The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-11-09
THE CAPTIVE ZULU KING.
Cetywayo an Enormous Man, Measur
ing Sixty Inches Around the Chest.

ing Sixty Inches Around the Chest.
From the Cape Times.
A reporter who accompanied Getty.
wayo on his voyage to Simon's Bay,
says: SIN the surf boat Cetywayo had
his first experience of sea sickness, and
if he wanted to be shot when caught by
Major Marter, it is certain he wished he
were dead ten minutes after embarking.
All the dignity with which Cetywayo
had borne his captivity gave way as he
saw the sea and realized his fate, while
the antics o fthe whole party in the surf
boat are said to have been ludicrous.
Nothing could persuade them to sit
down quietly, and when they moved
they did so crawling on all fours.
"Cetywayo was placed on deck, mas
much as the builders of the Natal never
contemplated in carrying a passenger
who would require that four wives
should sleep in the cabin with him. In
the kraal his majesty occupied a central
mattress, and his four wives and an
imombi young girl) had mattresses
around him. Everything in the way of
personal comfort that he asked for has
been given to him. During the voyage
Of the Natal there vas one rough night,
and the king had a very bad time of it,
but he generally kept up his spirits, and
conveyed in his cheerful mood his i'm
preston of new sights. The first morn
ing when there was no land in view,
he, after looking around, held up his
hands in intense establishment; but, like
all natives, he does not permit himself
to appear to be much surprised at any,
thing. At home he was rather a con
siderable beer drinker, but he thinks
our beer very inferior stuff, and palms
that off on his wives, while he is quite
ready to drink his share of the fire
water in the shape of gin.
"He has rather a wild way of taking
to European food, and as a preliminary
to a substantial feed of beef the other
day he devoured a pot and a half of
jam. He wa good enough to come out
of his shell during the time his photo
graph was being taken, and the smiling
face he put on, as his photograph will
show, proves that he is not altogether
u~nacquainted with the ways Of the
world. When his wives were being
photographed nothing could induce
them to Cave of giggling or to sit still
until Cetywayo sternly commanded
them to do SO, and then at once they
were motionless as statues. 1t was
evident that they had not forgotten the
temper of the king and the way he once
resigned in Zululand. When he was
afterwarIasked to sit for another photo
graph, he declined doing so, on the
ground that he was not going to make
a fool of himself twice in one day. He
would not sit with his wives, because,
as he said, having his photograph they
could easily cut the group of women in
two to put him in the center, and he
suggested that if other photographers
wanted his likeness they could photo
his followers as often as they liked,
and the pictures would sell just as well,
for the white mar would buy anything.
1.-THE photo will show Cetywayo to
be an enormous man, of a little under
six feet high; q handsome, overfed speci-
man of humanity, with nothing what
ever repulsive about him. A tape
measure around the chest would pro-
badly show sixty inches, and each thigh
half of that number of inches; and this
Should convey what an immense follow
the king is. Yet he is not ungainly in
| figure, and there is an unmistakable
| dignity about him, together with his
fits of sociability, have drawn towards
him the good feelings of his escort. He
is not unapprecitative, either, of the
duties of his rank, and l mention these
incidents to indicate in some degree
what the Zulu court was like, and that,
barbaric as it was, it must have had a
dignity of its own. For instance on
Saturday last the medical officer in
charge introduced his superior officer
W luc Ming, Wloh ehO hneeSA ASPo
that the medical attendance during the
voyage was all that could be desired.
The whole party evince a very earnest
visit for clothes, and Cetywayo was in
great delight on wearing a suit sent
him by the commodore, and strutted
about quite proudly with a black hat,
which he had managed to squeeze over
his head ring.
she has lately a wonderful taste for
scribbing, and in a few months, under
the careful tuition of Major Poole,
would probably become a polite letter
writer. Indeed, Major Poole has the
king, excepting the sulks, which are ex-
ceedingly inconvenient, perfectly under
control, and the attempts at letter
writing are an infinite source OF amuse'
ment. The wives of the king, who are
his fellow-captives, are four in number,
and are tall, 1.-the, shapely women, OF
about twenty years of age. The photo
graphs are not just to them, for theii