The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-09-16


all over the land. The Zu-
lus had risen, they had met an army
redcoats at The hill of the little
The long horns of the black regi-
ments had stretched out, turned,
closed in, rolled over the white camp,
and then halted.
And the Zulus had looked back and
had said to each other:
Where are theyT
We'll, on the morrow, some were
buried and others fell to the vultures.
Now, when a Roer cannot get an
E~nglishman's life he tries for his
money. | had cattle to sell, SO il hap
pened was with two or three compa-
MES OF a certain British regiment en-
route from Pretoria to Kambula, and
we halted one afternoon at a ford of
the Intombi river on the borders of
Zululand.
Rain and nothing but rain, impos-
sible to cross, so we encamped in a
horseshoe bend Of the river and made
ourselves comfortable for the night.
Behind us the raging torrent, in front
our guns and the Kaffir country. We
made ourselves comfortable, l say, the
officers III one way, the rank and file
IN another, and for my part l was
playing a game of Napoleon when L
noticed that it was IL o'clock.
One of my drivers looked into the
tent and said: Two friendly KatHrs
are outside the compound; they wish
to speak to you
50 | followed my man und when
I saw the Katiirs / knew in a minute
that they were disguised and not
friendly.
"One was Umtali, an old friend of
mine, and quickly he said to me:
'Inkosi Mareng,' the child Inyoni
is in trouble. She sends the bangle
that you may know she is true and
the ravens plume that you may UNI
derstand her distress. She waits for
you ove the hill and across the val
ley. Follow u.s.
1T was almost midnight when we
found the girl, and this was her story:
"tInyoni cannot forget her captivi-
ty nor her friend Rooa. Tonight he
must sit by her side and listen. When
the warriors had left the kraals to join
the great commando, the heart of In
yoni was full of sorrow, and when she
was tired she fell asleep, and this was
her dream:
1.-The plains were covered Sssith bles-
bucks, and they were in great terror,
for the Bushmen were after them, and
were chasing them with their lean
dogs and their poisoned
$50 the poor creatures said to
themselves, 1--WE will go down to the
river and hide" But the little Bush
men o found the hiding place and
drove them in panic into the river.
Then the little men with the hollow.
backs and the cracked voices followed
the blesbucks into the water and
stabbed them one after another with
out half and without pity.
"'Now as l looked and wondered
the moon rose over the Hill, and at
once the scene changed, for the bles-
bucks had become white men, and the
Bushmen were now Zulu warriors.
The river vas full of. wagons and cat
tie, and men both black and white.
Very soon, l saw the face of Rooa in
VIC kClAShAy dhN ~ llluN VI OlC Ola HlS
brothers was raised to stab him when
Rooa cried aloud, Send Inyoni home
to her people," and then my brothers
assegai dropped harmlessly into the
water. With that I awoke and Vs.
glad that Rooa was safe. But on the
morrow we heard that the redcoats
were coming to the Intombi Drift, and
that Rooa was with them, so l thought
of my dream and set out on u Jour
ney.
IL have been running. My. feet,
you see, are bruised and bleeding.
Come quickly, we must hide in the
bushes, for they will soon be here
yes, they were coming, for she had
hardly ceased speaking when we
heard as it were the night wind com
ing up through the ravines signing
and moaning. Very soon it became
like the dull rumble of a waterfall in
the distance and then, later, MS we
crouched in the bushes, the hurricane
came bowling by. A heavy mist hung
over the hills, We couldn't see any
thing, but we could hear the rattle of
the shields and the spears, and the
heavy trot and subdued grunts of 5000
brawny warriors rushing down toward
the ford. And when the sun appeared
in the morning where was the camp
of the redcouts? Where was their
discipline, their fine array, their guns
and their prancing horses?
Broken wheels, heaps of rubbish,
tattered tents, fragments of cattle,
pieces of men and the rest in the river.
Such vas the raid of the Zulus at
the Intombi Drift, and, of course, l
escaped from the massacre because
Inyoni, the Kaffir girl, had a dream.
THE books say these Katfirs are
sneaks, thieves and murderers, SO their
white brothers always take that for
granted and treat them accordingly.
"Once in a while a white barbarian
like myself comes along, understand
ing their traditions, speaking their
language, feeling for their wrongs,
and instead of treachery he finds hon
or, instead of death he finds poetry
and life"
CHAPTER Ill.
Containing Norma, the Daughter of
a Boer."
After a time l took more interest
in the conversation and the stories of
my guide than l did in my own adven-
lures. We were trekking very leis.
urely in a northerly direction through
the district of New Scotland, with the
idea Of spending the winter in the
gold fields at Pilgrims Rest.
Meanwhile, i found the weather on
the high veldt SO utterly magnificent,
from my point of view, that ] didn't
care how long l remained to enjoy it.
The change from the climate of New
England was inconceivable, and I be-
gan to feel like Il new creature, with
prospects and a future before me.
But little did l imagine what was in
store for me. About this time the
faithful and entertaining Hans was
busily preparing a new story. He
seemed to be doing n lot of scribbling
and note taking, which I had never be-