The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-01

therefore IN few words l Will pass
over all that came about after the fall
Of Chaka ar | till was sent down by
Dingaan, the king, to summon him
surrender to the king who was called
the Slaughterer and who ruled the Peo-
pie of the AK. All! would that | had
known for certain that this was none
other than Umslopogaas, for then had
Dingaan gone the way that Chaka
went and which Umhlangana followed,
and Umslopogaas had ruled the people
of the zulus as their king. But, alas!
my wisdom failed me. l paid no heed
to the voice of my heart which told me
that this was Umslopogaas who sent
the message to Chaka threatening venge-
ance for one Mopo, and l knew moth
ing till too late; surely, thought, the
man spoke of some other Mopo. For
thus, my father, does destiny make
fools of us men.
This came about, my father Matters
were made straight in the land after the
death of Chaka. At first people said
that Masilo. the stranger, had stabbed
the king: then it was known that Mopo.
the wise man, the doctor and body sery
ant of the king, had slain the king.
and that the two great bulls, his broth
ers Umhlangana and Dingaan, children
of Senzangacona, had also lifted spears
against him. But he was dead and earth
and heaven had not come together. So
what did it matter? Moreover the two
new kings promised to deal gently with
the people and tighten the heavy yoke
of Chaka, and men in a bad case are
always ready to hope for a better. So
it came about that the only enemies the
princes found were each other and
Engwade, the son of Unandi, Chaka's
half brother. But |, Mopo, who was
now the first man in the land after the
kings, ceasing to be doctor and becom-
ing general, went up against Engwade
with the regiment of the Bees and the
regiment of the Slayers and smote him
in his kraals. 1t was hard fight, but
in the end destroyed him and all his
people. Engwade killed eight men with
his own hand before slew him. Then
came back to the kraal with the few
that were left alive of the regiments.
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more and more, and | weighed them
both in my balance, for would know
which was the most favorable to me.
In the end found that both feared me,
but that Umhlangana would certainly
put me to death if he gained the upper
hand, whereas this was not yet in the
mind of Dingaan. So pressed down
the balance of Umhlangana and raised
that of Dingaan, sending the fears of
Umhlangana to sleep till | could cause
his hut to be surrounded. Then
Umhlangana followed upon the road Of
Chaka his brother. the road of the as
segai, and Dingaan ruled alone for
awhile. Such are the things that befall
princes of this earth, my father.
1t was fourteen days after the passing
away of the Prince Umhlangana that
the great army came back in sorry
plight from the marshes of the Linn
popo, for half of them were left dead Of
fever and the might of the foe, and the
rest were starving. 1t was we'll fol
them who yet lived that Chaka was nc
more, else they had joined their breth.
! rem who were dead on the way, since
never before for many years had a Zulu
! impi returned unvictorious and without
single head of cattle. Thus it came
about that they were glad enough to
J welcome king who spared their lives
I and thenceforth, till his fate found him,
Dingaan reigned unquestioned.
/ Now Dingaan was prince of the
/, blood of Chaka indeed; for, like Chaka
(, he was great in presence and cruel al
F, heart, but he had not the might and the
mind of Chaka. Moreover, he was
treacherous and liar, and these Chaka
was not. Also, he loved women much
and spent with them the time that he
should have given to matters Of the
state. Yet he reigned awhile in the
! land. must tell this also, that Dingaa1
would have killed Panda his half broth
er, SO that the house of Senzangacons
| his father might be swept out clean
Now Panda was man of gentle heart
who did not love war, and therefore il
was thought that he was half witted
and because loved Panda, when tn,
4 question of his Staying came on ] ant
the chief Mapita spoke against It ant
pleaded for him, saying that there wa
nothing to be feared at his hands VIII
was fool. So in the end Dingaan CAV
way. saying, "Well, you ask mo t
y spare this dog and will spare him, bu
one day he will bite me"
So Panda was made governor Of tn
kings cattle Yet in the end the word
Of Dingaan came true, for it was tn
grip Of Panda's teeth that pulled hi1
from the throne; only, if Panda was til
dog that bit, l, Mopo. was the man VIII
set him on the hunt.
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