Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-08

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 have only six horses among us, Be- sides, If VIC did we should starve in tho lesert. No, Heer Allen, we must fight 1t out with the savages, and God help us"
 ''God help us, indeed. Think of the children, uans!'
 "I can't bear to think" he answered, In broken voice, looking at his own little girl, sweet, curly haired, blue eyed child of six, named Tota, whom 1 had often nurscd as baby. "Oh, Heer Allan, your father, the Predicant, always warned me against trckking north, and I never would listen to him because 1 thought him a cursed Englishman; now see my folly. Hcer Allan, if you can, try to save my child from those black devils if you live longer than dc; or if you can't save her, kill her," and he clasped my hand
 1 Ut hasn't come to that yet, Hans," l said.
 ! Then wo set tc work on tho laager., The wagons. of ~hich, including my two, there were ten, were drawn into the form of a squa- 3 and the disselboom of each securely laened with reins to the underworks of that in front of it. The wheels also were locked and the space between the ground and the bed-planks of tho wagons was stuffed with branches of the "wait-a-bit" thorn, that fortu- nately grew near jn considerable quan- tities. In this way barrier was formed of no mean strength as against foe un- provided by firearms, places being left for the men to fire from. In little over an hour every thing was done that ,ould be done and discussion arose as to the disposal of the cattle, which had been driven up close to the camp. Some of the Boers were anxious to get them into the laager, small as 1t was, or at least as many of them as 1t would hold. argued strongly against this, pointing out that the brutes would probably be seized with panic as soon as the firing began and trample the defenders of the iaager under foot. As an alternative plan suggested that some of the native servants should drive the herd along the valley of the river till they reached a friendly tribe or some other place of safety. Of course, if the zulus saw them they would be taken, but the nat ure of the ground was favorable and it was possible that they might escape if | JUey OICC. Ac IAO1s was at once agreed to, and, what is more, it was settled that one Dutohman and such of the women and children as could travel should go with them. In half an hours time twelve of them started with the natives, the Boer in charge and the cattle. Three of my own men went with the latter; the three others and Indaba- zimbi stopped with me in the laager.
 The parting was heart-breakine scene, upon which l do not care tu dwelE The women wept, the men groaned and the children looked on with scared white : faces. At length they were gone and for one was thankful of it. There se mained in the laagef seventeen white men, four natives, the two Boer frau. who were too stout to travel, the wamaI in child-bed and her haby and Hahl = Botha's little daughter Tota, whom ht could not mako up his mind to part with Happily her mother was already dead And here I may state that ten of thu women and children, together with abou half of the cattle, escaped. The Zul, Impi never saw them, and on the thirt day of travel they came to the fortified place of a Griqua chief, who sheltaret them on receiving half the cattle in pay