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2 ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION- Muy HI. I‘»30 MOSHESH, THE SCOURGE OF SOUTH AFRICA HEADACHES Rheumatism • that Poultney Higt-ln* wrote a trw •Cutrrion Htver Inmarlf aud«M> hr eagerly availed himself of III • years later : T h e Uasuto. before he the foe. opening fittili a grave dlftlrulty a hie < struggle took place, the assegai, the j enters Ute ranks. Is a better lighting Moshrsli. though flushed with vic Mne.hc.ihs letter alTorded battle-axe. and the rifle making man tha.. the average European >l* tory, was cool-headed enough U> "It gave him the privilege of using frightful execution Those who dal Uier after three years of drilling, weigh its results He knew only too the language of a conqueror and In not fall by those weapons w ere, for as a recruit, lie Is already an well Uiat the Oreat While Queen such language he declared he wat hurled to death on the awful crags accomplished horseman, an excellen t: bay only by discharges of canisters satisfied with the number of ca ttle" b>-low At the same time, the British marksman, and familiar with the from the artlllrry How much cattle had iho gnirral artillery supported by the Cap«1 duties of a scout." «White M ens AI- At the Height of the battle there . captured? Rut 1300 plus 3 000 Mounteo Rifles, and a large body of noa> was a errlflc thunderstorm which Muahnui had given him. strengthened It. From t l t i height The British Trapped caused a lull In the fighting, but no Note, however that the letter was he looked down on his neighbors like General Cat heart, as was said, sent sooner was It over than the Ilastitos lor ttie general's ctitisumplloii alo e a great baron of the f-udal ages one of his divisions after the ca ttle ' possessed enormously greater re- No sooner was Ills bach turned than Under him were a rich, healthy and | on the hill The soldiers rounded sources than he; that she would Moatiesh sent rourlrrs to all the natives were repulsed and forced to up 4.000 of them and were driving never rest until hr had tden beaten chiefs, announcing a great black vtt- , retreat In great confusion them down the mountain through j It was hen he did something that tory ove. ttie soldier* o f the Great A Master of Strategy the narrow pass when HOC llasuto, proved tie was a master diplomat Queen, a fact (hat General Cath- After this victory. Mosliesh. who cavalrymen seeming to spring from He sent G e n e r a l Catheart the cart's hasty drimrture seemed all the had been keeping the bulk of his nowhere threw themselves at « b e , s« a m * * t letter a victor has ever sent more to n idify now unlearned enemy. In the confusion that followed warriors In check Moshesh became a greater figure . beaten foe them and the farms and flocks of the Hr.dslt soW len^ inextricably than ryer fot ns may be imagined, Shrewd Move B u m were harried with greater vigor the rea truth was not long In com - "From this time on. ' says This letter Is worlhy o f trproduc- mg nut tion here Bigelow the career of Maaheah in At last General Sir George Cath- Midniwht lirr >0 1*33 ^ ’ Uth Africa won In Its wav allunai cult governor of Cape Colony, with H H H n E M litighi. Dec m , I*.«- ^ brilliant as that of Na|»>lrun af- "Your Excellency : Ihls day you t,.r Aluitrr|,u' ar. army of 3.000 picket! white regu- ffiffM R P 1 have fought against my people and Ills letters U> the general broad- lars wit artillery, and a large body K h J b t S lakeu much cattle As the object for , : naUve* -',..’.'.e<i for Basutoland lO w iln ia d on p * i , h I which you have come is u> have com - The governor had also armed native | ! prnsullon for the Boers 1 beg you 11 tribes, hostile to Moshesh. among j ! be sattstMH. wlUt what you have the number being Sikonyela. chief of M M .IN N IN G SOON taken I entreat peace from you the Batlokuas and bitterest foe of I I You have chastised le t It be enough W K N A . Ill»; Moshesh. I I pray you. and let me no longer be Arriving on the border of Basuto- | IKK I s I S T A B I » ! considered an enemy of the Queen land. General Catheart sent a des-1 , 1 will try all I can to krep my pro- patch to Mosliesh. reproaching hlra , | pie In order in Uie future for alleged lawlessness and thefts, j Your humble servant, and ordering the Immediate handing Moshesh ' over of 10.000 head of cattle Moshesh. Continued from Page One whose quarrel was rather with the Boers, sent a most pacific reply and 3 000 head of cattle As to the rest he asked for time to get them to gether. General Catheart. with an expen sive and highly trained army In the field, would listen to no delay and marched on Thaba Bostgo Arriving | MOSIIESH at Berea, h* saw an enormous herd mountain of cattle feeding on the 5^ ^ ‘ ^ a ? n T h i r Wfo ^ i Uiuj returnrd to the attack and kept It three porta, he sent one lo round up until after nightfall. Oenermi them up. while he himself took the Chthcart. retreated, ieav mg Movheah load that led to the heights. Little master of the field. He left hla dead did he realize that the cattle there. ‘ and wounded where they fell, and tended by women and a few old men. did not Mop until he had put the was a trap that the shrewd Mosliesh mixed with the cattle, proved an easy had set for him. murk for the Basuto spears Indeed, the British soldiers In com - | Abandoning the cattle, the soldiers mg Into Basutoland had regarded it (l.d down the mountains until they a.- something o f a lark General caught up with General Catheart, Catheart took no pains to learn their who was also being hard pressed real strength. But Moshesh had Clouds of Basuto calvary now swept 10.000 of the finest horsemen on down on the British, and were at earth. |______________________ ________ __ .. _ - It IS o these same black horsemen » •As was to be expected. 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