The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT
WHITE MAN OVERTHREW ZULU
IN SINGLE COMBAT.
Years Ago Is Still Talked Of in the
Huts of the kaffirs-RecaIIs Pic.
neer Days OF America.

eve have had in our South African
country just such fearless and hardy
pioneers as you had in America dur
ing the epoch when the white men
were engaged in constant struggles
with your Indians" remarked w. A.
Campbell of Natal.
t'There are to-day living in our COM
munities men who have matched the
exploits of your Boones and Crocketts
and Codys. l know personally the
most daring of them all, the celebrat-
ed Col. Collinbrander, whose name is
household word throughout South
Africa, and the record Of whose des-
perate fights with the natives would
fill a volume. Back in the '7os the
colonel committed some political Of
Tense which put him in disfavor with
the Natal government, and he was
practically outlawed. With a bold
heart he went to zululand to live, and
found speedy favor in the eyes OF old
Spearbold, one of the greatest OF the
Kaffir sub-kings. At that time there
were a dozen or more petty sover'
eigns, and they were continually Taid'
ing one anothers dominlons, stealing
women, after the fashion of the
ancient Romans, and likewise driving
off herds of cattle.
Shortly after Collinbrander be-
came associated with this Zulu chief
Il raid was made into his country by
a neighboring king, at a time when
old Spearbold was not suspecting at
tack. Several towns were laid waste,
many men were killed and hundreds
of women we're captured. Then the as
sailants beat a retreat, knowing we'll
that the whole martial force of the
invaded territory would soon be on
the warpath to get revenge and rescue
the prisoners. Here was where Col
linbranders genius for war came in,
and he Immediately put himself at
the head of all the horsemen of his
friend Spearbold and started out in
pursuit of the fleeing warriors. The
battle that ensued was complete tri-
umph for the pursuing party, but one
incident of it is to this day told, in
every Kafir hut.
THAT was the hand to hand fight
between the Englishman and Zulu
warrior Of herculean strength and des-
perate courage. The duel was for
blood from start to finish. Collin
brander was knocked off his pony by
a battleax hurled from boulder by
the savage, the blow also breaking
the stock of his rifle and leaving him
with no weapon. Before he could rise
the stalwart Zulu was upon him bran
dishing a stabbing assagai, which he
thrust into the Englishman as he lay
PROSTATE, but which luckily found no
vital spot.
There ensued one of the most ter
rife battles ever waged between two
men. Luckily, Collinbrander was as
strong as he was brave, and he had
the advantage of scientific athletic
training. Grasping tie Zulu by the
throat he choked him almost to death,
and finally he slew the native with
his own assagai. In this strange en-
counter, which lasted fully half an
hour, the principals we're left abso-
lutely alone, their position being such
that outside interference was impossi-
BILE. To this hour the survivors, face
shows an enormous scar where the
battleax struck, and on his person are
still other scars to remind him how
close he was to death when he lay in
the grip Of the black savage:-Wash-
ington Post.