ndhla!
Ca-bo! Ca-bo_!"

"Not again shall you stab Umzilikazi,
That Black Bull,
That Mighty Lion!
Oh, no! Oh, no!"

CHAPTER SIX.

THE BURNING OF EKUPUMULENI.

The spoils which were taken from the wagons of the Amabuna pleased the
King greatly. The wagons themselves were useless to us, because none
among us understood how to make the oxen draw them. So a party of men
was ordered off to burn them, having first removed all the iron parts
which might be of use. But what pleased the Great Great One most was
the number of long guns and the plentiful supply of powder and ball
which we took; and this, indeed, some of us did understand the use of
moderately well. Howbeit, it was long before we became skilled in the
use of them, and by that time, _Nkose_, nearly all the powder and ball
was expended. But the tiny captive, with the eyes of heaven and hair
like the crest of the sun, the Great Great One said I had done right to
save. Yet, as he knew not what to do with her, he ordered that I should
be a father to her for the present, adding that, as the last time I had
spared one from the slaughter it had brought good to him and the
nation--meaning the case of old Masuka--so now, perhaps, the same would
hold. Now, I was right glad of the King's decision, _Nkose_, for I had
already begun to look upon this little one as child of my own. So I
made her over to the youngest of my wives, Fumana, who took care of her
and loved her greatly.

Now, although we had made an end, utter and complete, of those Amabuna
who came against us, and of the _abatagati_ among ourselves who had
plotted with them, yet the mind of Umzilikazi was not at ease. For he
knew something of that people, had heard how they swarmed in such
numbers over the country to the westward as to leave no further room,
but were crowded out, and ever moving onward to seize upon new lands.
Even then, as we had heard, they were plotting to seize land from
Dingane, and if, as might befall, the Zulu power was worsted, and the
House of Senzangakona forced to seek out other country, might not we
have the remaining strength of Dingane falling upon us any day, even as
we had fallen upon and swept aside those who lay in our own path?
Further, although of those Amabuna whom we had eaten up, not one was
left alive to carry back the tidings to his own people, yet, sooner or
later, such tidings would reach them, and then we might expect th