, 1879-06-27
ZULU WARFARE.
a Drfrf Description OF Its Ferocity nnd OF
Tho Isrlttail Kovcrxes.

a Brief Description OF Its Ferocity and OF
Tho Isrlt1ah Iovcrxcs.
81. IhsI Foaser.ffsfs.
Tho Ptoner-{'re4s Is Indebted to William B.
CardozS, Of St. Paul, for The following Interest,"
fne extracts from pirate letter rucc:Ted By
him from an intimate personal frIcnd III south
Africa:
DurotTs FAN, April 90, 1S7p.-Siuce my last
all kinds OF talalntties have happened to tilc
State" the Sonth African State y mson. We
havo had q tweiYc-m0ntGs war sEa!nst .hc kaf-
frs Ia Kimberly md tile surrounding districts,
fought By volunteers only, Is wa had 10 rcgu.
lar truups ayatIabte tn Asslst. In this wnr lost
two friends-sulendid follows. One Was Jew,
md killed in the lrst engagement. They boti,
died without being able to say wosd, Us In.
dtad. Our yolunteera aro recognized through.
out 1,e wnole colony u bcing the nraTest alld
finest body OF n,e.l III South Africa.
At the close of tho above war, tho Zulu war
co1nlneuct.l IN Kitla,ui, Natal, which is about
zoo miles frt,m here; thd Chief OF thla tribe Is
{aa you mas haYc seen ~ thu ncwspapessl talacti
Cetcwaro, IN nncbuth beast. md he is King of
zul.,la,,d; hs subjects number about 10, ,o0l
these 1Iu run muster 150 00 lighting mcu' these
| nru trntncl warriors, nor allowed to 1aarry, ns
the ktug thnka 1t would tncspaeltatc them for
field scrEices were ttey TO marry. Ihc!r m@uc
first, IN descrlbG tlclr arlls anil WcapoDk. They
,lavc rifle, nsecgas (Which h Hike 4 EastoDn III
| shete, and has jagged edges, 80 when It penc~
tratcs tic lrsh It Is difllculs:to cxtrtcatct mil
| shield. Their rnNte of lighting IL this; They
| rush on In q body with fearful cries, fro vol
ley. tsuH their ritps AWAY, und clbso with their
assegais. When they ktIl or wound an ourfsy,
tlry throw their shicl away ana use tl!e lody In
! placc OF It. TlIcy sonotin,ca pick up t!Icir own
'dead for tho satse prposu. They arc Nuntshel III
] uie following t,anuar for showing co~art1!co, or
rl1dnlng AWAY t0u IN nctto'!; the King calls tho
| offender or offenders. after tho battle, Into bis
rrestr,rc, At,tl tley aso ono bJ one stranElrd 0r
| ttle strong man or men vi tho tribe, who tnko
the cistprit's head III his lIand {spcnkng In thu
| singular uowl, Wills smother holds the body
| ulI screws II around fikc one would q fowls,
thereby hseakIng ths peck aull caualnE lebth.
In tic hkandnla massacFa (wf!lcal would not
LORD Che'msford}, glo Of lls Tncnty'foussa
fell to MAN. They fought hsaEcly aEq!aat
10000 Of Tie eBcAny, a4ltt not one vscapetl OF
would bo taken psisonsr. It petns sorsa thaa
death to bs captured. They tortured tWcllty
Eugttsh suidserb they Aad nnIsappea about 4
| mouth ago In ihe following nlallnar {thcy al-
| loved uue to escape 50 that TIA could tcu 4puut
! III; On .bv hrst day the kat!iss took Eesl-ln,s
pipeers u,rd toru ti,e pEsohel'A arms and body
With them; about thrtr hours utssr this shcy
stuck stccl hkcWers through various purts VI
\ &hp body; tha {oitaHtnE day they were dlx'
| patched by having \ ratnFod thFuat down lleiF
tproaths Into nnttr stotnurhs, md when thsy
| had nr4.!y expired ther bellies wtse tlpped uu,
and - ihcse poor lclluwa pertsscl. They had
no means Ut tHktng their oWn N1ea OF they
would have done It,