The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-01
FOUNDED ZU-
LII NATION
KING Tshaka Was a Noted Warrior
and Raised Himself From On-
SECURITY.
New York Sum-


large section of the Zulus are
again at war with the British. Many
of them are armed with asseg1as and
seem to have forgotten the lesson the
same white men taught them once
that the hurting javelins with which
under the lead of their great King
Tshaka, they conquerer the country
far and wide, are no match for modern
rifles
They are doomed to defeat. For 6O
wears they did not know the meaning
of the word, but they cannot do with
the whites as they did with every
tribe of South Africa that ever raced |
them in battle.
1t is only about 80 years since Tsn-
aka took the warpath with the mill
tary machine he had evolved. He was
the petty chief of petty tribe whom
nobody feared, but while the tribes
around thought no danger could come
from such a source, Tshaka was nara
at work on his military machine ana
they heard from him when 1t was
Iready for use.
He told his people that war was the
only fitting vocation for strong men,
He forbade any man to marry I'LL ne
was 40. Before that time his life and
service were the Kings and he was
nothing but a cogwheel in the mill
tary machine.
The time came when Tshaka told
lot of retired soldiers that they must
get married. A crowd of girls put
their heads together and decided TO
lrebel They said there were plenty OF
voung men; they did not want old
husbands and rather than marry the
cast offs from the army, they would re-
main single
IT was the last time that the maid
ems of Zululand ever dared to Deard
1.-The lion Of his people. Tshaka killed
about 200 Of them and no further Cd
lection to old husbands was heard.
Tshaka's army soon became super
ior in number to that of any other sim
gle chief; and he had made of his sol
diers a compact fighting machine that
1 would march to death at the word OF
, command. There were no finchers
1 because fiinchers were killed.
He led his army on long marches
. and annexed every tribe he conkuered
for he defeated them all. He beanie
l. master of vast territories, and was
never able to occupy all the land he
conquered.
. The effect Of his operations was u
i Ihuild the people into little nation
land he, the little chief, became King
At a days notice he could put thous
% ands into the field, and the women ant
II boys who carried supplies for his arm!
le on one occasion at least numbers
10 Sc, 900.
T. The awe and fear he inspired mad
s. his will absolute among his people
u It was his habit to mete out death t
H. those who failed to carry out his II
Il structions.
Of In all his life this remarkable ma
e. enioyed few Injuries that were d
We yond the reach of the poorest OF nj
ne people. He knew no choicer food tina
n boiled beef and beer. His eyes WEI
Redeemed by the smoke Of his ventles
hut.
He slept on a straw mat, with
wooden pillow supporting his hea
n and a mantle of skins covering n
~ body. and his clothing was as commt
as that of the ordinary Zulu. All
ar wanted was power and he won 1t
a full measure. European writer's ha
On. called him the African Napoleon, al
icy vet this man of iron and savage
wept like a child at the deathbed
an his mother after travelling almost
ON miles in an almost increditably she
on time to reach her before she died.
to Tshaka's great-grandchildren q
. still alive in Zululand, or over the b.
der in Natal. Some Of his descender
are facing foe whom even t
ger founder of the nation could not ma
ian subdued. They may make good d.
be of trouble, but, of course, the end
lit all will be the bitter humiliation
the rebellious Zulus.