The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-05-23
CETYWAYos, Idea on HELI..

An enterprising reporter of the Uiten-
hage Times has interviewed bloodthirs-
ty Zulu, who told the following remark
able and amusing story:
Some years since a missionary went to
King Cetywayo's kraal with view OF
converting him and his people to Christ
| ianity. He stayed there few days, and
the king agreed to hear him on the fol-
lowing Sunday. The Sunday arrived,
the king gathered his people together
and also called up two of his finest regi-
ments to hear what message had been
brought to him by the white men. The
missionary, being told that they were
ready to listen to him, rose and delivered
an elegant but short sermon, in which he
set forth the beauties of heaven as COM
pared with the torments of the dark re-
gion. He told them that If they lived
good life, did not steal, always spoke the
truth, and, above all, kept only one wife,
they would, after death, go to the happy
hunting grounds, where they would ney-
er die, but be forever and ever happier
than they were ever in their happiest mo-
ments down here whereas, on the other
hand, If they lived bad life and did
what he had just told them they ought
not to do, they would be cast into a tire
mendous fire, SO large that it would
scorch up the whole Zulu nation, though
they were as numerous as locusts, in a
few moments. The chief and people
paid great attention to all the missionary
said, and when he had finished the king
asked him to dine with him. He accepted
the invition, but during the dinner no
ticed the people running about in all di-
rections collecting wood, which they
were putting up in one spot. The mis-
sionary began to feel queer; he thought
1t looked OminouS; and the Zulu who
told the story said he noticed he did not
eat any more, but continued to take large
draughts of milk, as if to cool himself
At length the dinner was over; but, be-
fore rising, the king turned sharply round
to the now affrighted missionary and
said: "What was that you said this morn
ing about putting the great Zulu people
in great fire after they were dead ?
Come this way and l will show you what
the Zulus are you don't know them, l
can see" He took him to the pile of
wood, which had by this time reached
tremendous prOpOrtIOnS--aS big as BaY
store, the Zulu said-and had it set on
fire all around. When it was properly
in blaze, and gave out so much heat
that no one could come near it, the king
summoned the two regiments who had
listened to the sermon and ordered them
to charge into the burning pile and ex-
tinguish it. Naked as they were, with
out shoes or any covering at all, they
rushed into the burning mass like mad
men, raving and yelling, and did not
stop till hardly a vestige of the fire re-
manned. The king then said to the mis-
sionary, "You have seen that. That is
what we do with your hell. The Zulus
won't play with your fires, and you had |
better clear out of this country at once
or will have little fire. for you toput
out" The missionary took the hint, and |
left the kraal the same evening. Is it |
any wonder, ask people, after this, that
Calling guns and rocket batteries have
no terror tor the Zulus ?-and it is certain |
they have none. The Zulu, when order
ed to attack, attack; and, though they
may be mOwn down by thousands, still
come on, until they conquer or die. 1t
is tradition among them, which Lord
Chelmsford would do well to take into
consideration in his future movements
in Zululand.