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


CHAPTER Xxx.
MoPo GOES TO SEEK THE SLAUGHTERED,
Now Dingaan, deserving the kraal
Duguza. moved back to Zululand and
built great kraal by the Mahlabatine,
which he named "Umgugundhlovu''-
that is, 1.-The rumbling of the elephant"
Also, he caused all the fairest girls in
the land to be sought out as his wives,
and iuousa many were found yet he
craved for more. And at this time
runor came to the ears of the king
Dingaan that there lived in Swaziland
among the Halakazi tribe girl of the
most wonderful beauty, who was named
the Lily and whose skin was whittier
than are the skins of our people, and he
desired greatly to have this girl to wife
So Dingaah sentan embassy to the chief
of the Halakazi. demanding that the
girl should lie given to him.
This was the message Of the chief of
the Halakazi to Dingaan. king OF the
Zulus: That the maid who was named
the Lily was indeed the wonder of the
earth and IS yet unwed; for she had
found no man upon whom she looked
with favor. and she was held in such
love by this people that it was not their
wish t. force any husband on her
Moreover, the chief said that he and his
people detied Dingaan and the Zulus, as
their fathers had defed Chaka before
him, and spat upon his name, and that
no maid of theirs should go to be the
wife of Zulu dog. Then the chief of
the Halakazi caused the maid who was
named the Lily to be led before the mes
sengers of Dingaan, and they found her
wonderfully fair, for so they said: She
was tall as q reed and her grace was the
grace of a reed that is shaken in the
wind. Moreover, her hair curled and
hung upon her shoulders; her eyes were
large and brown and soft as bucks.
her color was the color of rich cream.
her slll1e was IKE d ripple on the waters
and when she spoke her voice was low
and sweeter than the sound of an instru-
ment of music
Now, when Dingaan heard this mes
sage he grew mad as lion in net, for
he desired this maid above everything,
and yet he who had all things could not
win the maid. This was his command,
that a great imp should be gathered and
sent to Swaziland against the Halakazi
tribe, to destroy them and seize the maid.
But when the matter came on 10 be dis
cussed with the indunas in the presence
of the king, at the Amapakati, or coun-
Gil, |, as chief of the indunas, spoke
against it, saying that the tribe of the
Halakazi were great and strong and thai
war with them would mean war with
the Swazis also; moreover, they had their
dwellings in caves which were hard to
win. Also said that this was no time
to send impis to seek a single girl, fol-
few years bud gone by since the Black
One fell, and foes were many, and the
soldiers of the land had waxed few with
slaughter, half of them having persisted
in the marshes of the Limpopo. Now
time must be given them to grow UP
again, for today they were as little
child or like man wasted with hunger
Maids were many: let the king take them
and satisfy his heart. but let him make
no war for this one.
Thus spoke boldly in the face of the
king, as none had dared to speak before
Chaka. and courage passed from me to
the hearts o. the other indunas and gen
erals and they echoed my words.
Dingaan was notso firmly seated on the
throne that he dared putaway our words,
for still there were many in the land who
loved the memory of Chaka and re1nem-
bered that Dingaan had murdered him
and umhlangana ALSO For now that
Chaka was dead people forgot how evilly
he had dealt with them. and remembered
only that he was great man, who had
made the Zulu people out of nothing.
Also, though they had changed masters,
yet their burden was not lessened; for,
as Chaka slew, SO Dingaan slew also,
and as Chaka oppressed SO did Dingaan
Cypress. Therefore Dingaan yielded te
the voice of his indunas, and no imp
was sent against the Halakazi to seel
the maid that was named the Lily. But
still he hankered for her in his heart
and from that hour he hated me because
| had crossed his will.
Now, my father, there is this to b.
told: Though did not know it then, tn,
maid who was named the Lily was NJ
other than my daughter NADIA. Thu
thought, indeed, came into my mint
that none but NADIA could be so fair
Yet knew surely that NADIA and he
mother, Macropha, were dead, for b
who brought me the news of their dealt
had seen their bodies locked in eacl
others arms-killed, as it were, by tn
same spear. Yet, as it CHANGED, he wa
wrong, for though Macropha indee'
was killed, it was another maid who la
in blood beside her; for the peopl
whittier | had sent Macropha and Mad
were tributary to the Halakazi tribe
and that chief of the .!alakazi who sa
in the place of Galazi the Wolf ha
quarreled with them, and fallen on ther
by night and eaten them up. AS
learned afterward, the cause of their d.
struction, as afterward it was the caus
of the Staying of the Halakazi, was tn
beauty of NADIA and nothing else, for tn
fame of her loneliness had gone abou
the land and tha old chief of the Hal: