Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-21
1ILULkND POLICEMEN
departed queen and her Inflated attend
ants"
A Man of His Word.

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Chaka further honored the memory of his
mother by sending out regiments Of sol
diers to slay all who had not been present
at the general wailing. At the end of the
year Chaka left the kraal where his mother
had died and went with his whole nation
and cattle the latter numbering about
10000 to TuguZa, on the Umbou river,
Natal. Mr. Flynn who had started out to
pay Chaka a visit met him on his marca.
He told me that another lamentation
was to take place l begged him to grant
me one request. He smiled, and asked
what 1t could possibly be. l entreated him
not to allow, on this OCCASION, any OF his
people to be put to death. He at once
called for Gomani CHS principal chief, and
laughing that L should plead for the life of
dogs, gave orders to him to see that none
were put to DEATH
Chaka kept strictly to his agreement and
at this second and last Iamenatlon the
most interesting thing was the ceremony
of publication. Each regiment presented
itself before Chaka, and each individual,
holding the gall bladder of a slaughtered
calf in his hand, sprinkled the gall over
him. After this Chaka set about to wage
war against what few tribes in his part OF
Africa he had not already wiped out or
brought under his feet.
Chaka gave Zululand its first standing
army He broke up clanship and took
the women into classes. or regiments, ac-
cording to age, and a class had to marry
into whatsoever fighting regiment he Or
dered. Regiments were not allowed to
marry unil they had put on rings" that
is distinguished themselves on the field OF
battle a prescribed number of years. Hence
marriage did not take place until about
the age of forty.
Though he had wives by the tens he al
ways held that he had no offspring. Once,
when a new born baby was presented to
him its father, he killed the infant with
a blow ard then murdered the mother
There Is Zulu tradition that all children
born to him were killed by his order
Got Rid of the Witch Doctors.
Another story that is told about him in
7sululand to thsi day has to do with the
bloody trick he played on the witch doe
tors
Unlike most Zulus, Chaka did not have
much faith in them and their doings. Ac-
cordngly he laid a trap in order to dis
credit them. He and two consplrators one
night Sprinkled some bullock'S blood over
the huts of several kraals. He then assem-
bled all the witch doctors of Zululand and
ordered them to smell OUT the nam or
men who had done this thing. All tie doc
tors except two accused innocent prisons;
these two boldly named the king as the
perpetrator of the deed. Thereupon Chaka
snilingly ordered all the doctors except
the two sly ones TO the execution block
Chaka was assassnated in 1929 The
conspira tors were two of his brothers. Din
game and tmblangana, and SATAN, a prin-
cipal domestic. An assegai was thrust into
his back while ne was seated He rose as
If to defend himself. then fell. The last
words of this the greatest of Zulu chief
tains were: What have / done to you.
children Of my father?" Dingane sue
ceeded him.
Dingane proved no less cruel and crafty.
He put brother to death that he might
have an excuse to destroy the people in
the ten kraals that belonged to this broth
er and SO confscate the property, I'll ae-
cordance with Zulu custom.
He was also fond OF his little joke and
not averse to playing 1t on the MISSION
aries whom he permitted to go among his
people. One has recorded this incident:
"Dingane sent for early this morning.
He asked me why I was in such a hurry
to teach his people I said that life was
short. He asked how that could be- as
according to me, we We're all to wake
again. He sent forth his servants. who
with loud voices, called all the men of the
town together. When they were all seated
to the number of $780, he told that I
might now preach the same words to them
which l had spoken yesterday, and begged
me to go forward and stand in the midst
of them. Dingane was not attentive. He
| made sport with blind man. whom he
babe go and look for something. The poor
fellow stumbled. ran against me- and fell
over my auditory. felt grieved."
War on the Beers.
1t was In Dingane's time that the Beers
trekked into Zulu country. party of
Beers, under the command of Gov. Retief,
sought out Dingane to gain his consent to
their taking over a part OF the untnhahited
country As entertainment for the king.
the Beers danced on the backs of their
horses and shot Off their guns Dingane
1onged Unfortunately to possess the guns and
sent a messenger to Retief demanding
them. This was refused, and naturally So
The next day the crafty Dingane invited
all the Beers to the number of about a
100 into the cattle fold to take leave OF
him. But before entering upon the cere-
monies of leave-taking he ordered the peo-
PIE to dance. This they did, forming, AS
usual into half moon. Nearer and nearer
they swung toward the Beers, at last they
were within arms reach, when Dingane
! ordered the white men seized. This was
speedily done. eight or ten zulus laying
hold OF every man: The prisoners were then
in the full glare Of day, and before the
eyes Of the Mortified missionaries Dingane