The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-03
lie FOUGHT THE zULUS.
Mr.. R. c. Dalzell Spins a
Regular Rider Hag-
gard Yarn.
NOT ONLY THRILLING, But TRUE.
The Narrator Can Prove 1t by the
Big scar on the Edge of
HIS Bald Spot
SOT ONLY THRILLING, BUT TRUE.

| is an expert in the Judgment OF the quail
ties of solids as well as OF liquids.
R. g. Dalzell. proprietor Of the Ex-
change, No. $50 Palisade avenue, is a
mineralogist of no mean repnte. He has
travelled extensively through Africa aud
South America and through the South
| and West of this country. What he has
seen and learned in his travels has added
considerable knowledge to an education
received in the schools of Edinburgh, Scot
land. He is a modest and charming con-
versarionalist. In appearance he is tall
and well built, aud, though not yet be-
yond the prime of life, is partially bald
and wears q heavy red mustache.
Mr.. Dalzeil. although having spent an
unusually exciting lite amid the wilds of
Africa and South America and among
! to his own individual exploits. Occasion
| ally he refers to them incidentally. 1t
| was with the utmost difhdence that he
! consented to be interviewed concerning
| his experiences in Western Africa aud
| South America.
periences would be especially interesting
to the public,e he said; besides, /
| should be accused of boasting."
OH | replied, 'sthe public is always
more willing to hear or the exploits of
| some one they can locate about them than
! of some one who may be a myth I
| understand you have fought Znlus and
/ killed lions IN Africa: faced Bengal tigers
IN India; chased alligators along the ANA
ION and made the dusky redskins bite the
dust of our own savage West
| Mr.. Da zell at first looked mad. Then his
| genial features relaxed and he burst into
! a iovial laugh, and he finally consented to
/ tell of the narr0West escape from death
| he ever passed through.
| OFF FOR AFRICA.
81 was one of thirty who qualified to
| go with Captain Sucking, sent out by the
| British Government in response to call
| from the Colonial Government in western
| Africa, In 1887, for party of ulineralo-
! gists and surveyors to locate the valuable
| mineral resources of Zululand. Our party
was reinforced TO the number of eighty
after we reached Africa. We spent two
years and nine months in Trans
val, and worked up as far as
| Gelatina, the farthest possession held
| by the British in Zululaud. Fighting
lions and other wild beasts and killing
snakes were daily occurrences, and were
1 actually monotonous.
ssThe Zulus annoyed us more than the
wild beasts. But we were all armed with
Tipping 81 Lording rifles, revolvers and
| knives, and when on the alert and closely
pressed, we usually kept the zulus at bay
/
| that they were glad to leave us alone. But
few Of the Zulus possessed arms, and these
| were the Odd Dutch Boer rifles. They
fought mainly with their assegai at short
range.
ATTACKED BY zULUs.
In the fall of 70 or SOL can't recall
| the exact date our party received notice
from Cape Coast Castle, The Government
| seat, to hurry TO the nearest post sas
| forced marches were being made by Let-a-
/ wayo's youngest brother at the head of
an impi tarmy) of 10000 warriors. They
| intended passing the Government claims
! and thus cut off our party from eommuni-
| cation with the British authorities, and
| hold the government road to prevent
further invasion by the British. The
| notice reached us too late. and few days
| afterward our camp was almost sur
| rounded by hordes of Yelling Zulus. We
| kept Them at bay with our rifles, and
finally broke through thin line, losing
| ten OF our men, and escaping through
pass between two mountains. But they
| drove us from one point to another.
| They were already in possession of our
claims and the station. Captain Sucking
tapped the telegraph wires and commu-
\ nicated for reinforcements. We took a
stand on table land between two noun
| tains, position that overlooked the gov
! ernmcnt road. and there for nine days we
held the entire impi Of 10000 at bay
| tie place for the Zulus when engaged In
! warfare. as its sides afford miles and
miles OF ambush. They're cunning. They
are more like snakes than human beings
They're on top of you before you know
| it. They crawl on their bellies Just ike
so many snakes, and their only warning
Of approach is the waving of the tall
| grasses. whenever we saw feather or
a wing we. blazed AWAY.
| -SsOn the morning of the eighth day of
otrcretreats We wete suddenly startled by
another lfHfd. AS3ixty OF the yelling fiends
had murdered our outposts Poor fell
lows, guess they were found asleep for
none Of us had slept scarcely wink in
the seven preceding days and nights.
Our food was exhausted. and for the first
time in my life | tasted mule flesh The
sixty Zulus mad scaled the precipice that
had been our main protection. The
| light lasted but few moments. Their
assegai aud knives made sad havoc with
our party, but were no match with rifles
and revolvers, and our party was just
little stronger numerically than our as
sailants. During the fight a boy chum OF
mine named Tom White got separated
| from US. and the enemy shut HIM almost
completely out Of sight. He fought as long
as he stood on his feet, and when he fell a
! big Zulu standing over him with an up-
lifted spear was hit squarely between the
| eyes with a bullet from a rife in the
hand of the oldest miner in the company
named Jim Anderson.
! A NARROW ESCAPE.
ut was the prettiest shot 4 ever saw a
| man make at long range. | owe my own
! life, too, to this same Jim Anderson. To-
/ ward the finish Of the fight was Knocked
down by a big, ugly looking Zulu.
think he was chief. His mug was dec
GRATED with ivory rings You see this
scar?"-aud MIR. Dalzell bowed his head
until ] could see large and frightful
looking scar just beneath the thin hair
near the bald portion OF his head. "Well.
that's from the blow that old fellc "
gave me with cattle club.
fell, but was not entirely
unconscious. TIE sensation wasn't at all
delightful as l felt him pull my head up ia
! his lap by thrusting his fingers up my
nostrils.n Mr.. Dalzsil perceptibly
shiyered as he recalled the incident.
II was too weak to realize ali that was
/ going on about me. be continued, "hut
! the keen edge of his knife just touching
my throat stirred my senses as they had
never been stirred before Only for a
moment With the rush OF warm blood
all over my body my senses again left me.