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Show ft 5 , A NAIiKOW ISOAl'll Ii? I In Soiitli AfrIrA tiio Innll nmrenxl, or II ' ' rain ehietor, l.tiext In iwsltlon In the ju u KtitUr trlliet lo tlio chief. miJ lis per- IS? 1iim tho most Inftacnee, Holt looked it L 1 upon u possessing supemattirs.1 porr- Ifr si S " ""J ' rpo,,i ' ,Uini1 ''' 'n J ffi f faror stltli tlio Int-osl l'esulu (tho (Ireat lflJi Spirit) r Inkuliikiilti (Owl), lm( lo E K ( Judgo lilm lijr I1I1 npponrancoone would jf K conclude tht lie was o choscu uilnlon 'A til o( Ms aatatilo majesty ratlicr than nn rv f I angel of tho gods. He and Ms ojstit- j k ' suite ro eif coitrw frauds, at the run '" t- not possible roJuco tili'tt they claim, t ' 1 Lut us they continue tho lerrleet until J j rain comet ttiejr are lookeil upon Ly tho j Ignorant namimi as actually posseMlnK i " thU pemer They demand many gifts , j, i and cattle for tudr "Influence," and U V I ro iiort r refined, at n refusal woul 1, 1 a li supposed, lirlng dlra results on tho I S i ! guilty one. If rain Is needed the chief S J, I of tho kraal calls tho local mull to Mm , 1, and request that tlicy bring rain, no- I " i companylng his rc-rue-t by n gift of 4 I several cattle. Tho Incantations are at once couuueuccd and continued until rain falls, for tho luutl noser giro up, j' and If asked why no rain has come say ', that tho amahloil (spirits) nro angry 1 1 with thopeoplo and that luoro raerl J, flees uiut bo made. About this stago mi j of thoscnlco the chief becomes un tttrl easy and sends for tho uiutl aluauxl of ffiflu 4 nil tlio tribis and makes known Ms n W 1 1 arrive. 1 at the kraal (rlllage) pre- w&l ' slled otcr byChlcf Matoka, n very it k B IV Intelligent man and ipllto frlindly to ml&t "" "''"" during n drought, anl n B' flsBr! harnetl that the chief mutl was to ar- it h affif riroiieit day and bring tho long wished V P W ff fur rain. I concluded to rt main and V K li KM "" "' ' r""1"' S" ll,rou'' I'ls maglo 1 cV iffi W " fllc ' l'0 lun eume up M B"1 ffl H nox' luorn'nK ' nu awakened by a tt 1 ''' MR rlblodln, and un arising found that 1 ft 9E1 tho ehlot mutl amanrj liad arrived. 1 IT mt ii 1'rcivuutlons wore carried on all day 4 Ki l for sacrifices that wero to 1m offered I '' F' "CIt fl"f' ""J ' 'ollrK' "mt ",0 C'''L' : 1 TW 1 luu1 'im' lsPnMIM ''' opinion tluit 7 ff nothing short of n human saerlflco C 1 1 JftHtf j would put tho gods In good humor and i: fvfii 1 causo them to let the rains falL 1 went I J w 1 . humbug arid not to allow any of lili f V ' Jieoplu to bo sacrificed, aud after a long SA ' P " loi llrK11ment 10 promised that 1 Hi 1 nono of his ko lo should bo killed. l Ol ' Tho mutl aiuanxl becamoery angry nt ill) n 1 tnUrfirtuco and would not speak I f . j to mo, but I oaml nothing for this, na j 4 1 liod,osI su posed, nothing to far ij 1 1 t) t rt)m Ma- 1 fho llcxt luonilng broke clear and il I 1 r I bright and not the least sign of rain 111 ' V I r " aww I"ct n a chareil spot Jut I. & I outsldo tho kraal nnd fonueil n stiul re f clnJij. Tho mutl soon appeared, fit M Jr J v lowed by twenty senltors. lie was m I 1 tainted In n most demoniacal fashion; i it J his neck and nnui weru Iwdeckod with j J -( 1 j suakis, Uunls and other luathsoiuo It '' l" ttpUlui, and his hair was stuck full t E 1 lth loi'B o" feathers. 11ns were k s 1 t kindled and u 11 oxiu wireleil Inuno , 1 ' I Ly ouo by tho servitors and slvuhtercd I ,!' by the mutl, the servitors all tho tlmo I icpoatlng souio unlntilllglblo Jargon. l ! As tho long keen knlfo of the mutl 3 1 , was driven Into tho ioor brutes tho 11 "t blood would spurt out, which was I 5 caught In Muilsunl seattertd In the l . olr and to tho four win Is, tho mutl '' il 1 Iv coutortlng his features and wallowing 1 j In tho blood which fell to the ground y II A The poor brutes, whlloyelalUe, wire f I J 'ul J ripped uK-n,llulr entrails torn 1 ut und l II 'il ( Sung hot and smoking on tho tlresj all this to liiio tho smuko and smell of I Ik blood reach tho angry gods and cause U l tlum to relent and our out tho ruins. I ll 1 ho llesh of tho animals was tlicn roast ' 5 1 ! Au tateu by Uto people, tho mutl 1 9 ' j ' all tho time Lrnndlililug his knlfo and l 1 1 i A cluuttlng n wild and unearthly song I & I ! p't , btill no rain, and I coul 1 seo that & all' 'r, sointthlngdovllWiwasworUngtlirougli '? Hli'-' '' the lulnd of tlio uiua I tailed in) two y pf f Krvants to mo and told tin in what ' j" ' X ll had occurred the day before In n fi t- S k . ir I 1 ence to tho human saerlflco, aud they j f ! I '' sal 1 tint If tho chl. f said libs people ' 'S!( I would not be sacrltlced wo could look ' , ; j ' out for tho lot to fall to one of us. I 1 1 'I I 1 bade tliem stay near mo and ha o their V I 'All J IWo1' "--dy. for wo would light In J Pi it , irefianootolHngsacrlllcid, and had H fl ( Urcly flnlihed my hutruelions when It ' J os announced that no rain would I , j '"me until tho spirlu ha.1 smclled nnd I 1 , tasUd human blood l f . '-fho chief nodde.1 nssentand tl-e ' M .' ,01"' "" ot u" Irl1" trciublinglj J Jjl ft formed a circle to bo lnspccto.1 by the E O i ,. muUtoscoUnuy woul I nnserasto I'll d M asacrltloe Myself and two tenants It Wt " i " lnld tho clrelo noar tho olilet F fl J , ,. ""'" I1"""! "long the lino aU la O 1TI i )t terror and mbkr, worodsilotulon B H T 1 the fines of tho young men Ho came H, j ,0 'ho tot where I nnd my two men H9k inMultate4 moment, but uaskhI IS HI'S' on-f'uralng, howeter, tho next mt B El ?'i ' 1 ""''' anl ,lr-w'ni( his bloody knlf. M Ml I i "I?"."1 ll""'IKr jillwl out, "Has UHI Kllal Uwwllar (,tU MeUinl tho-tia- HI r 'I "" " ""' 'a""' tb" ronmwiidlDg il'lHlJ' '0"liolilildtlit.oii, f, ' HI f ' T .C'', """ ,l"' 0ret Spirit mljht l'lij ""'"'""nblo.KltodrtoWand breathe ' ' H U IK , ' i 11 'r"ranM "' 'ho asionding smoke of I H tfl1 1 "Is ronite.1 heart " J ill "Bhtastho umti , j 1 f? wlt'inintlknew It would ljot i,u 1 " to parley or ev.n attempt to. to i. , , ' "'"?"lgl'Proaihed without a mo- , . " I"i-aoa wo tired on them. l-wofcil otid. All I takln" ilehbcnto aim at the r htnoui mull I tent a lull-I lull-I letcrus' u 1 through I1I1 hea, which I rent him to his hut account, and l"i-foro l"i-foro tho pcoplo coull recover from Ihelr Mtonhlitucnl wo took to our hcils, and gaining a lorgo rock placed our liackt nplnst It, determined to tell our lives as dearly at (kmIIiIo It any farther attempt was made to harm ft. The tantl being dead, n conmltntlon vvt hell by tho chVf an 1 lilt adtler, whooildentlydeolduut lo carry on a war against n niiu wh j w iiowcrful enouijU to kill a mull with a small tiolto In n parley whlih followeil wo explained to tho chief, ery lloliily, what tho eoneqiieuce-i would bu to liim and hblriUolf wo wero harmed when tlio news reached our friends on tho roast. Wo wero not subjected lo any further trouble, Jho stipulation bo-log bo-log that wo Ii at 0 their country at once, n condition wo were not loath to coin ly with I had my men bring our hones and rlHet to tlio rock, and re reiving an angry goodby from Matokwa an 1 sundry malignant scowls from the OMorublod warriors, wo departed at A brisk trot After an hour's travel Umcobcla, uno of iuyscrwinut,rodouptomeand raid, "Hots, can oit mako a blgwarf" I di 1 not understand what ho mount by I his, and askod hint to eiplain. Ho then toll mo that wo would bo very likely lo recelro n visit from tho Milan tot, tho trlbo wo had Just left, an 1 tiny would try to avmgolho deaths of tho mutl an 1 his servitors whom wo hud shut Ihls piece of Information wot fjr from pleasant, as 1 know wo three coul 1 do but llttlo against tho tiumU n that would possibly assail us. 1 called I( ''"la, anil asked him If ho thought wo woul 1 bo pursued, and received a very depressing reply In tho afllrmatlt iv llio day was nearly spent, and 1 told lay tain wo coul 1 hi loduring tho night an I poslbly osca'io them tho following day. This they doubted, and proposed that wo go 011 to tho Utile Marrnhi Irlbn and ask protection. I lia 1 been among these peoplo before and had rendered them quite u service-, and readily agreed to tho proiosal, at It reemed tho only way out of tho trouble. I learned from my servants that the two tribes wero not o.orly friendly to each other, aud Hits gave mo more !ioios of sueoccdln,? In getting their help and roteetloiu Wo rodo bird until about 4 In tlio morning, and found ourselves on tho outskirts of tho I.ittlo Marn.bu kraal Wo entered tho village and at onco pall ourresjicctt to tlio chief. As wo had neither seen nor heard anything of tho Hitnntas, f con. eluded not to lay anything to Ilia chief about It, but Umcobcla said It would lie best, and I had Mm tell Iho slory Tho chief thought tomo time over what ho lia 1 heard, ami finally tpokoi "luu killed tho great amanxlt' "1 es, I had to do It to m 0 my own life" ''You do not feel any sickness or nothing moving In youl" ".Sot what do you mean I" ".Nothing, Uossi It Is gol. Jfolli. Ing can harm you now," an I turning lo his mm ho In 1 n long an 1 earnest talk with them. They begin to encircle encir-cle mo and goto en mo with wonder and curiosity shown In v cry feature I asked UmcoUla what It meant, nn 1 ho said the chief ami people could hardly lielluvol hud killed tho luutl and lived afterward, and Hint If my words wero truo notlilng coull harm me, for 1 was most mighty- equal to the Irlts. 1 told him to tell Iho poo-j poo-j lo It was true, and that wo were am lous for In Ip shoul I tho Sitantas follow us, all of which he dlt and reeehed assuraneoof their unltod hulp, llhin rtiuicstod food und n plaeo to rest In, and was given quarters In thochtufi hut. Wo atu a hearty meal an 1 were soon slumbering, for 1 wot nearly douo up with fatigue. Notlilng at teen of Iho Fltantas that day, and I wasacongratulatlng miMlf Uwn getting out of 11 serioiu dlflleulty so easily whin Mj liana sioko up and said, "Walt till another diy, IIom, )mi may feu inortv" 1 laugheil at his fears and intinstcd m) self In getting oviry thing ready for an oirly start next morning After eating supper Utrollod out to smoko and enjoy the cool night air, and found tho kraal In n stnto of excitement and making preparations for a fUrht. I hurried tnclc to tho but au 1 asked UmeobeU what tho trouble wot anl found that runners hod Ju-t coiuoln staling tint the Ultantas wero coming In Itrge numbers toward tho village I Uieu hastened to tho chief and tol 1 him to avoid a eontllct If possible; pos-sible; to tell tho Sltautaswewiro not then) or anything that would rrev ent n battle. Ho nulled anl told, "Wi!to Doss afraid of Rltontn warrior when ho kill mutl aniauxir 1 told Mm nn, but that I dl 1 not wMi to seo any of lilt subjects Mllod Ho replied gruffly, 'That It what war-rk war-rk rt nro for," on 1 1 then loft Mm, ro-sol ro-sol Ing hi my lulnd to do my share If n Unttlo mint Iw fou.ht. I tecurod my revolvem, nnd taking a bountiful tup ply of ammunition bade my tenants do tho tame, mid grasping our rllhw wo went to tho sldo ol tho kml where the Bltunlus were eiwted. It was not long until n courier urrhed demanding of u Chief Little Murrubu, but Hie chief sent back word that ""the white boss was Great Medicine, or 'Indium Mlungi Unkulu,' and would only go where he pleases. If they wanted him they would liavo to take Mm." Boon tholr cry of tho peacock (the war cry) coul 1 bo In nrd, nn 1 Iho Mar raba ansnered back by yelling nanilu unrl (there comet Iho iiriny), Knlega nmusltnnta (strike tho Hltantns), tlv vaen makotl gunl (wo llht for our chl.O Boon tho clash Ml nnd unit ten-d vrllt midwords (ould boheunl along tlio lines, minted with lhoclah Ing of assagais, an 1 their dull thai whiu striking tho skin shields. I nnl my scnants ioural In n steady tiro that re-luceil thorunktof tlioineni) eoml lerably. The moon roto suddenly from Uhliid tho mountain! and dls closed uuelrd sci no, Jal cd savaget, ernrxHlwitli tho desire to shed blooil, stamlliw on tho forms of frlondt aud toes, tho liettcr to ho able to blithe tnemy, Willi tlio al 1 of tho moon's I rirl wo eouKl do better eiecutlon with I our firearms, and every rhot wot made lo count. ThU drew upon ut Iho missiles mis-siles of Iho enemy, but wo kept np tuch a hot fires that wo toon hoel them flee Ing from our part of tlio lino nns I tho cry of (Jul O11I Jlurrnba lyelo (Hur raut hurrahl Marraliu strikes well or true). Thus tho bntllj raged, vrliat reemed to me boors, but tlnally tho rlltantas vmverednnd wero soon put to flight by tho Marrabaft, who foilueved Hiera ret cral tulles, ktlluig all IlieyoouH cemo up with. Mphana was killed In Ihls (Wit, an I I lilt iitth' ugh I could tune r furglvo myself for I ringing lilt death on Mm, and did all 1 could to iriva hiin a good burial nnd n nice resting plnco for hit last sloep. Um-olu-U nuc1 my self escaped with u few slight cult mid knelt hi rrayrr to thuiik Uil for our safe dellveranee -Llttlo 2farraba of fered mo n flno yuting warrior as a servant, serv-ant, which I accepted an 1 after thanking thank-ing him for his protection aud offering what I could In tho way of sympathy, I had my hcrres m ide ready and pushed onnt emeu for Marabastudl, whew I arrived In n tad plight three days later IVverhad followed from tho wotinlt on mo Inflaming, and I was laid up hero n long lime. This trip had nboLt cur 1 mo of my curiosity, and, bad I listened lo reason vould naver have had any further trouble with tho Kief firs, but what man ran toll what ho will not do lo gratify his curiosity) South Africa Cur AtlanlnConstltutloiu |