Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-11-12
CAPTIVE CHIEF, CETYWAYO.

Cape Town Correspondence of the LondonTimes
At noon yesterday the ex-King was
visited by Sir Bartle Frere, attended by
the Hon. Mr. Littleton, his private sec
retary, Captain Hallam Parr, Military
Secretary, and Lieutenant Dalyrymple,
aid-de-camp Later in the day the Pre-
mier, Mr., Gordon Sprigg and Mr.. Miller
Treasurer General, visited the royal
captive's quarters to see if the arrange
ments for his accommodation were sat
isfactory. During the course of the
Premiers interview, CetywayO, through
Mr.. Longsast, the interpreter, talked with
apparent frankness ofmany incidents OF
the war. From the accounts his people
gave him, it seems they greatly exagger-
ated the English losses and magnlfied the
Zulu successes in al the engagements
which occurred. He acknowledged, how
ever, he had done wrong in allowing his
people to fight with us. "Chaka," he
said, ''was a child Of the British Govern
ment. was also child and subject.
Ny father, the Government, came to
chastise me for my wrong-doing, | caught
the stick with which he wished to beat
me, and broke. I did wrong to fight
with him, and am punished. | am no long
er a King, but the English, [ find, are
great people; they do not kill those who
have fought with them, am satisfied to
be in their hands. hope the great Queen
will pardon me, and allow me to return
to my country, and give me place to
build myself kraal where [ may live. |
am sorry did not follow the advice of
my father, Panda, on his death-bed; he
told me to live at peace with the English
and never make war with them" When
informed it was the wish of our Govern
ment to treat him with all necessary COM
forts, he expressed his thanks, and asked
that some of his favOrite wives, naming
ten, might be sent for to be with him, in
addition to those already here. His mind
was anxious about them, he said, for they
had nobody to look after them now, and
he felt lonely without their companion
ship. He further begged that his case
might be put before the great Queen in
as favorable light as possible, and asked
how many days it would take to send a
message and receive reply from Eng
land He was told two months might
elapse before her Majesty's pleasuse re-
garding him could be known. He again
thanked the Premier for visiting him, and
the interest ne had shown regarding him,
and said, after what he had heard, he
would sleep happier than he had hitherto
done. Cetywayo's personal appearance
is quite unlike any Of the so-called por-
traits which have appeared in the pictor-
ial press. He is an exceptionally fine
specimen of the noble savage-a big,
black man, about 80 years of age, stand
ing nearly six feet high, of well proper
toned and fllly-developed frame, with a
good-natured, broad, open face of the
prominent Zulu type. Major Poole speaks
favorably of his general amiability, and
says he has given little trouble, except
on one or two occasions, when he showed
sulky disposition, and demanded to
have an entire OK roasted for his daily
meal While in Simon's Bay he was
taken on board her Majesty's ship, Boadi-
cea, and saw the men go through the
drill. He expressed wonder and admira-
tion of everything, remarking, 81 was on
ly born yesterday