Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-07-03
MoPo REVEALS HIMSELF TO THE sLAUGH-
TERER.

All that night we watched, but we
neither saw nor heard any more OF the
wolves nor Of the men who hunted with
them. On the morrow, at dawn, | sent
a runner to Bulalio, chief OF the People
Of the AK, saying that messenger came
to him from Dingaan, the king, who de-
sired to speak with him in peace within
the gates of his kraal. charged the
messenger, however, that he should not
tell my name, but should say only that
it was the mouth of Dngaan." Then l
and those with me followed slowly on
the path.
Around the base of the great Ghost
mountain we met no one, but once we
came to the ruins of kraal, and In 1t
Law the broken bones Of many men, and
with the bones rusty assegais and the
remains of OK hide shields, black and
white In color. Now | examined the
shields and knew from their color that
they had been carried in the hands OF
those soldiers who years ago were sent
out oy Chaka to seek for Umslopogaas,
but who had returned no more.
'Now," said, sit has Jared i'll with
those soldiers OF the Black One who is
gone"
"These are the shields they bore and
those are the skulls they wore," an
swered one. "See, Mopo, son OF Make
dana, this is no mans work that has
brought them to their death. Men do
not break the bones OF their foes in
pieces as these bones are broken. wow!
Men do not break them, but wolves do.
and last night we saw wolves a-hunting;
nor did they hunt alone, Mopo. Wow!
This haunted landn'
At length, an hour before shutdown,
we came to the open lands, and there,
on a crest of rise beyond the river, we
saw the kraal of the People OF the Ak.
1t was a great kraal and well built, and
their cattle were spread about the plain
like to herds of game for number. We
went to the river and passed it by the
ford, then sat down and waited, till
presently / saw the man whom l had
sent forward returning toward us. de
came and sauted me, and l asked him
for news.
This is my news, Mopo," he said, 81
have seen him who is named Bulalio,
and he is a great man-long and lean,
with fierce face and carrying mighty
ax-such an ak as he bore last night
who hunted with the wolves. When L
had been led before the chief l saiuted
him and spoke to him-the words you
laid upon my tongue spoke to him. He
listened, then laughed aloud and said:
Tell him who sent you that the Mouth
of DinQaan shall be welcome and shall
speak the words Of Dingaan in peace;
vet | would that 1t were the head OF
Dingaan that came, and not his mouth
only, for then ak Groanmaker should
ioin in our talk-aye, because of one
Mono. whom his brother Chaka MUIR
dered, it would also speak with Dingaan.
Still, the mouth is not the head. so the
mouth may come in peace
Now l started when for the second
time heard talk OF Que Mopo, whose
name had been on the lips of Bulalio the
Slaughterer. Who was there who would
thus have loved Mopo except one who
was long dead?
There were none to meet Us at the
gates, and none stood by the doors Of
the huts within them, but beyond, from
the cattle kraal that was in the center
of the huts. rose dust and a dip as OF
men gathering for war. Now some OF
those with me were afraid and would
have turned back, fearing treachery,
and they were yet more afraid when,
on coming to the inner entrance Of the
cattle kraal, we saw some 500 soldiers
being mustered there, company By
company, by two great men, who ran
hp and down the ranks shouting.
But / cried: ssNay, nay! Turn not
hack! Bold looks melt the hearts Of
foes. Moreover, If this Bnlalio would
I've murdered as there was no need for