Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-10
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lCONllAN ERrl.
"Galazi the Wolf" said Umslopogaas,
"for me also the matter has another
face. You have lost your father In the
hands of these HalakaZi dogs, and,
though till last night l did not know II,
/ have lost my mother by their spears,
and with her one whom loved above
all the world, my sister NADIA, who
loved me- also. Both are dead, and the
Halakazl have killed them. This man,
the mouth OF Dingaan," and he pointed
TO me. Mopo, "this man says that II L
can stamp out the ,HalakaZi and make
captive OF the Lily maid shall win the
heart OF Dingaan. Little do l care FOR
Dlngaan, / who would 90 my way alone
and live while / may live, and die When
I must, by the hadns OF Dingaan as oy
those Of another-what does II matterF
Yet. for this reason, because OF the
death OF Macropha my mother and
NADIA, the sister who was dear 70 me,
will make war upon these Halakazl and
CONQUER them or be conquered by them.
Perhaps, o Mouth OF Dngaan, you Will
see me soon at the kings kraal on the
Mahalabatine, and with me the LILY
maid and the cattle Of the HalaKazl; or
perhaps you shall not see me, and tnen
YOU will know that I am dead and the
warriors Of the AK are no more.
So we parted 10 return TO Dingaan
and tell him that Bulalio, chief or the
People Of the AK, had gone up against
the Halakazi to win the Lily maid and
bring her TO him in atOnement; while
Umslopogaas remained to make ready
hisimpi for war.
I went swiftly from the Ghost noun
tain back to the kraal Umgugundhloyu,
and presented myself before Dingaan,
who took me by the hand and said that
I had done well. Now he saw that it
was my purpose to rake this Halakazi
fire with another hand than his, and he
thanked me.
Moreover, he said that IL this chief o.
the People Of the Ak brought him the
maid his heart desired, not only would
he forgive him the words he had spoken
by the mouth Of MasilO TO the Black
One who was dead, but also all the cat
tie OF the Halakazi should be his, and
he would make him great in the land. l
answered that all this was as the king
willed. l had but done my duty by
the king AID worked so that, what
ever befell. proud chief should be
weakened and foe should be attacked
at no cost to the king, in such fashion
also that perhaps II might come about
that the king would shortly have the
Lily at his side.
Then l sat down to await what might
befall.
Now ii is, my father, that the white
men come into the story whom we
named the Amaboona, but you call the
Beers.
Before this time, indeed, few white
men had come to and fro TO the kraals
OF Chaka and Dingaan, but these came
TO pray and not to fight
Well, when / had been back from the
Ghost mountain something less than
moon, the Beers came, sixty OF them,
commarAed by captain named Retief,
a biGs<F and armed with rOerS-the
Ion. IS they had IN those dayS-or
IA. "a ps they numbered a hundred in all,
e., Mting their servants aud after riders.
TITS was their purpose: To get grant
OF the land in Natal that lies between
the Tuoela and the UmZimOubu rivers.
But. by my counsel and that OF other
indunas, Dingaan bargained with the
Beers that first they should attack
certain chief named SigOmyela, who
had stolen the kings cattle and who
lived near the Quathlamba mountains,
and bring back the cattle. This the
Beers agreed to. and went to attack the
chief and in a little while they came
pack again, having destroyed the peo-
pie Of Sigomyela, and driving the cattle
L. a fhnea hfnh had
been stolen from the king.
The face OF Diugaan shone when he
saw the cattle, and that night he called
US, the council Of the Amapakati, to-
gether and asked US as 20 the granting
Of the country. ] spoke the first and
said that it mattered little il he granted
II, seeing that the Black One who was
dead had already given il 10 the Eng
lish, the People of George, and the end
Of the matter would be that the ANA
boona and the People OF George would
fight for the land.
Now when / had spoken thus the
heart OF Dingaan grew heavy and his
face dark, for my words stuck in his
breast like a barbed spear. Still he
made no answer, but dismissed the
council.
On the morrow the king promised to
sign the paper giving the lands they
asked for TO the Beers, and all was
smoth as water when there is no wind.
Before the paper was signed the king
gave great dance, for there were many
regiments gathered at the kraal, and
for three days this dance went on, but
on the third day he dismissed the regi-
ments, all except one, an impi OF lads,
who were commanded TO stay. Now all
this while wondered what was In the
mind of Dingaau and was afraid for the
Amaboona. But he was secret and told
nothing except to the captains Of the
regiment alOne-nO not even 70 one OF
his council Yet / knew that he planned
evil, and was half inclined to warn the
Captain Relief, but did not, fearing to
make myself foolish.
On the fourth morning early Dingaan
sent q messenger to the Beers, bidding
them meet him 10 the cattle kraal, for
there he would mark the paper. So
they came, stacking their guns at the
gate of the kraal, for IL was death for
any man, white or black, to come armed
before the presence of the king. Now,
nv father, the kraal UmgugundhlOvu
was built In a great circle, after the
fashion OF royal kraalS. First came the
high outer fence, then the thousands OF
huts that ran three parts around be-
tween the great fence and the inner one.
Within this inner fence was the large
open space, big enough TO hold five regi-
ments, and at the top Of it, opposite the
aDtranca stood the cattle kraal itself,