The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-27
THE CIVILIZED CEEEyyAYO.
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(thng has yet transpireh as to the final
hgements to be made with regard to tie
ber Zulu King Cetewayo. lie is still an
|luntayy occupant of Cape Town castle.
other day lie thought himself too old to
b, and declined an offer to be taught but
las since altered his mind and taken some
bug lessons, and now manages, with slate
pencil, to make tolerable copy lines of
|words, "Queen Victoria" Recent por-
Is of him show marked change in his
ral appearance. When his likeness was
| taken, after his arrival by the transport
b, he was presented III all the n2kedness
5rimtive Zulu costume; but in the latest
fograph, he appears metamorphosed into
by pleasant looking colored gentleman.
bed after European fashion in 4 tweed
with white handkerchief prOtrudiEg
\ his breast pocket, and gloves and cane
land. The transition from barbarism to
ization is so sudden and decided as almost
biggest doubt as to whether this can be
person who perpetrated the acts Of saw
N asCribed TO the late monarch Of Zulu-
/ The eX-king himself, though, soon
sted The curious upon this point. He
teS little or nor reservation as to the Sacri-
| Of human lite, Which was part Of the
-Pm q his government, and which he
ics on the plea that there was no other
| oI enforcing his authority among lis
| pie.
ost of the~repcrted facts as to the masst-
ff the ZuI girls who would not conform
be national marriage laws are confirmed
im. At the feast Of the Inst fruits, ii
+ars, he had given his sanction to one or
OF his regiments to put Oh heAu rings,
caLing that they had reached independent
&hood, and at the same time issued COM
fd tia. the young women al the various
Rls were 10 marry these soldiers. The
len Showed 10 inclination to comply with
| command, and, when called to account,
as a reason that the regiments permitted
barry were not good enough for them
fwayO then promoted another regiment 10
dignity Of ''head rings and again de-
ed that the girls of maniageab'c age We're
parry at once. Still they refused to comply
various devices were resOrted TO 10 cVade
order, some Young women even washing
he red dust Oh their hair which marked
, as malriageable. The kings anger was
aroused, and in fury he directed the
cityu regiment, eight thousand strong, to
ltry and kill every person who had dis
jed him. Numbers of girls, and others
lectcd with them, were slaughtered. lhe
les of some were placed at the crossroads
! example Of The Kings displcaSnre, and
n the parents of the individuals so killed
to bury the bodies, they brought Cete-
os wrath upon themselves, and they and
Whole of their families, in some instances,
destroyed. Several women, however,
themselves by seeking shelter, and
nS with friends. and those who survived
no time in complying with the Kings
RS, and marrying into the regiments
phted to them. Mr.. Longcast. the inter
er now with Cetewayo, was in Zululand
he time, and was Instrumental himself III
hg the lives of five young persons whom
pld away.
Ills was not the only rcaSiOu, however,
II the king sanctioned such slaughter OF
people. Shortly before, some of his sol
+ who were summoned to assemble al
FWengo made the excuse that sickness pre-
Jed them from attending. He remarked
lie would save the doctors the trouble OF
flng after the sick, and ''impis" OF his
rite regiment, the Unctyu, were promptly
III every ulFeCJlOll 10 klli liic ohNlit'i'
lst his royal command. In some instances
delinquents escaped from the fuzzy OF
"impis," and, by the law and custom OF
country, such as thus escaped were
npted from being again punished in any
But for that law, says Cetewayo, there
Id have been much more killing in Hliiu
he Chief of the Bureau of statistics re-
that the value of exports of live animals
ii kinds from the United States incrcaSet
s., ,S44 ,G53 during the year ending JUNE
1878, to $l1, ,4S7,754 during ;he yea
ing June Both, 1879. Of the total export
I've animals during the year, I per cent
sent to Great Britain. The value OF eX
Of live cattle increased from S3,S69,ol'
ing the year ending June 30th, 1878, It
19 POO during the year ending June 3Oth
\. OF the total exports of cattle dnrin!
last fiscal year 70 per cent. were ship
to Great Britain. The value of cat
exported to Great Britain Increased iron
XllS Stl lr, n,,iiuOf lima Nm II