The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-05
IDEAS OF ZULU YOUNG WOMAN.
Customs of the Savage state Which
She Prefers to Civilization.
From the New York Sun.

She Prefers to Civilization.
From the New York Sun.
Syracuse. N. Y.-There is a Zulu young
woman here who has ideas about Ameri-
can civilization. She knows what it is
to be an African savage and civilized
Christian, and she is not quite sure yet
which she prefers. She is in her civilized
state now but is homesick for Zululand.
"Oh no. she said to-day, Il want not to
be a barbarian again, but I like not all
civilized customs. Americans are too eX-
IRENE and they are not happy for 1t.
Nokutela Mdima DUDE is her name. she
was born of savage parents in Inanda' Ma
tal on the dirt floor of a kraal, like all
Zulu babies 1t was during the period OF
the annual tax collecting by the Beers
and according to the Zulu custom, Whlch
ordains that child shall be named III
honor of the last important event preced-
inc his or her birth. this child was called
Noxutela. signifying the paying of taxes.
For the next twelve years she trisked
about in a state of absolute nature. NO
l1utela was quick and intelligent, and at
tracted the notice of the MISSIONARIES VINO
nu+ her into a mission school at nevada,
$50 miles away There she remained get
ting used to wearing clothes, IedrAhS
about houses and what to DO WIN the
things in them. She also learned TO reao
and write and studied arithmetic seosIa-
my. which was very hard for her ana the
beqinnings of history. Then she was mar
ried. Her husband, whose Translated
name is John DUDE was pupil IN tRe
mission school with Nokutela, and came
away 10 America to be educated, WINE
his dark brown sweetheart waited LOT MN
in Zuluand. When he returned TO me
wada they were married by the MISSION
aries, and since that time they nave Ueeh
trying to educate their people Two years
ago they came 20 America with glgahuc
scheme in their heads. They want to civ
flize Africa, and propose to begin by
teaching the Zulus the industrial arts
They have obtained some money, ana IN
March will sail away for Zululand TO
convert the heather and teach them no"
to sew and wear clothes
Nol1utela is young, with blazing black
ewes smooth brown skin and handsome
regular features. She speaks good Eng
lsh with dehberation that Is charhllu .
and in the softest voice IN 1lie "oliu' Aioi
manner is grace itself.
ct 40 NOT know about reporters" Noku-
tela said hesitatingly when an interview
was suggested. zone of them said that
nv parents make mince pies of mission
aries And it is not the truth. l
think / am at work-engaged-to-da
80 Nokutela- And is that the truth
"Weu. it is the American way. NO
,-,,.o1a,s clear skin took on a sepia shade.
She pulled out chair and relented. "lf
there is nothing about mince pies l VIII
,eu YOU why we are here" she went on.
DO YOU know how many people there
are in Zululand? Fifty millions, ana
1oarlv all of them uncivilized We do
not want to teach them all your civilza-
ION only enough to better their condition,
not 70 make them unnatural and unhap-
nv. The Zulus are not dun They are
intelligent. but they do not know how to
do things for themselves. They think it
IS only the white men who can make
houses and cities. The women attend 10
the business and they do all the labor.
They dig the ground and plant the crops,
build the huts for storing them and do
all the heavy work. The men have only
to hunt now. Before the English came
they used TO fght-one tribe against an