Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-10-08
Umbulszi; cetowayoj Uhamu
d. 1856.

d. 1856.
Whether jana was the son OF Una.
keba or of Umbuzi, who were sons OF
Upunga, is not quite certain, but the
weight of evidence favors the belief
that he descended from Umakeba.
Beyond Upunga the royal lineage OF
Zululand cannot be traced. Jama's
son Usenzangacona.w was the chief of
petty sea. a.coast tribe, near the Um-
volosi river, and lord of some thirty
wives, who boro him nearly two hun
dred children. One Of hio wi~es -~es
Umnandi who, because OF his jealousy,
had to fly to a neighboring tribe, bear
ing with her her son Chaxa. The
chief with whom they found refuge
caused the youth 10 bo educated in all
the accomplishments beftting an Afri-
can prince and warrior While still in
his teens, Chaka happened to meet at
st. Lucia Bay some shipwrecked En-
glish sailors, who told him q great
deal about the exploits and warlike
fame of "Boney." The boy listened
attentively, and made up his mind to
become the "Boney" of Africa. Strange
irony of the fate that tho first Napo-
leon should inspire in the mind OF q
Kaffir chief colossal schemes of war
like enterprise, and that the fourth
Napoleon, the son of the Emperor's
nephew, should fall in battle with the
nephew OF his African admirer.
When, in 1912, old Usenzangacona
died, Usinguiana succeeded him as the
son of tho "great wife," the spouse to
whose descendants Zulu King in ad.
vanced years, guarantees the success
sion. Chaka, however, claimed the
throne, and speedily ousted his half
brother. Many of the Umtetwa, the
tribe among whom Chaka had been
brought up, followed HIM into the Zulu
nation, and specially he recognized his
army and began career Of conquest.
He divided the warriors into regiments,
with subdivisions of battalions and
companies and different uniforms, and
revolutionized their arms and style OF
fighting. The Zulus, like other Kaflir
tribes, had previously fought with a
sheaf of assegais. Chaka pltted two
regiments against each other, one arm
cd with the weapons-blunted, of
course--and the other having shields
and short stabbing assegai, thus un.
consciously initiating the Romano quip-
ment. They skirmished for while,
and then Cbaka took stock Of the con-
tusions and instantly ordered the
whole army to adopt the new weapon.
Fighting upon the open plains, his bat
talions advanced in massive columns,
protected by their huge shields, receiv.
cd the darts hurled by the enemy with
but trifling loss, and getting to close
quarters the instant the foemen's ave-
Inns were expended routed them with
tremendous slaughter. II was rs
great revolution in African warfare
as that brought about in Europe by
the introduction OF gunpowder or the
needle gun. Tribe after tribe he over
came, not TO extirpate but to incorpor-
ate with his own peoplc-copying
Bonaparto again-thc process of dis
tribution and amalgamation being very
skillfully carried out. With nearly
sixty tribes he thus dealt during his
reign. He had an Old Guard of 12,-
900 or 5000 warriors always prepar-
ed to march at moments notice, 60
ing nifty miles without a na't anu oilch
travelling for three hours at tne raie oi
eight miles an hour ana eat up wna''
ever enemy presented himself dlstrlo, !,
uted provisions ana men III ~, 'no'
kraals all over tho country, anu con,
quered and slaughtered ana resigned
till when, in iS.o, Mr. isaacs' q nus,
slonary visited hlm ana 'olo nun ol
the extent oil the br,'lsn uom'nlons M
and how h'ng ue1rgo , nau over'n,own ! ,',' ',