances worthy of great min |.
| Our visit terminated, ~ II had begun, with
/ q shake hands all around. On oar WAY
out we stopped to speak to the kings four
/ wives or rather concuhinos who were cap
| tured with him four strappinR wenches OF five
| feet seven or eight inches in height and for
black women, not Unlocking. They looked
/ happy enough now that they are assured
that they are not going To be killed, and were
| humming away one was stringing beads
another cooking and the other wo looking on
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