Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-16

have only six horses among US. Be-
sides, If we did we should starve in the
desert. No, Heer Allen, we must fight
it out with the sayages, and God help
u.s."
''God help us, indeed. Think of the
children, Hans"
~ 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
had often nursed as baby. "Oh. Heer
Allan, your father, the Predicant, always
warned me against trekking north, and
/ never would listen to him because l
thought him cursed Englishman; now
/ see my folly. Heer Allan, if you can,
try to save my child from those black
devils If you live longer than do; or If
you can't save her, kill her" and he
clasped my hand.
at hasn't come to that yet Hans"
said.
Then we set to work on the lager.
The wagons. Of which, including my
two, there were ten, were drawn into
the form of square and the disselboom
of each securely dashed 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 the wagons was stuffed with branches
of the "wait-a-bit" thorn, that fortu-
nately grew near in considerable guam
titles. In this way a 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
could be done and discussion arose as
to the disposal of the cattle, which had
been driven up close to the camp. Some
of the Beers we're anxious to get them
into the lager small as it was, or at
least as many of them as 1t would hold.
l 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
lager under foot. AS an alternative
plan l 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 II
thew started at once. The proposition
wa at once agreed to, and, what is more,
it was settled that one Dutchman and
such of the women and children as could
travel should 60 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 lager.
The parting was a heart-breaking
scene, upon which ] do notcare to dwell
The women wept, the men groaned and
the children looked on with scared white
faces At length they were gone and i
for one was thankful of it. There re-
NAMED in the laager seventeen white
men, four natives, the two Boer fraus
who were too stout to travel, the woman
in child-bed and her baby and Hans
Botha's little daughter Tota, whom he
could not make up his mind TO part with.
Happily her mother was already dead.
And here | may state that ten Of the
women and children, together with about
half OF the cattle, escaped. The Zulu
Impi never saw them, and on the third
day Of travel they came TO the fortified
place Of Griqua chief, who sheltered
them on receiving half the cattle in pay
ment. Thence ty slow degrees they
journeyed down to the Cape Colony,
reaching a civilized region within lit
tie more than year from the date OF tho
attack on the lager.