The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-21
A,lr;.Ric,.AN,NApoLEoN,
Confined on 81. Helena as Was the
Great ,Bonuparte.

Great Bonaparle.
Philadelphia Times. In the Ialand OF
ST. Helena. where the white NAPOLEON
ended his days a prisoner TO the Eng
fish, d black Napoleon Is living now,
also a prisoner. And singilafly enough
there Is q chapter OF coincidents which
seem TO unite the fortunes Of the house
OF Bonaparte and the house Of chaka.
Early in the century. when Napoleon
was overrunnlng Europe with his
armies and dazzling the minds OF men
with hls genius. an English sailor was
wrecked on the African coast and wnn-
dered Into zululand. w.
He was taken before the young chief,
Chaka. and TO him he told OF the Won
derful outside world, OF which the chiei
had. heard ruinors, and Us all the world
was then filed with the name or Ma
poleon he told OF the rise of the Corr
sloan and how he had conquered ma
tlons md built up for himself great
empire. The story. OF Napoleon cap
tured the fancy of iChnka. and he re-
solved to be an African Napoleon a
Then began the rise Of the great zuiu
power In South AfricR, and Chnka
spread his copquests over great terri
tories and subjugated nelghboring
tribes and built up for himself nm EN-
pire. 1trilourished until II broke itself
to pieces just as the empire OF the man
whose name had inspired its building
did before Il. The empire established
by Chaka stretched along the whole
southeast seabonrd Of Africa, from Lin
popo to Cape Colony, and extended far
inland. ~ !,
When the English landed IN Natal in
1924 the empire OF Amazuln was the
most powerful In Africa. Chaka made
a treaty with the English. allowing
them 10 live in Natal. and for this he
was killed by his brother, DinGaan, in
1898 Then began the struggle between
the white man and the black man
which was to end In the destruction OF
the empire founded by Chaka. Pence
and war alternated, and all the time the
Zulus lost ground.
Finally. In 1SSS-&. the British felt
bound TO blot out the Zulu power. Then
It was that Cetewnyo. the heir Of Chala.
summoned forth his whole force and
hurled his ''impls. or regiments, on the
British. At 1sandulu the Zulus broke
the British squares and routed the red
coats, but the end was the capture Of
the chief and the breaking OF the Zulu
power. ~
In this war the house OF Bonaparte
again became mixed up with the for
tunes Of the house OF Chaka. The
prince imperial. grand nephew OF the
man whose example had inspired the
ipf NJ thasn ~ 4las A
went out to fight In the ranks OF the
English. and was killed by Zulu spear.
In 1854 Cetewayp died, and the quarrel
was continued by his son. Dlnizulu.
Din1zulu was conquered, and now he
has been sent to St. Helena to end his
days on the spot where the man whose
example caused the building up OF the
black kings empire died.
AS becomes the head of great and
warlike line, Dlnizulu is accompanied
In his exile by a numerous retirue His
two uncles, several chiefs, physician.
and a clergyman. make up a household
as numerous as was that of the great
Napoleon when at st. Helena.
The chaplain OF the royal exiles Is
Paul Hitimkula, q .tcatechlst" from
Capt Town, who was invited many
years ago by Cetewayo to come to Zulu
land and teach the people. He is called
by tie Zulus DIR. tauL"He accompan-
led the exiles 10 st. Helena OF his own
accord. DR.. Wildly. IN Euglishman, Is
the physician TO the exiled household.
All the Zulu attendants who wait on
the eNl!es went to st. Helena of their
own accord.
DiniZulu speaks and writes English
fuently, and is a man OF more than or
binary intelligence. An effort is now
being made TO procure the release of
Dinizulu. 1t is argued that his return
to his own people would convince them
that the English intend to deal with
them fairly. ~ q Poi 8. = g . Il