tent-hammer

Updated: May 28, 2025

One man was found, who, when his cartridges were spent, and his rifle was broken, had defended himself to the end with a tent-hammer that lay among his bones, and another was stretched beneath the precipice, from the crest of which he had been hurled. Well, they buried them where they were discovered, and there they sleep soundly beneath the shadow of Isandhlwana's cliff.

- The True Story Book