Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-11

tiiey maze then was one to keep alive the
nope OF a better ending for renewed
struggle.
The secret of the Zulu power lies. first.
IN organization, and. second, in the ira
dltlon OF victory. Organization under the
great chieftian Tshaka at the beginning
OF the present century gave them their
Hrst superiority over other savage tribes.
ana an intending series of victories for
nan a century or more produced a race
OF rare courage and warlike prowess. The
story OF II describes the Zulu of today.
what is now known as Zululand--a wild
oouhtr!, bounded on the north by the.
IfansVaal. on the south and west bv
Natal and on the east by the sea-was
then divided among several tribes of
when the Zulus were one of the weakest.
me chief of a neighboring tribe the
omtetWas, plotted the murder of his two
sons, one of whom, however, ESCAPED. and
IN ms Wanderings fell in with the British.
me organization of whose forces he noted
win shieWd understanding. After his
lathers death he returned to his tribe.
was made chief. and proceeded to organ
1ze ms warriors into b%rigades, regiments
ana companies. British fashion, and had
relnafkablc success in warfare.
One or his lieutenants was a youth or
herce and restless energy. He was the
son OF a conquered chieftian. and his
name was Tshaka. He studied the or
ganlzation of the Umtetwa army ZEAL
Dusty, ana saw in it wonderful things not
accompt shed ny his wise but mild chief
tain. He made up his mind that some
DAY ms own chance would come.
winning consideration, Tshaka was fl
nally. as a reward, appointed chief OF the
weak tribes of Zulus. He organized them
perfectly. and when the chief of the I'M
tetwas was killed in battle Tshaka an
nounced the independence of the Zulus
and upheld ii by force.
RMS done Tshaka started in to make
the Zulu power supreme. He attacked
his weaker neighhors first, and with eyerv
victory absorbed the young warriors into
ms own army, and destroyed the old
men, women and children. In this Wav
ms own army grew marvelously and his
conquered neighbors lost recuperative
power and eventually identity.
He divided his young warriors into
regiments distinguishing each regiment
by different cololed shields, and establish
eu Wlth rewards a competitive spirit
among regiments. He trained them to
advance and attack in solid formation,
something new in South African savage
warfare, and he developed the close quar-
tiers attack with the short stabbing as
seSal or spear. SO generally used among
South African tribes.
Then he established an ~inviolate law
that any soldier returning from battle
without assegai or shield. or with a wound
- NAi~ '"' ~ 'tlFtlt JIG CAtIJlttJ tS Il cow
ard. BY another law young soldiers were
forbidden wives until after long service,
unless meantime they earned them by dis
tinguished bravery in the field.
Absolute discipline was inculcated. An
expedition never knew its destination and
purpose until far from home. In attack
ing the first onslaught was always in
solid formation. supported on either side
by wings Of skirInishers. Flank move
ments We're n regular maneuver, and as
effective IN savage as in civilized war
II can easily he seen how the Iulus un-
der such q system. swept all before them.
me undiscipline1 saVages of the plains
and forests Went down like grain before
the reaper. And every new tribe subiu-
gated was rulhlessly ~amalgamated into
the victorious nation.
The Zulus swept the coast, subjugated
Natal ana pushed their fierce, bloody
sway far inland. The terror of their
name passed far north and far south.
Nor was there limit to their ravages un-
I til the Dutch settled in Natal. Then began
a series of fierce fights in which the White
man and the rifle finally triumphed and
the Zulu poWer was broken, or at least
reduced to the point of noninterference
with the movements of the Dutch and the
5 English who soon after sWarmed over
I the land.
: But While taught to respect the white
man the Zulu nursed his traditions, his
; pride and his feroeity. It was a disgrace
! in his eyes to labor except in the prosecu-
ton of war. Under ceteWayo, the great
; chief whose power ENGLAND broke in a
:, war in which she met several terrible re-
verses and lost hosts Of splendid men, the
: Iulu was at heart the Zulu of the great
! Tshaka's days.
And this is the people who now threat
en- to avail of ~EngInd's troubles to re-
t gain their freedom. They are the same in
5 spirit and are rich in resentment. For