West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-27
NO. Is.
The Zn,u Monarch.

Cetcwnyo the dcposvd Zulu King, was
interviewed 10y some British officers pre-
Nious To their departure to England At
10 \. NJ. we were introduced and found
Cetawayo summing himself on the ramparts
ol a hustion of the castle and having hls
hair dressed. lie shook hands with all OF
MS "a good wholesome grip, with n cool
hand and huge fist. lie was sitting
ON a ma, spread ON the ground, and had ON
= red table cloth, which partially covered
his body and enormous thighs We had
brought with - u basket full of fgs.
oranges, swcctmcats and raisins, OF which
last he is inordnary fond, a bottle of whis.
key and some colored handkcrchicfs. Wo
asked permission To give him these things.
as We hal heard that he was shy OF yisi.
tors, and often would not talk to them. As
with many less removed men, an Offering
To his appetite loOsencd his tongue, and he
spoke To us openly and pleasantly. His
appearance 10y this time will have been 80
often described, and must be 80 well known
10y the thousands of photographs that have
already been sold ,hnt we will touch but
lightly On this point. His manner was
suhducd and self possessed, and he wns OK.
trcmcly shy of being looked at He cannot
look anyone in the face but after a quick
n
wcrs questions and talks in "A low voice.
When inclined to talk at all he likes being
questioned, and answers at once through
the interpreter We asked him IL he felt
afraid OF the sea Hs lac embarked at Port
Durntord. lie says, "Yos, of the surf
boats, hut not all when got ON board the
big ship. lie said that he had known I'm
his head all along that his army would %
beaten 10y the English, and he did all he
could To prevent war. but was driven to
~ 10y the Young men of the army that
after lsandulwana aud kambula, where his
regiments lost very many men, more than
hc could count, they had only hnlf-hearts
IN the fights and that It was only with tho
greatesi difficulty that he could get the men
together again, that very few of the things
taken at lsanduwana were brought To him.
and when he asked about them his men
said they had got nothing, hut he knew
that they had, and lac supposed they had
them hidden away at their krnals. The
two guns we're brought to him by his order
week after lsandulwana. during which
time they had been left on the battle field
one was caught on his side OF the hill. the
other ON ours. lie had never heard anythIuu
OF the colors, and did not know what they
were, and did not think IL likely that We
should hear Of them again. The young
men would most likely tear them up and
give the gold fringes to their intombis
lgirls) The white people living In Zulu
land might in years to come hear of them
and other things, II they had not been dee
iroycd; but the people for long time
would be afraid to give up anything,
through fear Of being killed for being in
possession He was exceedingly angry
with the army for killing the officers az
lsandulwana, and had given his men strict
orders to bring all the officers 20 him alive;
ms men had suid that they could not tell
lhc officers from the men and so killed them
all. lie called them foOls M hc had told
them That the officers wore swords and the
men had guns. Ot Will be remembered
that before the campaign commenced the
Officers received orders to assmilale their
dress as much as possible to that Of the
mch, 10 prevent the fire OF the enemy being
drawn on thom.) When nskcd what he
would have done with the officers Cetewayo
replied 81 should have used them for
political purposes. On being pressed for
meaning he said: al should have made
use of them, / knew what To do with
them. ] was very angry" Cctewayo
then began TO talk about his living aud
some arrangements for his comfort, and
BTumDlCd because he could not have a
whole or every day for himself and then
he asked Captain Poole il he knew what
his name with IA click in front OF 1t meant
ia the Zulu language; Beng answered in
the negative, the King, laughing, told ths
Interpreter to tell HIM that il meant a small
thorn, very troublesome in some part Of
the country, and that he must take his
name 10 be Il warning to take care Of him
and not get pricked. The Zulus pride
Themselves On their conversational powers
and never miss AN opportunity Of playing
upon word, and this the King IL a adept.
lie has been measured for suit Of clothes
and pair " boots, and hc waA counting
the day ON his fingers til they were com
pletcd as promised, thus assuming very
quick ~ nlucnts Of ciylisutiOn 10 which
tcw days before hc was such deter.
wincd enemy aud m adaptation TO foltuns
and circumstances worthy Of great mind.
our visit terminated. as ii has begun, with
n ''shakc hands nlI around. On our way
out We stopped to speak 10 the Kings four
wives or rather cDucubincS who were
captured with him-four s'ropping wenches
of five feet seven Or eight in height and. for
black women not Unlocking. They looked
happy enough now that they are assured
that they arc not going to be- killed, and
were hum ming away. One was striDang
beads, another cooking and the other Two
looking ON.