The Kafirs of Natal and the Zulu CountryE. Stanford, 1857 - 403 Seiten |
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Amampondo Amangwane Amazulu animal appear army asked assagai attack beast beat Bechuanas beef bride bridegroom brother bush calabash called cattle ceremony chief child circumstance colony of Natal corn councillors dance death Delagoa Bay Dingan Dingiswayo doctor Dwandwes elephant endeavoured enemy escape Europeans evildoer father fence fire Fynn garden girl give grass head heard herd husband in-duna Isaacs isi-baya Kafir killed king's kraal Kreli latter Lieutenant King lived Lumbo maize marriage married master medicine messenger milk mother Natal native neighbour night Nodwenge obtained ordered Pande Pande's party person poison Port Natal possessed present principal prophet received refused replied returned river sacrifice sent Senzangakona servant slain slaughter soldiers sometimes Sotobe spirits stick Tetwas Thou told tribe Tshaka Tugela Uhlanga Umvoti Umzimkulu usually warriors wife wished wives woman women young Zulu-country Zulus
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Seite 310 - saw that very hand,' pointing to mine, 'cut these bars of iron, take a piece off one end, and then join them as you now see them.
Seite 86 - ... mother's house and the dependants, but his brothers, his sisters, and his mothers. This is a complete separation of the mother from her husband. When a man dies, those wives who have not left the kraal remain with the eldest son. If they wish to marry again, they must go to one of their late husband's brothers; in which case the children would belong to the son.
Seite 117 - In this plan, the idea seems to be, that health may have power over disease, and that death may be swallowed up in life, by equalizing the blood of the one who is in danger, and of the many who are in strength and safety.
Seite 198 - MAKANNA'S GATHERING. WAKE ! Amakosa, 1 wake ! And arm yourselves for war, As coming winds the forest shake, I hear a sound from far : It is not thunder in the sky, Nor lion's roar upon the hill, But the voice of Him who sits on high, And bids me speak His will ! He bids me call you forth, Bold sons of Kahabee, To sweep the white men from the earth, And drive them to the sea...
Seite 198 - Makanna's Gathering Wake! Amakosa, wake! And arm yourselves for war. As coming winds the forest shake, I hear a sound from far: It is not thunder in the sky, Nor lion's roar upon the hill, But the voice of HIM who sits on high, And bids me speak his will! He bids me call you forth, Bold sons of Kahabee, To sweep the White Men from the earth, And drive them to the sea...
Seite 329 - Natal together with all the Land annexed, that is to say from Dogeela to the Omsoboebo River westward and from the Sea to the North as far as the Land may be Useful and in my possession Which I did by this and give unto them for their Everlasting property.
Seite 306 - ... and long after, formed an interminable catalogue of crimes. Scarcely a mountain, over extensive regions, but bore the marks of his deadly ire. His experience and native cunning enabled him to triumph over the minds of his men, and made his trembling captives soon adore him as an invincible sovereign. Those who resisted, and would not stoop to be his dogs, he butchered. He trained the captured youth in his own tactics, so that the majority of his army were foreigners; but his chiefs and nobles...
Seite 196 - ... and shocked by his impious pretensions, and could only conclude that he was calculated to do much good or mischief, according as his influence might be ultimately employed. " By degrees he gained a complete control over all the principal chiefs, with the exception of Gaika, who feared and avoided him. He was consulted on every matter of consequence, received numerous gifts, collected a large body of retainers, and was acknowledged as a warrior-chief as well as a prophet.
Seite 309 - moving houses,” as the wagons were called, drew near, he took a firmer grasp of my...
Seite 91 - A native, who was giving me an example of prayer to the spirits, introduced a petition for plenty of boys and a few girls. The former increase a man's importance in the chief's eyes ; he shares the honour they may acquire in war; when they grow up and settle around him, he becomes a little chief. We can imagine the pride with which the old man goes from kraal to kraal, advising here, commending or reproving there, respected and obeyed everywhere ; or with what complacency he looks around him from...