The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-01
CetewayO's Adventurous Career.

Our foreign column contains news of tho
ere In battle OF Cetewayo, the Zulu king
nus monarch has occupied n conspicuous place
IN tne later history of South Africa and has at
tracted q great deal OF public attention. The
p BOSTON hdoerttser has the following sketch of
MS career: " Cetewavo was the son of Panda.
ana the nephew Of Chaka, who organized the
nuiu nation. and was known in South Africa as
tne Zulu Napoleon. He succeeded in organ
1zing powerful army and subiecting all South
Africa to his rule, and when he was murdered,
In 1873, he left to his brother Panda sixty ma
tlons as his subjects. Upon the death Of Panda,
IN 1877, Cetewayo assembled the throne. He
was described at that time az a negro whose
color was almost jet black His ewes were nm
usually large and brilliant his forehead.
though broad for that of Kaffr. was very
recedng, and the lower part OF his face denot
ed determined and brutal nature He was
cruel to his wives and overbearing to his sub
Jects but his father had left his power 40 we'll
guarded that Cetewayo held his people well in
hand, and when the war in England began. he
suffered very little from desartions from his
ranks. The Zulu war OF 1879 was caused by
the determination of England to have the
boundary line between the Transvaal and Zulu-
land, as defined by Sir Bartle Frere, respected
and maintained. Hordes of Zulus were con-
stantly pushing over the line and making a.
saults on the natives OF the Transvaal. and f.
naily Lord Chelmsford sent to Cetewayo the
that the Znlu army should be disbanded and
only called together in time OF actual war;
that persons accused of crime in Cetewavo's
Kingdom should be accorded fair trial before
being executed and that women should he al
lowed to marry without waiting for the Kings
consent. Cetewayo declined to accent these
terms and prepared for war The first great
battle was fought on January 81. 1879. when
the King fell upon a large detachment of
LORD Chelmsford's army and utterly routed
them, killing great number and taking MANY
prisoners, who were ruthlessly slaughtered.
A savage warfare followed. in which the Brit
lsh were decoyed into ambushes and killed.
and finally General Sir Garnet Wolseley
was sent from England to take command OF
the army. BEFORE he reached the field. how
ever, Lord Chelmsford gained a great victory
over the Zulus at Ulundi, on July 3 General
Woseley made short work of the war and in
August Cetewavo, with twenty-three followers
was fugitive in the wids of Zulnland One
OF the saddest events Of the war was the killing
OF Prince Louis Napoleon, who had gone to the
front to take his first lessons in war and was
Killed In reconnaissance. The Zulu king
was captured by stratagem. He was hauphty
and dignified. and only asked to he shot This
boon was denied him, and he was taken to Cane
Town and confined in an old mill-house about
four miles from the town. Here he was al
lowed the liberty of two forms embracing
about 100 acres, from sunrise to sunset He
was hopb prlSbHtT IN UnlH pace for nearly
three years until August, 1882 when he was
taken to London, and 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 government, for he developed a great fond
ness for English roast beef, and it was reported
that he consumed eight hundred pounds OF
solid meat on the voyage from Cape Town to
southampton. 1t was finally decided to restore
Cetewayo to his throne. bnt he was forbidden
to raise or maintain an army. and the conditions
made in the ultimatum before the Znu war
were vigorously imposed, with the additional
condition that he should be subject to limited
British direction in his management OF internal
affairs He accepted the terms gratefully. and
on September last he sailed for Cape Town.
He was reinstated as King of Zululand on jan
nary 81 with great ceremony, hut many of the
leading chiefs expressed their dissatisfaction of
the British terms, and it was foreseen that
trouble would soon come upon the restored
King. Cetewayo was massive powerful man.
with very large hands and feet and broad
shoulders He was about forty-five wears
old, and wore small beard and slight
moustache