The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13

The resent trouble In zul61a4d d
had different cornmencement frS
general run of South Afrttcsns disss9s s
turpances. In this instance appaTAs
emily, it was the Whites who sur4Ss
prised the blacks; whereas, ais gem
era1 rule, it rs the reverse that bap7 h
pens. ... ,..ss3 s;E3s
Almost the first news the pub1tes
had Of the great Zulu uprising or
1879, FOR example, was the terrible II
news OF the Isand1ana massacr ifi@
volving the practical extermf f1iation d
Of an entire British regiment: xt$aS
Again, even th"se on, the spot
seemed to have little OF no inkling \
before hand of the projected Mata-
belle rebellion Of 1898-7.I AT a gig4S#
en- signal the savages swooped down
from their. mountain fastnesses upon
the outlying farms and settlements
numbering indiscriminately, all the /
whites they could lay hands Soh -4i.
young and old, men, women, and
children. Luckily, a few af1Dn8at
the t1rst-named escaped, and, gaIlqi3S 4
Ing postnaste to Buluwayo, gave thsaE
alarm, otherwise that Important 4
post, the center and heart OF q new
colony so to speak, would undoubt- i
edfy have been 'rushed's and all
Newfoundland ravaged. =. .t1s: 1,1.,' s KS ASss
Almost equally unexpected was.
the first Matabele rising, which broke
out In October, 1893. A certain
Capt. Campbell Of the Chartered
Company's Mounted POLICE ,sS was y
treacherously slain by rowing band h
Of Lobengula's warriors whife9 at b
tempting to recover some cattle,
which had been stolen from the.
Mashonas. This happened on tho /,
18th of. the month. On the 18Th, 81
as If by preeoncerted arfangeIGeflt St.
the entire 'Matabele arn8y took & tie
field, and the war began which ayidad 4
q few months later in the overthrow; !
and death OF tfE6s sn raisssst Fsls sas II
nesxat4on 7. at sof his cosiAsry tsashsa
Empfre. ~ FF%$Ss3 = = 5lH55..% 51lsS5 !.
Ghost dancing began thell3ast {sert- 4
'ons Indian uprising In the UHated& u
states Of America; that, namely !,
which ended in the battle Of Wound- q
ed Knee Creek, fought December
10, 1890 when the Sioux CHIEF. Bfg,: &; s
Foot and his tribe we're exterinif-
ated. In 1870, again, q, ( sfniilar
ghost dance Gas 'inauguratedt by Z
the famous Sitting Bull and ! his y
oand' who the next day attacked ana
massacred General Custer and all his d
command, 365 officers and faen. nj. s..
The great native uprising. of the 4
Soudanese tribes under. the leader
snip OF the Mahdi really had 3fa $
commencement in the killing OF g. !,
native policeman at Kkartoum In {
May 1881. But the first the out :
side world heard Of it waB when Coz
onel Hicks and his army Of 1880 4
men were surrounded In the desert /.
between Khartoum and El-Obeid ana +
utterly annihilated. This, by (; the
way, was probably the biggest thing;
IN the way Of purely nativssreyoH$
Mat has been recorded in - InodarI.zE e s
history lasting as it did foY. a period. b,
or seventeen years and Involving the
deaths of over two milton people,
The Maroon insurrection IN Jama.,:4 4
lea, which has marked bv Naim{Iar, 2
horrors to those which stained the
Sepoy mutiny In India, broke opf
with appalling suddenness. One davs
all was apparently peaceful, the next
RED run rampant all over the island
Meh' women and children were burn
eo together In their houses, or muir
dered as they lay peacefully asleep4
IN thelr be'.s. There was no word &
or warming, no chance of escape, &
Yet 1t was recalled afterward how. n
during the week prior to ths ont.
break, the blacks had sacfiaoaa i
White cocks and hens aad r0asissS, i
white pigs alive In the dapshs oe tRe
In 1904, when the monster, ;Ia4. q
cues Desse Zines, Negro dictator of q
hayt1, willed the massacre OF All shefs,
whites in the island, he rausad d 4,
white bull, whfte COW aud A. white
calf to be ceremontousty butchersd (.
In front. Of his palace. at ..Port-af,Z
Prince. The hideous stsniflcance <,e
the fevolti9g rite ;was not lost nnon
the savage poputace. ,Twstity.Yourl.
hours later no European y4As left I
alive in Hayti. All had been slaNsht- D
cred the women and the little ohil4
dren equally with the men. pren,f.,.
ly as had been decreed. II
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