re slain; for it was not our custom to spare; and in this matter the
King's word had been explicit: "Make an end of them utterly." And this
we had done.

Now that all were slain we began to see what plunder the camp contained,
that it might be collected for the King. And there was much of it--for
besides all manner of provisions and stores, there were things of iron
and of glass, knives and axes, and all manner of useful things; but,
best of all, there were the long guns of the Amabuna, and powder and
ball. So much of all this was there that it took time to remove it all,
and arrange it in such wise that it could be borne back to
Nkunkundhlovu, and even then we had to leave some of it.

"Make an end of them utterly." Such had been the word of Dingane, and
looking at that waggon camp when we left it, I think, _Nkose_, you would
have said we had obeyed the word of the Great Great One to the full. By
hundreds the slain lay there, heaps and heaps of dead bodies whom the
assegai had kissed again and again. In darker heaps, too, lay our own
dead; but of this we thought not much, for even these whites, dreaded
alike by all nations who had met them, had not been able to stand before
the power of Zulu. They had been swept away, as all black nations had
been before them; swallowed up, and the wave of our might had rolled
over them. And as we moved from the place a fierce new song of triumph
thundered forth from the ranks of our host.

There were some who would have burned the waggons and such stuff as
could not be taken away, but this we _izinduna_ would not permit, lest
the smoke, seen from afar, should convey warning to other camps of the
Amabuna. For our work was not yet done.

Word was now passed that the _impi_ should form up, and indeed not much
telling was needed, for their appetite for blood, only whetted with what
had already been shed, the warriors could hardly be kept in hand, so
eager were they to reach those other camps. But it would have served no
good purpose that they should tire themselves by marching at a run.
Yet, short of this, our advance was a rapid one.

Even then, however, rapid as it was, we were not to fall upon those
other camps, as we had expected, all unprepared. Whether it was that
some had escaped from the first camp, or that the noise of the shouting
and the firing had reached their ears, we found these Amabuna with their
waggons drawn up so as to form a wall, the spaces between the