The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-04-02

motion of the horse was easy, and she
was worn out.
AT last the sunset came, and we Of
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 l took off
Tota's frock, wrapped her up in the
blanket near the fire we had made, and
lit pipe. l 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 1t had
been! 1t seemed like q nightmare to
look back upon. And yet 1T was sober
fact one among those many tragedies
which dotted the path OF the emigrant
Beers with the bones of men, women and
children. These horrors are almost for
gotten now; people living in Natal, for
instance, can scarcely realize that some
forty years ago six hundred white peo-
pie, many OF them women and chill
dren, were thus massacred by tho Impis
OF Dingaan. But 1t was SO, and the
name OF tho district, Weeaen, or the
Place of Weeping, will commemorate
them forever.
Then / fell to rejecting on the extra
ordinary 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 q noted rain-doctor and
witch-fnder. But when T'Chaka, Din
gaan's brother, ordered general
massacre Of the witch-fnders, he had
fed south and 30 saved his life. When
he heard, therefore, that the regiment
was an Umtetwa regiment, which, leav-
ing their wives and children, had broken
away from Zululand to escape the cruel
ties Of Dingaan, he, under pretense OF
spying on them, took the bold course ofgo-
ing straight up to the thief, Sususa, and
addressing him as his brother, which he
was. The chief knew him at once, and
so did tho 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 tho
lager would render 1t invincible, and
with the object OF saving my life in the
slaughter which he knew must ensue
agreed to charm me out Of the lager
and deliver me into their keeping How
the plan worked has already been told;
1t was risky one; still, but for 1t my
troubles would have been done with
these many days.
So l lay and thought with heart full |
Of gratitude, and as l did so saw old |
Indaba-zimbi sitting by the fire and go
Ing through some mysterious perform |
ance with bones, which he produced
from his bag, and ashes mixed with |
water. spoke to him and asked him
what he was about He replied that he
was tracing out the route that we should |
follow. felt inclined to answer "bosh," |
but remembering the very remarkable
instances which he had given Of his
'rowess In occult matters, l held my
ongue, and taking little Tota into my
Irms, worn out with toll and danger and
'motion, went to sleep.
woke just as the dawn was begin
hing to flame across the sky In sheets OF
primrose and Of gold, or rather it was
title Tota who woke me by kissing me
IS she lay between sleep and waking,
md calling mo papa" 1t wrung my
leart to hear her. got up, washed |
md dressed tho child as best | could,
md then we breakfasted as we had
upped, on biltong and biscuit. Tota
sked for milk, but had none to give
er. Then we caught the horses, and ]
added mine.
"Well, Indaba-zimbi," / said, ''now
that path do your bones point toP"
straight north" he said. "The Jour
ey will be hard, but in four days we
hall come TO the kraal OF q white man,
n Englishman, not Boer. His kraal
J in beautiful place, and there is q
reat peak behind 1t where there are
iany baboons."
looked at him. This is all nom
enso, Indaba-zimbi," said. "whoever
card OF an Englishman building q
ouse In these wilds, and how do you
now any thing about itp think that
e had better strike cast towards Port
atal."
"As you like, Macumazahn," he an
yered, "but 1t will take us three
onths' journey TO get to Port Natal, II
Q ever get there, and the child will
10 on the road. Say, Macumazahn,
ave my words come true, heretofore, or
ave they not2 Did not tell you not
hunt the elephants on horseback
Id ! not tell you 10 take one wagon
ith you instead OF two, as II is better
lose one than two?"
"You told me all these things" an
Vered. " lIHIfLF 81
"And SO tell you now TO ride north,
acumazahn, for there you will ind
eat happiness-yes, and great sorrow.
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