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Meanwhile a Zulu 'impi' or army, numbering about twenty thousand men, or something more than one-third of King Cetywayo's entire strength, had moved from the Upindo Hill on the night of January 21, and taken up its position on a stony plain, a mile and a half to the east of Isandhlwana.
Had that happened it is probable that the whole country would have been involved in confusion and bloodshed, the Zulus would have broken in, and the Kafirs would have risen; in fact, to use Cetywayo's words, "the land would have burned with fire."
A few of the parents of the young people so killed buried the bodies, and thus brought Cetywayo's wrath on themselves, resulting not only on their own death, but destruction of the whole family. . . . It is really terrible that such horrible savagery could take place on our own borders. . . . Uhamu reproved Cetywayo the other day, reminded him of his promises to Mr.
It is, however, noticeable that neither these nor similar passages are ever alluded to by Cetywayo's advocates, whose object seems to be rather to suppress the truth than to put it fairly before the public, if by such suppression they think they can advance the cause of the ex-king. The whole matter of Cetywayo's private policy, however, appears to me to be very much beside the question.
But their heart was never in the war; they defended their country against invasion indeed, but by Cetywayo's orders they never attacked ours. Had they wished to do so, there was nothing to prevent them from sweeping the outlying districts of Natal and the Transvaal after our first great defeat at Isandhlwana, but they spared us.
Anxiety of Lord Carnarvon Despatch of Sir T. Shepstone as Special Commissioner to the Transvaal Sir T. Shepstone, his great experience and ability His progress to Pretoria and reception there Feelings excited by the arrival of the mission The annexation not a foregone conclusion Charge brought against Sir T. Shepstone of having called up the Zulu army to sweep the Transvaal Its complete falsehood Cetywayo's message to Sir T. Shepstone Evidence on the matter summed up General desire of the natives for English rule Habitual disregard of their interests Assembly of the Volksraad Rejection of Lord Carnarvon's Confederation Bill and of President Burgers' new constitution President Burgers' speeches to the Raad His posthumous statement Communication to the Raad of Sir T. Shepstone's intention to annex the country Despatch of Commission to inquire into the alleged peace with Secocoeni Its fraudulent character discovered Progress of affairs in the Transvaal Paul Kruger and his party Restlessness of natives Arrangements for the annexation The annexation proclamation.
And now we are told that civil war is imminent between the Cetywayo or anti-settlement party, and what I must, for want of a better name, call the John Dunn party, or those who have acquired interests under the settlement, and who for various reasons wish to see Cetywayo's face no more.
Cetywayo's answer to the Special Commissioner's message will sufficiently show, to use Sir Theophilus' own words in his despatch on the subject, "the pinnacle of peril which the Republic and South Africa generally had reached at the moment when the Annexation took place."
But supposing him re-established on the throne, how long would it be before a revolution, or the hand of the assassin, to say nothing of the ordinary chances of nature, put an end to him, and how do we know that his successor in power would share his views? Cetywayo's rule, bad as it was, was perhaps preferable to the reign of terror that we have established, under the name of a settlement.
But I believe that a war is going to break out between your people and mine; and this being so, you will understand that I do not wish to go to Cetywayo's kraal, because I should either come to a violent death there, or my own brothers will believe that I am a traitor and treat me accordingly.
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