The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-10
Tortured by the XuluS.

\ Frenchman belonging to the British
army in South Africa was captured by
thcZulus, but afterward made his escape.
The story of his adventures. rs told in q
London letter. is Us follows: After ali
cur mounted men had been put to rout
on the said day. CO.. Wcatherley's men
were completely hcmned in. and fought
with undauntcd bravery 20 the last man.
Only one man escaped death-a French
man named Grandier. The Zulus, who
We're concerning an attack the next day
on kambula, would not kill Grandier,
but made him prisoner, TO be brought
before Cetywayo to be dealt with by
him. He WAS kept prisoner on this
mountain until the impi returned back
to it again after attacking kambula Hill.
When he was brought before Cetywayo
the latter questioned him seriously con-
vcrning this column. He was asked by
the king if he had had enough Of it,
Cetywayo thinking at this time that the
impi he sent to attack this column had
completely annihilatcd us; but never
was he more chagrined than when,
while in the act of questioning the
Frenchman, the tidings of the grand de-
feat of his best warriors were related to
him. The Frcnchman says that Getty
wayo nearly cried on hearing such un-
expected news, and he got greatly
enragcd on hearing that Umbclini was
killed. The king further questioned
him rs to the actual strength of our col
umn, to which the Frenchman replied
that we were near 5000 strong, and
could defy the whole Zulu army. Getty
Mayo gave him to understand that he
knew all about the reinforcements COM
ing out by showing him a lot of papers.
The king also told him that the Dutch
and Zulus were going to combine, and,
after killing all the English, he would
turn round and kill all the Dutch and
have all the country to himself. This
Frenchman says that good many Zulus
at the kings kraal can read and speak
better English than he can, so that ac-
counts for their information with regard
to the reinforcements coming here. But
it is a very strange thing how Cetywayo
can get possession of these papers.
think some undprhand work must be
going on somewhere. 1t would be 4
good job if the party were found out and
made an example of.
Cetywayo kept his prisoner for eight or
ten days, and every night he was
stripped naked and both his hands and
feet were bound together. In the morn
ing all the women and q few men would
come and give him some severe blows
to make him rise up, after being out in
the cold all night and quite numbed
from its effects. The women used to
of his head and whiSkers. causing him
great pain, the men pointing their as
segais and going through the form of
how they should&ill him.
At length the time arrived for Getty
wayo to decide what he should do with
him, and, forming q ring, with the
prisoner in the center, they told him
that he should be sent under IN escort of
women to Umbelini's party with full
instructions how they should kill him
and avcnge the death of Umbelini, ut
the same time showing him how they
would commence killing him by cutting
small pieces off his legs and arms, and
thence continue till the whole body was
sacrificed in the same manner. The es-
cort from there proceeded with their
prisoner for Umbelini's parry, and when
they got q good many miles on their
journey the Frenchman feigned being
tired and wanting to sleep, and the es-
cort complied with his wishes. One of
the escort having fallen asleep by his
side and the other having walked short
distance away, the prisoner availed
himself Of an assegai belonging to the
Zulu sleeping alongside of him, and
driving it through him staked him to
the ground. The other Zulu, perceiv-
ing his companion laid low, suddenly
took to his heels and ran for his life for
fear the same fate should bcfall him.
Grandier did not know what place he
was in or what direction to follow, eX-
cept by the rising of the moon and sun.
Going by these two guides, he made for
the direction of the Zlobano mountain
to the best of his ideas. with the inten-
tion of, perhaps, getting any sort of
covering for his body which might have
been left there after the fight, and thence
make the best of his way to Luneberg,
But the poor fellow lost his way after
leaving the Zlobani mountain until
picked UP in miserable condition by our
mounted men.