San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-13

Then of a sudden thretV the blanket
from my face.
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
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 Mouth of Dingaan." Then !
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 a kraal, and in il
lay 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 by Chaka to seek for Umslopogaas,
but who had returned no more.
"Now,"l said, lit has Jared i'll with
those soldiers of the Black One who is
gone"
t"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 dc
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 is haunted landr'
At length, an hour before shutdown,
we came to the open lands, and there,
on the crest of a 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 plains like to herds of game for num-
Der. We went to the river and passed
it by the ford, then sat down and waited,
till presently saw the man whom |
had sent forward returning toward us.
He came and saluted me, and asked
him for news.
This is my news, Mopo," he said. 81
have seen him who is named Bulalio,
and he is great man--long and lean,
with a fierce face and carrying a mighty
ax-such an AK as he bore last night
who hunted with the wolves. When
had. been led before the chief | saluted
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 Dingaan shall be welcome and shall
speak the words of Dingaan in peace;
yet | would that it wore the head of
Dingaan that came. and not his mouth
only, for then ak Groanmaker should
join IN our talk-aye, because of one
Mopo, 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 | started when for the second
UlIll6 ucdIu VI OIS "hOoS
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 krasl that was in the center of
the nuts, rose dust and din 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 five hundred soldiers being
mustered there, company by company,
by two great men, who ran up and down
the ranks shouting.
But l cried: NAY, nay! Turn not
back! Bold looks melt the hearts of
foes. Moreover, if this BulaliO would
have murdered us there was no need for
him To call I'M SO manv of his warriors
To he Cln timed