Zululand and the Zulus: Their History, Beliefs, Customs, Military System, Home Life, Legends, Etc., Etc., and Missions to ThemKerby & Endean, 1879 - 151 páginas |
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Página 21 - Zulu country or any of its dependencies, and to use every endeavour to secure, and return to the king, every such individual endeavouring to find an asylum among them. " Should a case arise, in which this is found to be impracticable, immediate intelligence, stating the particulars of the circumstance, is to be forwarded to Dingaan.
Página 77 - twas snug, and neat, and clean, Our thoughts oft thither roam. I see them now — those four* low props, That held the hay-stack o'er my head ; The dusky frame-work from their tops, Like a large mouse-trap, round me spread. Once entered, I forgot the pain My broken back sustained ; But when obliged to crawl again, From tears I scarce refrained.
Página 21 - Dingan, from this period, consents to waive all claim to the persons and property of every individual now residing at Port Natal in consequence of their having deserted from him, and accords them his full pardon. He still, however, regards them as his subjects, liable to be sent for whenever . he may think proper.
Página 118 - ... not kill her himself, for their eyes had met, and something seemed to soften and melt within him. He thought of his own father and mother at home, and how very likely the girl's parents had been killed that very day. He did not like that she should become a slave to the King, so on the march homeward he managed to let her escape from the captive throng. Then came the review before the King ; the lover was threatened with death for his neglect. But he spoke out boldly, telling the dread monarch...
Página 57 - Bechuana tribes, who had just escaped the hard sway of that cruel chieftain. They came with the prestige of white men and deliverers ; but the Bechuanas soon found, as they expressed it, " that Mosilikatze was cruel to his enemies, and kind to those he conquered ; but that the Boers destroyed their enemies, and made slaves of their friends.
Página 57 - It is difficult to conceive that men possessing the common attributes of humanity (and these Boers are by no means destitute of the better feelings of our nature) should set out, after caressing their wives and children, and proceed to shoot down men and women whose affections are as warm as their own.
Página 129 - It appears, therefore, that in the native mind there is scarcely any notion of Deity, if any at all, wrapt up in their sayings about a heavenly chief. When it is applied to God, it is simply the result of teaching. Among themselves he is not regarded as the Creator, nor as the Preserver of men ; but as a power, it may be nothing more than an earthly chief, still celebrated by name, — a relic of the kingworship of the Egyptians ; another form merely of ancestor-worship.
Página 57 - The Boers have generally manifested a marked antipathy to anything but ' longshot' warfare, and sidling away in their emigrations towards the more effeminate Betshuanas, have left their quarrels with the Kaffirs to be settled by the English, and their wars to be paid for by English gold.
Página 78 - ... was wide, Its height was nine feet less. My furniture, a scanty store, Some saddle-bags beside me laid ; A hurdle used to close the door, Raised upon stones, my table made. And when my visiters arrived, To sit, and prate, and stare ; Of light and air at once deprived, The heat I scarce could bear The solid ground my softest bed, A mat my mattress made ; The friendly saddle raised my head, As in my cloak I laid. The homely lizard harmless crept Unnoticed through the door ; And rats their gambols...
Página 126 - Amazulu ^^ 91 your food; I pray for a healthy body, that I may live comfortably; and thou, So-and-so, treat me with mercy; and thou So-and-so...