The Red Cloud chief., 1880-02-19
The Civilized cetewayo.

Nothing has yet transpired as to the
Anal artahgements to be made with re-
gard .to. the ex-Epln Hing C~ete&ayo.
He IL still an Involuntary occupant Of
Cape Town Castle. The other day he
thought himself too old to learn, and
declined an offer to be taught; but he
has since altered his .uind, and taken
some writing lessons, and now man
ages with pencil and SLATE to make
tolerable copy lines, Of the words
" Queen Victoria. Kecent portraits
Of him show marked change in his
external appearance. When his like
ness was first taken nfter his arrival
by the transport Natal, he was pre-
scented in all the nakedness of primitive
Zulu costume; but in the latest photo
graphs he appears metamorphosed into
a very pleasant-looaihE colored gen.
t~lernan, dressed after European fashion
in a tweed suit, with white handker-
chief protrhding from his breast pocket,
and gloves and cane in hand. The
Transition from barbarism to civiliza-
ton is so sudden and decided as almost
to suggest a doubt whether this can be
3he person who perpetrated the acts of
savagery ascribed to the late Monarch
of Zululand. The cx-King himself,
however, soon satisfied the curious
upon this point. He makes little or no
reservation as to the sacrifice of human
life, which was part of the system of
his government, and which he j~ustifies
on the plea that there is no other way
of enforcing his authority among his
people.
Most ofthe reported facts as to the
massacre of the Zulu girls who would
not conform to the national marriage
laws are confirmed by him. At the
feast Of the. fruits, 1t appears, he
had given his sanction to one or two of
his regiments to put on head4rings, in
dicating that they had STAINED 70 inde1
pendenf manhood. and at the same time
issued q command that the young wom-
en- at the various kraals were to marry
these soldiers. The women showed no
inclination to comply with this CON-
mand, and, When csiledtO accoupt,sgaye1
as a reason thatthe regiments permftted1
to marry were not good enough for
them. Cetewayo then promoted -an- |
other regiment tothe dignity of IS head
rings" and again declared that the girls
of manageable age were to marry at
once. StihS they refused 10 comply.
and vafiOus devices were again fesorted
to. to evade the order, some young wom-
en- eyen Washing off the red dust on
their hair which marked them as mar
riageable. The Kings anger vas then
aroused, and in a fury he directed the
Umcityn regiment, 5000 strong, tot
march to the several kraals throughout
he country, and kill every person who
had dis0beyed him. Numbers of girls
and others connected with
them were slaughtered. The
bodies. of some were placed
at the crossroads rs an example Of the
Kings displeasure. and when the par
ents of the individuals so killed went
to bury the bodies, they brought Cete-
wayo's wrath upon themselves, and
they and the whole of their families in
some instances were destroyed. Several
women, however, saved themselves by
seeking sli6ater and hiding 1hh frields;
and those who survived lost no time in
with the Kings orders and
marrying into. The le96t1eAD appointed
to them. Mr.. longest the Interpreter
at tie 6xs,F md WI :hihseE XzSx1'
in saving the lives of five young
persons whom he hid away.
This wasnot the ~0nypccaSiaqk~-
ever, when the King sShctl5sedrucH q
of his people. Shortly be-
fore, some of his soldiers who were
.unmouedt TO. assemble ssst Nod-l
Wengo, made the excuse that
ickness prevented them from attending.
He reh6lSkeastAa "a wOGf0EGye III
1octors the trouble of looking after the
8ck, and "impis of his fsvorite regi-
heuks fbetEnciURsw wa promptly sent
every direction TO kill the oifendersf
his royal command. In some
instances the deiinquepts escaped from
the fury Of these impiss lndsstyfAefGw I
and custom of the country, such Is thus
were exempted from being !,
again punished in any way. But for
hat law, says Cetewayo, there would
have been much more killing In Zulu
and.-L0Mdoa Times. I,
PRoF. STEPHENSON Of the Hayden