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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1929)
J u n e 1, 1 9 2 9 . ILLCI 8 TKATKD FEATURE SECTION Cetew ayo, the H eroic Kin, before a reaper. . But charging madly home to deatti or victory the gallant black warriors pressed grimly on until they reached the barricade. Then leaping over tltey gave the enemy a taste of what fighting at close quarters and »rith equal weapons meant. Next morning when Col. Browne, one of the scouts, wandered on the scene he beheld a sight such as few human beings have ever witnessed What a Slaughter A vast silent field of dead. God | lu warriors should be permitted to marry, and that Cetewayo should of battles, what a slaughter! Six Il y J. A. ROGERS height or over And there »ere from Zulu nation five hundred warriors lay The Boers, or Dutch settlers were permit a British Resident—a sort of thousand I thirty to forty ihousand ol them Noted W riter there! There were no wounded. The encroaching on tils territory and act official spy—-to live In his capital Zulus had killed the entire British And then as If to crown all they de (fichant ment ing treacherously. Years before, to es force, all but forty-two. who escaped British persecution further manded the disbanding of his army by I A »line American woman visiting cape swimming their horses down the Never, perhaps, was man more sur Cetewayo. Km« of the Zulu», »» Zululand. soys Unit while out »alk- south they had migrated into his _ , land and had been welcomed bv his prised than this Negro monarch stream. the hero of the greatest little »ai ! h>K »he met a Zulu, and so great uncle. Of the Negro warriors. 3.500 lay Dlngaan. I .ater. they became Here was a judge after deciding in was the physical force lie radiated dead not to mention the wounded that England has ever hod that when he passed she felt as If so odious that Dlngaan was stirred favor of the plaintiff, proceeding to which had been carried off Armed uni} with spear* and knives I lecture the plaintiff on his personal had been overthro»n by "a wave to order a massacre of them. "In their mad rush." says Browne his men Inflicted on the British the she . o..n.«iiin.. I affairs—affairs that had not become of power ." Aroused Opposition before the court. As Miss Colenso 1 "the Zulus had killed everything most crushing defeat that »lute men , . . i i . . . . I T i l e 11 i l i l e am i tireek mylllole' V Now British colonial politics did otew avo’s ardent defender, among even tlie horses, dogs, and mules have experienced at the hands of any „ ( ^ whose tread sluxik the p.rtimi of o dark race in modern j ear1h wllrn c e t e w a y o ' . army not view Cetewayo and his army the whites, said, he was treated as There were heaps and heaps oi Zu But Its if llP wcr,. a child. Instead of being lu dead: where the machine guns jne: marched tlie earth trembled under with too friendly an eye had mowed them down they lay in Ills victory at tsandlhwana was policy has always been to divide and , the head of a nation marked by one of the most terrify Its barefeet conquer so Cetewayo was allowed toj when Uie British demands were heaps." R ig id liis r ip lille ing slaughters In tlie annals of war keep Ills army. It was an excellent brought to him. there was but one t In addition the Zulus had cap A warrior's outfit consisted of a thing with which to frighten Uie thing for Cetewayo to do and he did tured 40,000 cartridges and the rifles fare I I I one skirmish he defeated and shield of dried ox-hlde. two or three Boers, their rivals. lit. Rising from 1.1s throne to the i of the British. killed the Prince Napoleon, heir to s|iears. and a short blade for stab Besides the British felt that they magnificent six feet four of his I Zulus Terrify the French throne It t<x>k Kngland bing As to clothing he w\>rc only could easily handle Cetewayo They height, he flung his defiance at the At the news of this crushing de over a 100 ■ i lllon dollars In our ; a loin cloth felt pretty sure that when the time white envoys feat the whites in South Africa were money anti her ablest general to co|>c j Discipline was of the inns! rigid came all that would be necessary "Mvself and every one of my men ; kind There was one |ieiially for would bo to march into his terri will die first. I give you until sun in consternation. They saw them with tills Negro king selves sharing tlie same awful fate Of roil rue, all of this sounds like disobedience or neglect of duty: tory with a few field-pieces and ma set to get out of my territory." cabled to England for aid. and romance although it happened less death. When ordered to artlvr serv- chine guns, press a button or two Early in January. 1879. the British, They thnn fifty years ago I lee a warrior knew he must conquer and presto! his army would disap- | under lord Chelmsford. 12,000 strong, that same week 15.000 soldiers un Hill wait until you hear what a j or die. for certain death awaited a |iear They took rare to see that | invaded his land at three different i der Lord Wolseley with the latest Zulu warrior was like | beaten army. He who ran or showed even shot-guns were kept out of h is ; points On tlie 22nd. one of these equipment left for the Cape Among y.ulu* ! fear In battle was Instantly cut down reach j columns composed of 1000 whites and the volunteers was the Prince Na Of uil |.copies on earth the Zulus by the man behind him. No mercy In time the Boers surrendered their 2000 blarks. under Col. Durnford fell poleon. son and heir of the recently deposed, Napoleon III possessed and still possess the finest ] was shown nor any ex|iected. republic, leaving the British a free ¡n with a Zulu armv 10.000 strong. A few days later Cetewayo again nn.I ill lest physiques In this respect I According to Col. Browne wlxi saw hand In South Africa except for Hattie Rages And then began a battle that will defeated the British at Rorke's Drift they me the Incarnation of the an service against the Zulus, a Zulu Cetewayo. whose presence now look cient Oreeks. J H. Bahtier, well- warrior could iiiureh thirty miles a on quite a different aspect. From 1 go down in hlstorv as one of the and laid siege to Etshowe. He fol lowed it with another victory at day: and If need be. fifty, and give , being a tool, he was now a menace greatest epics of all time known African traveler, says: "The Zulus are the physical su battle at the end of Uie day The Boers, now British subjects, must The Zulus, as was their custom Inahlobane. the nature of the ground being in his favor. Create»! of Armies perior of other race*. A male Zulu be protected. I began the battle by encircling the In August. 1879. tlie British, now Not atom the days of inetonl ha. the strength, endurance, and Cetewayo must go! foe In the front were the young IKiily of a prizefighter In the pink •Sparta had the world seen a body Cetewayo Tricked j warriors, behind them, the veterans. strongly re-inforced again, invaded of condition. Thrlr shoulders are of fighting men eominrable with that Having no love for the British, j The British, entrenching themselves, Zululand. With a lorce of 15,dto> broad, their chests deep, their waists army of Cetewayo's but deciding to use them, the Boers t behind their wagons, opened fire with lord Chelmsford met Cetewayo and And (Vlewavo needed tills army laid claim to a part of Cetewayo's | their artillery and machine guns, his 25.000 warriors at Ulundi Strong slim Their women are tlie strong to prutert hl.s kingdom the king territory, and began to settle on It. i The Zulus, armed only with spears, ly entrenched behind their ammuni est females propagated." fvtewuyos army was composed of dom lie had Inherited from his Cetewayo drove them away. Tlie came rushing on. shouting their bat- tion carts and wagons, the British tlie pick i f this pick of the human grand-uncle. Chaka, himself n mighty j British, railed In as arbiters, decided t'e-erv. while the guns mowed them opened fire at a ronge of 1000 yards (Continued on Page !•) race Kach warrior v. a- six leet In conqueror and the founder of the In favrr of Cetewayo. but seizing on down In windrows, as stalks of wheat1 Armed ( )nly With Spears and Knives, His Men Inflicted * fc £ * g * n on I he British the Most Crushing Defeat a Skilled Army I las i:\perieneedattheH andsofa Dark Race in Mod- | had written a letter to ° the - - governor *h- of Cape Colony, declaring: "Only the utter destruction of the Zulus can ern lim es. In One Skirmish l i e Defeated and Killed ! I secure peace In South Africa.” British Demands Tlie British also made several de- the IVinee Napoleon, Heir to the French I lirone. | mands among them being: that Zu-