The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-07-20

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shot we'll, and our casualties we're
also serious for so small a party.
Out of % fighting men we're killed.
Four we're wounded, besides one
woman, Mrs. Smarthouse. The com
mander of the patrol reports that
his men have gone through a terri
BILE time, and that the fighting has
been most stubborn.
AT BAY.
For day and night they stood
at bay in kopje, fighting without
intermission against enormous odds,
and had to resume their march at
last still fighting, and to move slow
ly forward under the ordeal of con-
tinuous fire and repeated rushes by
the enemy. Blakiston and Rout-
ledge we're telegraphists, and were
shot early in the struggle whilst en-
deavoring to reach the telegraph
line to warn Fort Salisbury
THE GOVERNMENTS THANKS.
Gen. Darlington has sent tele-
gram from here, warmly thanking
the patrol for their gallant conduct
in perilous situation. He is dis
patching men from Gwelo, under
Gibbs to reinforce the garrison of
Fort Salisbury. They are expected
to accomplish the march in ten days.
The general has made a formal in
spection OF the Dutch lager and of
the detachment Of Cape boys. Men
have also been dispatched to en-
trench themselves on the scene of
the recent fighting at Bembezi. A
cycle corps has been started. The
horses which have hitherto been
used for carrying dispatches, and
which can i'll be spared, will thus be
available for combatant duty. Mr..
Chamberlain has despatched the
following telegram to Lieutenant
General Goodenough, Acting High
Commissioner at the Cape: "Her
Majesty's Government highly COM
mend devoted gallantry of patrol
in bringing in women and children
from Mazoe, and deeply regret loss
of valuable lives"
THE NATIVE "aoD" KILLED.
Burnham, the American scout, re-
ports that he has killed the native
"god" M'Limo in a cave in the
Matoppo Hills, Is miles distant from
Buluwayo. 1t was impossible, he
says, sto capture the prophet alive,
as there were too many Kaffirs about
M'Limo, who was a Makalika, was
greatly feared. He used to be con-
suited at the mouth of the cave,
which was apparently empty, the
god being invisible. The natives,
who could see nothing, but could
hear the answers to their questions
were profoundly impressed, aud the
power of the god exalted. 1t was
thought that the conformation of
the cave was such that a focal point
was formed at the entrance, and that
by that means a sound uttered from
the proper distance without the cave
would be heard distinctly, on the
principle of whispering gallery.
Another opinion was that the oracle
was ventriloquist. What, however,
is of more Importance than the man.
ner in which the predictions were
uttered is the matter they contain.
ed. M'Limo played on the super
stition of the natives with great
ability. They believed that the
English were the cause OF all their
misfortunes-the English brought
the locusts, the English caused the
drought, for the English shot the
crocodiles. To bring the rain,
who is the instigator of the
revolt, told the Matabele to shed
the white mans blood, and pro-
phesied that Lo Ben was coming
with an army to wipe out the whites
M'Limo had cast a spell by which
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