Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1890-01-25

seen enough OF LneLn.
"Quite enough answered with en-
thusiasm; 81 never want TO see another;
but where ara we to goe Here we are
with one gun and little girl in the vast
and lonely veidt Which way shall we
turn
sour faces were towards the north be-
fore we met the Zulus, answered Indaba-
ximbi: '1et US still keep them towards
the north. Ride on, Macumazahn; To-
night when we off-saddle viii look into
the matter"
So all that long afternoon we rode on.
following the course Of the river. From
the nature Of the ground we could only
60 slowly, but before sunset / had the
satisfaction Of knowing that there must
be at least twenty-five miles between as
and those accursed Zulua Little Tota
slept most Of the way. the motion Of the
horse was easy, and she was worn out.
AT last the sunset came, and we Off
saddled In dell by the river. There
was not much to eat, but soaked some
biscuit In water for Tota, and Indaba-
ximbi and made scanty meal of bill
tong. When we had done / took Of
Tota's frock, wrapped her up In the
blanket near the fire we had made and
Lit pipe. sat there by the side of the
orphaned child, and from my heart
thanked Providence for saving her life
and mine from the slaughter of that
day. What horrible experience IL had
beeni II seemed like nightmare TO
look back upon. And yet 1t was sober
fact, one among those many tragedies
which dotted the paths Of the emigrant
Beers with the bones Of men, women
and children. These horrors are almost
forgotten now; people living in Natal,
for instance, can scarcely realize that
some forty years ago 600 white people.
many Of them women and children,
were thus 1nassacred by the impis at
Dingaan. But IL was 80, and the name
Of the district. Weenen, or the Place of
Weeping, will commemorate them for
ever.
Then fell to rejecting on the ex-
traordinary adroitness old Indaba-zimbi
had shown in saving my life. 1t ap.
peared that he himself had lived among
the Umtetwa Zulus In his earlier man
hood, and was noted rain doctor and
witch finder. But when TChaka, Din
gaan's brother, ordered a general massa-
ere Of the witch finders he had fed south
and 30 saved his life. When he heard,
therefore. that the regiment was an Um.
tetwa regiment, which, leaving their
wives and children, had broken away
from Zululand to escape the cruelties of
Dingaan, he, under pretense of spying
on them, took tbs bold course of going
straight up to the chief, Sususa, and ad-
dressing him as his brother, which he
was. The chief knew him at once, and
so did the soldiers, for his fame was still
great among them. Then he told him
his cock and bull story about my being
white spirit, whose presence In the
lager would render Il invincible, and
with the object Of saving my life in the
slaughter which he knew must ensue,
agreed to charms me out Of the laager
and deliver me INTO their keeping. How
the plan worked has already been told;
1t was risky one; still, but for it my
troubles would have been done with
these many days.
So lay and thought with heart full
Of gratitude, and as did so saw old In
daba-zambi sitting by the fire and going
through some mysterious performances
with bones, which he produced from his
bag, and ashes mixed with water.
spoke to him and asked what he was
about. he replied that he was tracing
out the route that we should follow.
felt inclined to answer 'tbosh," but re-
membering the very remarkable in
stances which he had given of his
prowess in occult matters, ! held my
tongue, and taking little Tota into my
arms, worn out with toll and danger and
emotion, went to sleep.
Invoke just as the dawn was beginning
to fame across the sky in sheets of prim-
rose and of gold, or rather it was little
Tota who woke me by kissing me as she
lay between sleep and waking, and call
ing me Papa" 1t wrung my heart to
hear her. I got up, washed and dressed
the child as best could, and then we
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and biscuit. Tota asked for milk, but
had none to give her. Then we caught
the horses, and I saddled mine.
"Well, Indaba-zimbi," said, "now
what path do your bones point tor"
straight north, he said. 1.-THE jour
ney will be hard, but In four days we
shall come to the kraal Of q white man,
an Englishman, not Boer. His kraal
is in a beautiful place. and there is
great peak behind it where there are
many balloons"
I looked at him. This is all nonsense,
Indaba-zimbi," said. whoever heard
Of an Englishman building q house in
these wilds, and how do you know any
thing about itS I think that we had
better strike east towards Port Natal"
'tAs you like, Macumazahn," he an
swered, "but it will take us three months
journey to get to Port Natal, If we ever
get there, and the child will die on the
road. Say, Macumazahn, have nv words