The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-12

IL s.mfg were
s,.o. Been stage Of Slaughter.
M M rugela river In South Africa
@ puller and Joubert were con-
y, for the mastery, is called the
If blood" by the zulus, and
A.~,ptIy. too, by the Beers.
II - Arst known battle 10 have oc-
e 81 on Its banks took place dur
"a ne early sos, between the Zulus
Taars not far from the modern
AZ Weenan. The Kaflirs were
i .,.v routed the bulk Of them being
81 "A and the remainder we're reduced
Nery
/, 1897 another bloody battle was
M along the Tugela between the
suonnt chief OF the zulus and a
u A,hlef. Sibayo. The latter and his
& hTers made a stubborn stand, but
n mastered to a man. The trav-
81 who visits the scene OF this bat
q viii be shown large tree, where
B alton Gays Ditawayo, the last man
alive, fought single-handed
ulnst his foes, like the heroes in me-
+ nal romances, Staying over a score
warriors before he was finally
4 led the the ground.
4 b 1898 a party of seventy Beers I'M
II Pet Retief were massacred by the
q lbs a little west of where Butler
Joubert have been struggling for
lu,y weary weeks. The Beers then
Tsyl along the Tugela, killing off
m wherever they could. until the
Fnbsr mounted into the hundreds. A
Ill expedition, partly English and
BIZ Dutch, was sent from Cape Col
ayainst the Zulus.
4 his force defeated the latter in two
aass, but finally ran into an ambus-
and was exterminated. The Zu-
then led by the chief, Dingaan,
upon a Boer lager OF 400 men
force estimated at 10000. The
N, however defeated them and
III 5000 Of the dusky warriors.
i've for innumerable small fights,
~ now reigned along the Tugela
ii Cetewayo and Umbulazi, the two
= Of Pande, king of the Zulus, be-
/ % quarrel over their right of sue
|Eon to the throne. So fierce did
n quarrel become that it finally led
L civil war. The nation was divid-
|Ner the claims of the brothers, and
p forces met on the Tugela within
p Of the Draakensburgs, in Deem
/ 1859. All day the struggle con-
ped The ground trembled with the
h Of fighting men, and the hills
ped the shouts and the roar of bat
For hours the struggle continued
'Aout an apparent advantage on
PEI side, when Cetewayo and Umbu-
/ who had been fighting in the
n ranks OF their respective armies.
Ay came face to face, and a terri
'dual ensued between them. Might
did these brothers, giants in
Agih, battle together, but Umbu-
vas at last dispatched by an as
4 thrust, and his army, dlsheart-
at the loss Of their leader, fed
\ the field. This was one Of the
9lllest battles in the history of
~ Africa, and if the ghosts of war
llnger about the field of their
10 over 10000 who died in that
'ssle are now watching the opera
along the Tugela.
Though Umbulazi's followers were
alea, they did not abandon the
y out carried on a guerrilla war
lSOl. During that time fifteen
U.s. IN which enough warriors were
asea to warrant calling them bat
'ooH place, and in one, which oc-
- curing the latter part of 1860,
spot about one hundred miles
'ne mouth of the Tugela. nearly
y warriors were slain. including
IA OF Cetewayo's most prominent
isans.
= iast great native battle along the
ia y, LOOK place between the Zulus
me basutos, in which the former
ueieated. Thousands lost their
IN the defles of the Draakens-
'ccurred.