The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-05

Then of q sudden l thre,D the bl0nhet
from my face.
All that night we watched. but we
neither saw nor heard any more of the
wolves nor of the men who hunted with
them. On the morrow, at dawn. sent
a runner to Bulalio, chief of the People
of the AK, saying that messenger came
to him from Dingaan, the king. who de-
sired to speak with him in peace within
the gates of his kraal. charged the
messenger, however, that he should not
tell my name, but should say only that
it was Mouth of Dingaan." Then 4
and those with me followed slowly ON
the path.
Around the base of the great Ghost
mountain we met no one, but once we
, came to the ruins of kraal, and in it
lay the broken bones of many men, and
with the bones rusty assegais and the
remains of OK hide shields. black and
white in color. Now examined the
shields and knew from their color that
they had been carried in the hands of
those soldiers who years ago were sent
out by Chaka to seek for Omslopogaas
but who had returned no more
Now said, lit has Jared ill with
those soldiers of the Black One who is
gone
'These are the shields they bore and
those are the skulls they wore, an
swered one "See. Mopo, son of Make
dana, this is no mans work that has
brought them to their death. Men do
not break the bones of their foes in
! pieces as these bones are broken. Wow
| Men do not break them, but wolves do
| and last night we saw wolves a-hunting
nor did they hunt alone. Mopo. Wow.
This is haunted land!'
At length, an hour before shutdown
we came to the open lands, and there
on the crest of rise beyond the river
we saw the kraal of the People of the
AK. 1t was a great kraal and we'll
built, and their cattle were spread about
the plains like to herds Of game for num
Der. We went to the river and passed
it by the ford, then sat down and waited
till presently saw the man whom |
had sent forward returning toward us
| He came and saluted me, and asked
him for news.
This is my news, Mopo," he said. Il
have seen him who is named Bulalio
and he is a great man-long and lean,
with fierce face and carrying a mighty
| ax-such an ak as he bore last night
who hunted with the wolves. When |
had been led before the chief saluted
him and spoke to him-the words you
laid upon my tongue spoke to him. He
listened, then laughed aloud and said
Tell him who sent you that the Mouth
of Dingaan shall be welcome and Shall
speak the words Of pingaan in peace
yet would that it were the head Of
Dingaan that came, and not his mouth
only. for then az Groanmaker should
join in our talk-aye, because of ont
Mopo. whom his brother Chaka muir
dered, it would also speak with Dingaan
Still, the mouth is not the head. SO TIL
mouth may come in peace.
Now | started when for the secont
time l heard talk of one Mopo, who's
name had been on the lips of Bulalio TIN
Slaughterer. Who was there who would
thus have loved Mopo except one WIN
was long dead?
, There were none to meet us at tn
gates, and none stood by the doors o
the huts within them, but beyond, iron
the cattle kraal that was in the center o
the huts, rose dust and din as of mel
, gathering for war. Now some of thos
) with me were afraid and would hav
| turned back, fearing treachery, and the
were yet more afraid when, on comin'
| to the inner entrance of the cattle kraal
we saw some five hundred soldiers bein
mustered there, company by company
t by two great men. who ran up and dow
I the ranks shouting.
$ But cried: "Nay, nay! Turn nc
e back! Bold looks melt the hearts @
, foes. Moreover, if this Bulalio woul
have murdered ns there was no need fo