Through the Zulu Country Its Battlefields And Its People
Through the Zulu Country Its Battlefields And Its People
Mitford Bertram
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Several Zulus whom I questioned on the subject all agreed in saying that it was not the custom to torture prisoners of war, though it was sometimes done in cases of ' umtagati ' (witchcraft). Hence it is comforting to know that our unfortunate countrymen who fell on that fatal day were spared the most horrible side of savage warfare, and met their deaths as soldiers, in the thick of battle, at the hands of a foe in every respect worthy of their steel. 96 THROUGH THE ZULU COUNTRY: ' CHAPTER Vm. ...' Fugitives' Drift ' — The saving of the Colours — Zulus ' at Home ' — A novel brew — On headgear — '■ The gilt ofif the gingerbread ' — A Rorke's Drift hero — Ascent of Isandhlwana — Relics — A gi'and monument. One morning I started from Isandhlwana to explore the line of retreat to ' Fugitives' Drift, ' as it is now called, accompanied by one of the mission clergy, who had kindly offered to act as guide. Eiding over the camp ground we crossed the waggon road on the ' neck, ' and struck into the narrow path running along the base of ' Black's Kopje ' down into the ravine.
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