Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-03

people who lived 10 those days, and OF
whom and Umslopogaas alone are left
aliye-if indeed UmsIopogaas, the son
Of Chaka is still living on the earth.
Therefore in aafew words / will pass
over an that came about after the fali
Of Chaka and till / was sent down by
Dingaan, the king, to summon him to
surrender to the king who was called
the Slaughterer and who ruled the Peo-
pie OF the AK. All! would that had
known for certain that this was none
other than Umslopogaas, far then had
Dingaan gone the way that Chaka
went aud which UmhlangaDa followed,
and UmslopOgaas had ruled the people
OF the Zulus as their king. But, alas!
nv wisdom failed me. paid no heed
to the voice OF my heart which told me
that this was Umslopogaas who sent
the message to Chaka threatening
vengeance for one Mopo, and l knew
nothing till too late; surely, thought,
the man spoke of some other Mopo.
For thus, my father, does destiny make
fools OF US men.
This came about, my father. Matters
were made straight in the land after the
death of Chaka. At first people said
that Masilo, the stranger, had stabbed
the King; then il was known that Mopo,
the wise man, the doctor and body SER
want OF the king, had slain the king,
and that the two great bulls, his brothr
ers Umhlangana and Dingaan, children
of SenzangacOna, had also lifted spears
against him. But he was dead and earth
and heaven had not come together. So
what did it matter? Moreover the two
new kings promised to deal gently with
the people and tighten the heavy yoke
of Chaka, and men in bad case are
always ready to hope for a better. So
IL came about that the only enemies the
princes found were each other and
Engwade, the son of Unandi, Chaka's
half brother. But l, Mopo, who was
now the first man in the land after the
kings, ceasing to be doctor and becom-
ing a general, went up against Engwade
with the regiment of the Bees and the
regiment OF the Slayers, and smote him
n his kraalS. 1t was hard fight, but
ia the end I destroyed him and all his
people. Engwade killed eight men with
his own hand before l slew him. Then
came back to the kraal with the few
that were left alive Of the regiments.
After that the two kings quarrelled
more and more, and l weighed them
both in my balance, for l would know
which was the most favorable to me.
In the end l found that both feared me,
but that Umhlangana would certainly
put me TO death If he gained the upper
hand, whereas this was not yet in the
mind Of Dingaan. So 1 pressed down
the balance OF Umhlangana and raised
that Of Dingaan, sending the fears OF
Umhlangana TO sleep till l could cause
his hut TO Be surrounded. Then Umh-
langana followed upon the road 0tChaka
his brother, the road OF the assegai, and
Dingaan ruled alone for awhile. Such
are the things that befall the princes OF
this earth, my father.
1t was fourteen days after the passing
away Of the Prince Umhlangana that
the great army came back in a sorry
plight from the marshes OF the Linn
popo, for half OF them were left dead Of
fever and the might Of the foe. and the
rest were starving. 1t was well for
them who yet lived that Chaka was no
more, else they had joined their breth-
rem who were dead on the way, since
never before for many weeks had Zulu
impi returned unvictOriouS and without
a single head OF cattle. Thus it came
about that they were glad enough to
welcome a king who spared their lives,
and thenceforth, till his fate found him,
Dingaan reigned unQuestioned.
Now Dingaan was a prince Of the
blood of Chaka indeed; for, like Chaka,
he was great in presence and cruel at
heart, but he had not the might and the
mind OF Chaka. Moreover, he was
treacherOus and liar, and these Chaka
was not. Also, he loved women much,
and spent with them the time that he
should have given to matters OF the
state. Yet he reigned awhile in the
land. must tell this also, that Dingaan
would have killed Panda, his half
brother, so that the house of Senzanga-
acona his father might be swept out
clean. Now Panda was man Of gentle
heart, who did not love war, and there
fore it was thought that he was half
witted; aud because / loved Panda,
when the question of his Staying came
on and the chief Mapita spoke against
it and pleaded for him, saying that there
was nothing to be feared at his hands
who was fool. So in the end Dingaan
gave way, saying, "Well, you ask me to
spare this dog and l will spare him, but
one day he will bite me-"
So Panda was made governor of the
kings cattle. Yet in the end the words
Of Dingaan came true, for it was the
grip of Panda'S teeth that pulled him
from the throne: only, II Panda was the
dog that bit, 1, Mopo, was the man who
set him on the hunt.