The Irish standard., 1888-01-14

this time seizing the left holster and
making spring. The holster broke and
down he fell, the horse again getting
away. Once more was he caught, fully
100 yards from the place of the first dis
aster. On this occasion he seized the
stirrup leather, but it pulled out of its
springs and he was thrown to the
ground. The horse, now thoroughly
frightened, galloped away and gained
the rear of the retreating party. Had
| it been in charge of brave man a res.
cue could have been effected ten times
before the final event occurred. Carey,
however, rode away without even
counting his followers. The young
prince imperial, left to himself, saw the
sayages, who now appeared, nine in
number. They killed one of the men
who had fallen and were swooping
down for fresh victim. He made for
the river bed to get shelter, but the
Zulus, dividing, met him and cut Off
his pathway, forcing him to reascend
the slope. lie faced four savages, and
va1nly endeayored to defend himself
with his revolver. The cunning Zulus
dropped to the ground and hid behind
their shields until the bullet storm was
over, when, throwing their spears Gum
konto), they IN turn became assailants
The odds were overwhelming and the
prince was hit. in several places, q stab
over the eye bringing HIM down. The
Zulu who slew the prince, on rushing
upon the fallen prey. found him with
his sword in hand on his knees, praying
and feebly resisting at the same time.
The brave ana reckless youth was
stabbed to death in the usual way, and
his arms and ornaments were removed
and sent by the Zulus to King Cete-
wayo, with a report that some young
officer had been overcome and the
trophies forwarded as duty token.
The Zulus were not soldiers, but menl-
bers of the broken tribe Of Slhayo,
whose territory had been causelessly
oyerlun and destroyed by Lord Chelms-
ford, contrary tc the promises made in
his proclamation and in defiance of the
principles of war. The Zulus had been
lurking about the ruins of their de-
serLed village and abandoned corntields
when they discovered the enemy.
There was no preconcerted attack, and
the firing was done without orders.
They knew nothing Of the prince i'm
perial or Of the comparative value of
lives, and simply killed because they
had been wantonly injured. The flying
Carey, with his followers and the rider
less horses of the prince and his COM
panions in death, met but three miles
frozn the fatal spot the British cavalry
under General Newdigate moving
toward them. In front rode Colonels
Redvars Butler and Evelyn Wood,
double Victoria Cross men, with their
light horse. Carey hurrjedly repor ed
his scare, and, on being asked where
the prince imperial was, for the first
time became aware Of the extent of the
calamity. The body was not found
until the next morning, when. with the
remains of the other fallen, il was dis
covered by the Boer light horse scout
ing parties, the Identification of the
prince imperial being made by Raaff,
then a lieutenant, but since 81 COM
mandant, in the British colonial ser
vice. No enemy lay between the most
advanced OF the British post and the
city Of Pietermaritzburg, and none
could have 1nterfered with q line OF
communication, nor were any courses
exchanged with the Zulu nation in re
gard to the conveyance of the body to
the settlement, but many messengers
were sent to the Zulu king by Bishop
Colenso and other non-combatants to
solicit at his hands the restoration of
the jewelry worn by the unfortunate
Louis. 1t was a superstition in the
French imperial family that the safety
of the imperial line depended on the
preservation Of relic worn on the
princes neck. Every effort was made
to obtain the sacred trinket. but al
though the King of Zulu!and was able
to give back the sword, pistol, spurs
and watch, the missing relic was never
accounted for. 1t was during the in
terviews in relation to these articles
that Bishop Colenso and myself OBJ
tanned from the actual actors in the
scene OF the killing the particulars of
the princes DEATH
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