Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-01-25


such things being done by Znlus and
tho thought. What an end! To be
pounded up, made medicine Of, and
eatdnl i+~
However, had little time for further
reflection, for now tho whole impi was
pouring back from the Donga and river
bankswhere it had hidden while their ruse
was carried out, and once more formed
up On the side of the slope. ! was taken
to the crest of the slope and placed in
the center of the reserve line in the espe-
cial charge of huge Zulu named Bonn
byahe, the same man who had come for
ward MS a herald. This brute seemed to
regard me with an affectionate curiosity.
Now and again he poked me in the ribs
with tho handle of his assegai, as though
to assure himself that was solid, and
several times he asked Ihe TO be 30 good
AS to prophesy how many Zulus would
be killed before the "Amaboona," as
they called the Beers, were "eaten up"
AT first l took no notice of him be-
yond scowling, but presently, goaded
into anger, prophesied that he would
be dead in an hour!
He only laughed aloud. "Oh! white
spirit" he said, sis it so? Well, I've
walked long way from Zululand, and
shall be glad of rest" t
And he got it shortly, as will be seen.
Now the Zulus began to sing again:
We have caught the white spirit my brother, my
brotheri .-..-.f
Iron tongue whispered OF him, he smelt him out,
my brother.
Now tho Maboona are ours-they are already
dead, my brother
So that treacherous villain 1ndaba-
zimbi had betrayed me. Suddenly tho
chief of the impi, a gray haired man
named Sususa, held up his assegai, and
instantly there was silence. Then he
spoke to some indunas who stood near
him. Instantly they ran to the right
and left down the first line, saying a
word to the captain of each company rs
they passed him. Presently they were
ut the respective ends of the line, and
simultaneously held up their spears. As
they did SO, with an awful roar of "Bu-
lata Amaboona" (''Slay the Boers'O, tho
entire line, numbering nearly thousand
men, bounded forward like buck start
led from its form, and rushed down
upon the little laager. 1t was splen-
did sight to see them, their assegais gilt
tering in the sunlight as they rose and
fell above their black shields, their war
plumes bending back upon the breeze,
and their fierce faces set intently on the
foe, while the solid earth shook beneath
the thunder of their rushing feet.
thought of my poor friends the Dutch
men, and trembled What chance had
they against so many?
Now the Xulus, running in the shape
of n bow SO as to wrap the laager round
on three sides, were within seventy
yards, and now from every wagon broke
tongues of fire. Over rolled number
of the Umtetwa. but the rest cared little.
On they rushed right up the laager,
striving TO force a way in. But the
Beers piled them with volley s.fter vol
ley, and, packed as the Zulus We're, the
elephant guns loaded with slugs and
J small shot did frightful execution. Only
one man ever got on To u wagon, and as
he did SO l saw Boer woman strike
4 him on the head with an AK. He fell
back, and slowly, amid howls of derision
from the two lines on tho hill side, the
Zulus drew back.
'Let MS go, father!" shouted the sol
diers on the slope, among whom l was,
to their chief, who had come up. "You
have sent out the little girls TO fight, and
they are frightened. Let us show them
/ the way."
mo, nor the chief Sususa answered,
laughing. "Wait a minute and the little
girls will grow TO women, and women
are good enough TO fight against Boers!'
The attacking Zulus heark the mockery
of their fellows, and rushed forward
again with roar. But the Beers i'm the
laager had found time to load, and they
met with warm reception. Reserying
/ their fire till the Zulus were packed like
sheep in kraal, they loosed into then
with the roers, and the warriors fell in
little heaps. But saw that the blood OF
the Umtetwas was up; they did moi
mean to be beaten back this time, anC
the end was near. See! six men haC
leapt ON to the wagon, slain the man be
hind it and sprung into the laager. The,
were killed there, but others followed
and then | turned my head. But coulC
not shut my ears TO the cries of rage anC
death, and the terrible S'gee. S'gee! o
the savages as they did their work o
murder. Once only | looked up an,
saw poor Hans Botha standing on
wagon shifting down men with the but
of his rifle. Then assegais shot up to
wards him like tongues of steel, AM