The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-24
ZULU TORTCRES.

ZULU TORTCRES.
4 British Trooper who wss Tahsa PTfssn-
or Sentenced To Be Eaten tn Deash ~
Ants.
The London Stasda,d's correspond
ent in Zululsnd gives Al account OF the
suf5erings Of Earnes, Grandier. - years
Of age. . trooper in the British Army,
who was taken prisoner by the Zalus.
After being in captivity eight days, dur
ing which time he received the most
cruel treatment. on account Of his re
fusal 70 join the ranks OF King Cetevs-
70, the latter ordered tha, Grandier
should be conducted % Umbelini's kraal,
handed over TO his people, and be pa, to
deaih with the
RETINIMExTs OF roRTURK,
in which the cruel Zulus are great
adopts. One Of their favoriie methods
is pegging out An unhappy, wre,ched
captive close TO one Of the huge Ant
hills which abound throughout South
Africa, cutting gashes in portions Of the
flesh, then breaking up the ant-hil,
leaving the unhappy victim TO be slow
Iy eaten to death by the enraged insects,
who, attracted by the blood, fasten on
the wounds in myriads, and mine into
the body. Cetewayo was pleased TO give
special directions for this horrible pun
ishmen. TO be inflicted on Grandier, IL
Illustrating by pantomime with q
stabbing assegai where cuts were
to be made in the legs, body, and arms,
and finishing by drawing the blade
across his mouth, which mean that his
lips were TO be cut off. Next morning
early Grandier was sent of under es-
cort Of two men, armed with assegais,
one Of them having also a muzzle-load-
ing rife. When they had travelled
about ten miles they met Invaname 60
ing towards Ulundi with q strong es-
cort. He spoke TO Grandier's guards,
and learning that the prisoner had been
sentenced to be tortured TO death at the
Ziobane he expressed his satisfaction by
loud cries Of "Ah, ali Z" and laughed
as if it was an exquisite joke. Gran
der was made to stand by the side Of
the path while the escort passed, each
man Of it grinning at the prisoner as he
went by, as if they fully appreciated
the joke which had SO tickled their
chief. II was now near noon OF the
18th, with a burning sun, and Grandier,
wearied by toiling over a rocky, thorny
path, pleaded for a rest. The man with
the gun replied by thrashing him with
an assegai staff, but on reaching a
mealie garden, a few minutes after, he
seemed to r%elent, for he unbound his
arms, leaving his wrists tied, and turn
ed him in to forage. After Grandier
had eaten his fill he came back to his
guard, whom he found resting. The
man with the gun was apparently sit
ting doing, the handles of his assegais
being turned in a tempting style to-
wards Grandier as he came out of the
nealies, while the other had his head
averted taking snuff, a luxury in which
Kafirs largely indulge. The chance Of
making a successful
STRUGGLE FOR HIS LIFE
flashed across his mind for the first time,
and acting on the instant he stepped
noiselessiy to the man with the gun,
drew an assegai from his sheath, and,
with both hands grasping the staff, PIN
ned the savage to the ground. Then,
Selling the gun, he turned quickly at
the other, only to see him start to his
feet, and, without making any attempt
at fight, a like a frightened buck with
huge bounds up an adjoining hill.
Grandier's first impulse was to fire. but
he remembered the force which had so
recently passed must be still within
hearing, so he restrained himself, and
let the Zulu escape. Hiding for half an
hour and finding no alarm, he
ventured to ascend the mountain,
at the foot of which this scene
had taken place. He travel
ed all night by the stars, and ascended
q hill next morning, when at the sum-
NIT he saw a large Zulu impy driving
many cattle towards Clundi, and had to
lie perdu many hours while they pass
ed. He travelled two nights continu-
ously, steering a course by the stars,
and on the second ran during q fog al
most into a Kafir kraal. On the morn
ing of the 10th he was trying to see if
he could recognize the outline Of any
of the hills, when he spied the scouts
off Rats Horse, who formed part of
the escort to a convoy of wounded 60
ing into Battles Sprint.
His troubles and dangers were now
practically at an end. He vas fed with
such scraps of food as the men had with
them and carried into camp, where,
after making his statement, he was
placed in the skillful hands of the prin-
cipal medical officer, Surgeon-Major
Reilly, who found that nourishing food
and rest were what he principally need
ed. A few days rest will remedy the
swollen legs and LIBERATED feet, from
which he was principally suffering,
though he bore bruises and weals else
where, demonstrating the liberality
with which he had been submitted to the
discipline of the assegai shaft.
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A writer calls attention to the cheap
and effective method adopted by the