The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-29
FARLEY WITH LOBENGULA.
,,,oal Experiences of Two Eng
fish Gold Seekers.

From the LONDON News.
.,t r. Thompson, in conversation
49, conservative of the Daily News,
s.,sn,ented his views on present affairs
s,me of his recollections of the early
..rs when he and Mr.. Mcguire were
S.,,irr the fort alone in Buluwayo.
,~5s concession had been signed" said
a. T5ompson, granting us the mineral
81 r.obengula's dominions. and Mr.
I54 rad gone down country, while Mr..
n-1,ira and I waited with Lobengula. We
Aa7 ~, l-eeD him and his Indunas in good
So ~ ~ satisfy them about the genuine
t'.,p III our purpose, and to spend money
,lss-alv in gifts. Without royal char
he concession could not have been
E.psd and we knew that If Lobengula
.ne5 ouarrelsome there would be little
,.aa If Getting the charter signed. OH!
~ 5elavs the waiting-now the Queen
osborne, now she was at the south
r-aroe. now this thing came up and
"a, hat thing, and all the while we two
~. waiting there. in the filth of the ma
WV oi+v our clothing had almost all
~ and myself was reduced to a single
n3ir of trousers.
I'm one thing brought matters 10 a cri-
.,s Mcguire would go and have hath
- slf0rpther strange, ana suspicious pro-
Ssls5nr in Matabele eyes. Unfortunately,
.te nool he selected for his dip was the
I-irgs own sacred drinking water. He
-,rtone5 and got in, and he noticed that a
.,r1bar of the natives came up and sat all
o-oIrd the pool watching him. But he
-ars5 nothing for that He had with him
,ooth crush. some cherry tooth powder
and eau de cologne, and he proceeded %
Loan his teeth. He washed his mouth
NTH some powder and spat it out, and
I'm rinsed his mouth out with eau de
cologne. The natives yelled their surprise
I'D before Mcguire could do anything they
I'd taken hold Of all his things and car
led tbern to the King. He came along to
IA r,e-weH with an absence of attire
.,d wanted me to fit him out, but I could
A nothing for 1 was limited to one pair
NJ trousers myself.
soon the messengers came summonlnS
$40 the King. We found before him the
srrav of natives ready with their accusa-
ions Of what this magician had done. He
lad noisoned the Kings water they said
First he had spat in the water, ana 10!
an became as red as blood Chat was
merry tooth pastel. Then he had turned
ps face up to his god. and had gone
through an act of worship, addressing his
ed Tru. uIu. ulul Chat was when he
had eargled his throat with the eau de
.oosne) and then he spat on the water
and il became as milk. He was sorcer-
or magician. Well, it cost us considera-
be trouble and expense to get over that
hath and to get back Maguires clothes.
,gThe time came when Mcguire had to
60 down to the coast, leaving me at Bulu-
vayo alone. He was not many hours
away before one of the Indunas came to
me oYour friend he said, has stolen my
how 'Nonsensep / said. But the chief
insisted and, to reassure him, l said: If
nv friend has stolen your boy you can
emf nv head off, is that so? said the
chief He and his friends mounted swift
horses and went off after Maguire's wag-
on They got there, searched it, and found
he lad in the box of the wagon. Mcguire
sfterward said that the little fellow had
nm after the wagon and he had given him
lift to help him along. But that made
it none the less awkward for me. I was
summoned before the King. My head 1
had offered as the forfeit. There was on
" one thing for me to do. When the King
accused me I admitted I was to blame. 1
have done wrong, o King! 1 said, but
am your child. A father beats his child
but he does not kill him. 1 am your child;
you cannot kill me. I have Gsne wrong
but I am your child
That peril was passed over, but things
the Iuduuas were suspicious, and believed
that We had come to take away their lands
The mean whites living near BuluWayo
many of whom had escaped from justice
IN Cape Colony, did all they could to put
the King against us. Day by day l was
waiting 10 hear from Mr.. Rhodes that the
charter was signed. He had agreed to send
ne a cable with the one word 'Runny-
mede' when this was done, and the cable
,, cr,orfaL
from Mafeking.
The opposition among the Matabele
grew stronger and stronger, and an awful
day came when messengers arrived with
counSels from certain supposed European
friends of the black man against us. |
heard the great tribes gathering around
the town as l sat in my wagon. L could
hear their hoarse cries sung in KIND OIL
chant We want the man who has taken
our land. Where is the man who has
stolen our land? Bring out the head of
the man who has come for our land! Day
and night the cry of the thousands of
armed natives continued. 1t lasted for a
week, and then there came to me the
summons I had all the time been expect
ing-that I was to come before the King.
Il went to the Indaba, and the King
attacked me. Who were the men who had
helped me to steal their lands? My reply
was always the same: l nave not come
for lands, King! We want no lands.
We are too great men to want lands. We
leave that to the Boers-to the men with
cattle. All we want is to look for the
gold Hour after hour of argument, OF
abuse, followed. The King went into his
nut and then the chiefs piled me with
questions. Who were the men who had
lloid the King to let me take their lands
said: DO not let us bring the great
name Of the King in our talk. He is great.
we are but dogs. Why should we try to
NIX him up with our common little af-
lalrs" This, of course, was reported to
NE King and greatly pleased him. But
VINO We're the men, the chiefs insisted,
VINO advised the King to let you have
our land" I know nothing of your land,
replied. Who says that they advised
ne King to give me land? The chiefs
gave the names of some who had been
friendly to me. I know nothing of it, /
replied. They went in and told the King
ana word came out from the King that
me lndaba was to deal with those chiefs
VINO had been friendly to me. On hear
ing This the old prime minister quietly
.tpped his snuff box and took out pinch
u snuff, for he knew that his doom had
wen spoken They took him and other
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