The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-08

our faces over the spoon.
..Galazi the Wolf" said Umslopogaas.
.sfor me also the matter has another
face. You have lost your father in the
hands of these Halakazi dogs, and.
though till last night did not know It.
have lost my mother by their spears,
and with her one whom loved above
Ill the world, my sister NADIA. who
loved me also. Both are dead, and the
Halakazi have killed them. This man,
the mouth of Dingaan," and he pointed
TO me, Mopo, ''this man says that IL !
can stamp out the Halakazi and make
captive of the Lily maid shall win the
heart Of Dingaan. Little dol care for
| Dingaan, who would go my way alone
and live while may live, and die when
must, by the hands Of Dingaan as by
those of another-what does it matter?
| Yet, for this reason, because Of the
death of Macropha my mother and
NADIA, the sister who was dear to me, l
will make war upon these Halakazi and
conquer them or be conquered by them
Perhaps, o Mouth of Dingaan, you will
see me soon at the kings kraal on the
maid and the cattle of the Halakazi; or
perhaps you shall not see me, and then
you will know that | am dead and the
warriors of the AK are no more.
So we parted to return to Dingaan
and tell him that Bulalio, chief of the
People Of the AK, had gone up against
the Halakazi to win the Lily maid and
bring her to him in atonement; while
Umslopogaas remained to make ready
his impi for war.
went swiftly from the Ghost noun
tain back to the kraal Umgugundhlovu,
and presented myself before Dingaan,
who took me by the hand and said that
had done we'll. Now he saw that it
was my purpose to rake this Halakazi
fire with another hand than his, and he
thanked me.
Moreover. he said that if this chief of
the People OF the Ak brought him the
maid his heart desired, not only would
he forgive him the words he had
spoken by the mouth of Masilo to the
Black One who was dead, but also all
the cattle OF the Halakazi should be his.
and he would make him great in the
land. answered that all this was /;
the king willed. had but done my
duty by the king and worked SO that
whatever befell, proud chief should be
weakened and a foe should be attacked
at no cost to the king, in such fashion
also that perhaps it might come about
that the ki..g would shortly have the
Lily at his side.
! Then sat down to wait what might
befall.
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| Now it is, my father, that the white
men come into the story whom we
named the Amaboona, but you call the
Beers,
Before this time, indeed, a few white
men had come to and fro to the kraals
of Chaka ard Dingaan, but these came
to pray and not to fight.
Well, whcl had been back from the
Ghost mountain something less than a
moon, the Doers came. sixty of them
commanded by a captain named Retief
a big man, md armed with roers-the
long guns they had in those .days-or
perhaps they numbered hundred in all
counting their servants and after riders
This was th. purpose: To get grant
of the land in Natal that lies between
the Tugela and the Unzimoubu rivers
But, by my counsel and that of othe,
lndunas, Dingaan bargained with the
Beers that first they should attack 8
certain chief named Sigomyela, who had
stolen the kings cattle and who lived
near the q athlamba mountains, and
bring back the cattle. This the Boere
agreed to, and went to attack the CHIEF
and in 9 Estle while they came bach
again, having destroyed the people Of
Sigomyela, and driving his cattle before
them as well as those which had been
stolen from Ne king.
The face o. Dingaan shOne when he
saw the cattle, and that night he called
us, the council of the Amapakati, to-
gether and asked us as to the granting
OF the country. spoke the first, and
said that it mattered little if he granted
| it, seeing that the Black One who was
dead had already given it to the Eng
lish, the People of George. and the end
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boona and the People of George would
light for the land.
Now when ! had spoken thus the
heart Of Dingaan grew heavy and his
face dark, for my words stuck in his
breAst like bsrbed spear. Still he
made no answer. but dismissed the
council
On the morrow the king promised to
sign the paper giving the lands they
asked for to the Beers, and all was
smooth as water when there is no wind.
Before the paper was signed the king
gave great dance, for there were many
regiments gathered ct tho kraal, and
for three days this dance went on, but
on the third day he dismissed the regi-
ments, all except one, an impi of lads,
who were commanded to stay. Now all
this while wondered what was in the
mind of Dingaan and was afraid for the
Amaboona. But he was secret, and told
nothing except to the captains Of the
regiment alone-no, not even to ono of
his cohpcil. Yet knew that he planned
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