Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-09-30
KILLING A BRUTAL SAVAGE
TWO WEN RIDE INrO THE HEART
or MATABELELAND.
The wiznrd shot who was Respon.
sIble for the Massacre of
white settlers.


Min, by Burnham, the American
scout, is a Inn bly, told by
cor espondent Of the New York
Hera d. This story differs
materially from the account sent
from London by cable. 1t shows
clearly that Burnham was acting
under instructions Of the Govern
ment, and that 10 and his com
panion took grat risks to carry
out their da ing venture.
The Mat bel uprising, which
laced Buluwayo in peril for
many drys aid est the lives of
scores # white settlers, was
planned by Nderbi, the M'limo
,rg vi Of the tribe. He lived in a
cave, and he prophesisd that not
one of the white settlers in the
country should escape alive. The
uprising took place on time.
Bnluwayo was bpsieSed and many
outlying residents were massa-
cred. Then it was that the South
African Company, which en-
pl yed Mr.. BurnhAm, the Ameri-
can scout, decided to act. The
M'limo of the matabele had for
ieited his life many times over,
aud his death was demanded.
To Mr.. Armstrong, the superin-
tendent of the Mangwe district,
was intrusted the connection of
the scheme, and to Mr.. Buruham
its execution. The latter had
been trained in woodcrnft and in
scouting among the Western
Indians, aud "a better man could
OF have been found.
Even after the raid on Bulu-
wayo had been repulsed, the
M'Iimo, from his sanctuary in the
MatoEpo hills, continued to pro-
phcsv and to issue his commands
by messengers to his brothers,
who made known their purport.
The purport of these commands
was to induce the Matabele to
continue the war, under the pro-
mise that the bullets of the
,nemy should turn to water.
In this emergency Mr.. Burn
ham received hurried orders to
report to Mr. Armstrong. On the
10th of last June the two men
met at the Mangwe station and
talked the matter over. There
was no doubt as to the peril of the
enterprise. The Matoppo hill,
where the cave Of the false god
was situated, was strongly tlanked
by kraals, some of which con-
tained as many as 600 warro 8.
In order to effect their object,
and capture or kill the god that
was sowing the seeds of dlscord
and death, it was necessary to
pass these kraals.
Before dawn on June 22d. Mr..
Burnham and Mr.. Armstrong
rcde quietly away from Mangwe
on their dangerous expedition,
unaccompanied and unobserved.
At daybreak they were well away
from the habItations of men.
They kept to the lowlands as
much as possible, following the
valleys anu the many breaks in
the sandy hills.
By, nightfall they began to
strike the low, rocky kopjes-the
otishoots If the big range of hills
for which they were bound. and
which l0omed in a semi-circle to
the north.
Twelve miles from their desti-
notion they encamp,d, having
notni, & for their supper but cod
meat and bread. Soon after
nigbtfall the signal fires Of the
Mat belle began to fash their
sharp messages from the hills,
and in various directions they
could hear the roll of the war
drums, some of them entirely
too close to be pleasant.
On the following morning, June
25t, tn y started at dawn on the
last and most dangerous stag OF
their journey. The country was
very rough and bushy, and
covered with broken kopjes, where
the greatest caution was necessary.
Their route was therefore ex-
tremeIy tedious and circuitous.
At tim, one of them would leave
the horses and CT wi forward,