Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-08-10
CETYWAYO.


HIS DEFEAT, RESTORATION AND DEATH.
News comes from Durham, South Africa, of
the death of Cetywayo, the King OF Zulu.
land, who was restored to his throne by the
English government last January, after hav-
ing been held as prisoner for over three
years. Cetywayo, upon his return to his ma
tive land found many of the independent
chiefs opposed to his restoration, and he had
been trying to reduce them TO submission for
some time by force of arms. II is probable
that he has been killed in an engagement
with his enemies Cetywayo gained celebri-
ty in 1879 by defying the British government
and rising in arms to defend his throne. Ho
was defeated and taken prisoner in the strug.
gle, but not until he had given Great Britain
such taste of savage warfare that great
party arose in England shouting for peace
and denouncing the war.
Cetyweyo was the son of Panda and the
nephew of Chaka, who organized the Zulu
nation, aud was known in South Africa AS the
Zulu Napoleon. He succeeded in his scheme
Of organizing powerful army and subject
ing all South Africa to his rule, and when he
was murdered in 1928, he left to his brother
Panda 80 nations as his subjects Upon the
death Of Panda in 1872, Cetywayo ascended
the throne. He was described at that time
as a negro whose color was almost jet black.
His eyes were unusually large aud brilliant,
his forehead, though broad for that of katir,
was very receding, and the lower part Of his
face denoted a determined and brutal nature
He was cruel to his wives and overbearing to
his subjects, but his father had left his pow
or so well guarded that Cetywayo held his
people well in hand and when the war with
England began he suffered very little from
desertions from his ranks
The Zulu war of 1879 was caused by the
determination of England TO have the boun-
Diary line between the Transvaal and Zulu
land as defined by Sir Bartle Frere respected
and maintained. Hordes of Iulus were con-
stanty pushing over the line and making as
saults on the natives of Transvaal, and final
ly Lord Chelmsford sent to Cetywayo the ul-
timatum of the government. This demand
ed that the Zulu army should be disbanded
and only called together in time Of actual
war: that persons accused of crime in Getty
wayo's kingdom should be accorded fair tri-
al before being executed, and that women
should be allowed to marry without waiting
for the Kings consent. Cetywayo declined to
accept these terms and prepared for war.
The first great battle was fought on Jan. 2l,
1879, when the King fell upon large detach-
ment Of Lord Chelmsfords army and utterly
routed them, killing great number and tax
ing many prisoners, who were ruthlessly
slaughtered. 4 savage warfare followed, in
which the British were decoyed into sm-
bushes and killed, aud finally Gen Sir Gar
net Wolseley was sent from England to take
command of the army. Before he reached
the field however, Lord Chelmsford gained
a great victory over the Zulus at Ulendi, on
July .. Gen. Wolseley made short work of
the war and in August Cetywayo with 23
| followers, was q fugitive in the wilds of Xu.
| lu land. One of the saddest events of the
war was the killing of Prince Louis Napole-
| on, who had gone to the front to take his
| first lessons in war and was killed in a recon.
noisance.
The capture of the Zulu King was secured
| by stratagem. Lord Gifford's party, who
were searching for the fugitive, found his
sleeping mat at a kraal where he had slept
the night before. Two boys were found in
the vicinity, but they denied all knowledge
of Cetywayo's whereabouts. They were both
blindfolded, and a volley was shot in the air,
when one of them, eXclaiming, "My brother
| is shot" promised to lead the party to the
Kings hidng.place if his life was spared
They pushed through the woods by night
and on the morning of Sept. l Cetywsyo was
surrounded and captured. He was naughty
and dgnifed, and only asked to be shot
| This boon was denied him, and he was taken
/ TO cape Town anu COuuntu III hu Olu mill
| house, about four miles from the town. Here
he was allowed the liberty of two farms, en-
! bracing about l. 700 acres, from sunrise to
sunset He was strictly guarded by British
soldiers but was permitted TO enjoy the soci-
| ETY. of four of his wives and the services OF
i two attendants. He was kept prisoner in
| this place for nearly three years, until Au.
| gust, 1852, when he was taken to London,
aud here he was made quite lion of, being
| visited by lords and ladies and treated with
| distinguished consideration. His board bill
was no small item of expense to the govern
meut, for he developed q great fondness for
| English roast beef, and it was reported that
| he consumed 500 pounds OF solid meat on
| the voyage from Cape Town to Southampton.
It was finally decided to restore Cetywayo to
his throne but he was forbidden to raise or
maintain an army, and the conditions made
in the ultimatum before the Zulu war were
vigorously imposed, with the additional con-
dtion that he should be subject to a limited
British direction in his management Of in
ternal affairs. He accepted the terms CRATE
fully, and on Sept. l last he sailed for Cape
Town. He was reinstated as King of Zulu
land on Jan. 81, with great ceremony, but
many of the leading chiefs expressed their
dissatisfaction of the British terms, and il
was seen that trouble would soon come from
the restored King. Cetywayo was a massive
powerful man, with very large hands and
feet and broad shoulders. He was about Al
years old, and wore a small beard and slight
mustaohe.