The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-03

his neighbors. The cattle thus taken
from the natives are sold at public auc-
ton and the proceeds divided among
the burghers who took part in the war.
The prize money is. in some cases.
quiet considerable, and it is as much
love of loot as love of vaderland which
induces the young Boer to take the
field so readily.
Advantage of Boer.
In fighting the Boer has, to start
with, inmeasurably the advantage over
the native, by possessing repeating
firearms, which he is master of. The
only natives in South Africa who can
use the rifle effectively are the Basu-
tos. and they are by far the most in
telligent and advanced negroes living
in that country. The "assegai' tspear)
and ssabbing knife are the South Afri-
can natives weapon. Usually they are
combined, the Kaffir, at close quarters
swapping the handle of his assegai
about a foot from the blade. thus
Transforming it into a dagger. The ma
tive, when he gets as close as this, is
by no means an enemy to be despised,
nor is he to be condemned when fur
Their off. Trained from infancy to the
use of the aSsegai. he becomes. when
matured, singularly adept. | have Of
ten seen, when passing through native
"kraals" Cvillages) in Africa, little
ebony tots 3 or years old throwing
their little sticks at an object in imi
tation of their elders. Let US look. at
the Zulus' mode of fighting for a mo-
ment. 1 have to state, in passing.
that the most perfect specimens of hu-
manity are to be found among the Zulu
race. A young Zulu man or girl taken
DIT random would serve for sculptor's
model. In constant activity, living al
most entirely in the open air, emulating
his comrades in athletic exercises and
feats of daring, tall. supple, sinewy and
muscular, the young Zulu warrior Is
the ideal of manly vigor and symmet-
rical form. He rejoices in his manhood
and pritles himself on his color. Ask a
Zulu which he considers the most beau
tiful complexion. and he will proudly
answer. BLACK, like myself, with a lit
tie red" This combative Adonis was
at one time the terror of South Africa
Greatness of Chaka.
The Zulu dynasty was founded by
Chaka who came with his followers
from the interior of the continent. Had
Re been white, he would go down to
history side by side with Cromwell and
Napoleon. Ho overran and completely
subjugated every tribe in Southern
Africa His name is still spoken with
trembling awe by the other natives.
Chaka was extremely liberal to bravery
among his followers and ineXorable TO
coWardice When he ordered his war
riors to charge, no matter against what
odds, there was no choice but TO prssS
onward. There was chance of life,
however small, in advancing, but re-
treat meant certain death; II the way-
ering,s Zulu was not Immediately
speared by the warrior behind him, he
would most inevitably meet death by
command of his king after the battle.
For showing the white feather, Chaka
has heen known to order a whole vegi-
n.ent to execution at the hands of their
comrades. This enforced intrepidIty
made the Zulus perfect fire-eaters. and
their repeated successes so intimidated
the tribes they had not engaged with
that most of them surrendered at dis
cretion Zulu fights with a hide
shields and assegais, having in his
possession perhaps twelve of the lat
ter which he throws in such rapid
succession from opposite directions.
springing with wonderful agility from
side to side as he throws, that the air
seems literally full of the quivering
spears These are the formidable enc
mics who threatened to devastate the
Transvaal, when England. taking pity
on the Beers, took the country under
her protecting wing in 1877; these are
the foes from whom England forever
relieved the Beers by the great Zulu
war of 1852 and those are the Beers
who are now showing their deep-seat-
ed gratitude to England for the favor.
Ambition of the Black.
In these days of advancing civiliza-
ton. the African native is not content
with his shield and assegai; he has seen
so much terrific execution done by the
white mans rifle. that he ardently as
pires to become the possessor of one
Having realized this ambition he is apt
TO consider himself invincible until. at
some critical moment, he suddenly