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Mitford Bertram. The King's Assegai
The King's Assegai
Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Tshaka’s Impi
Chapter Two
The King’s Promise
Chapter Three
The Basutu Kraals
Chapter Four
The Tyay’igama Dance
Chapter Five
The Mosutu Witch-Doctor
Chapter Six
A Formidable Rival
Chapter Seven
The Fate of the Sentinel
Chapter Eight
The Prophecy of Masuka
Chapter Nine
The Kraal, Ekupumuleni
Chapter Ten
“Farewell, Gungana!”
Chapter Eleven
The Eaters of Men
Chapter Twelve
A Wild and Desperate Scheme
Chapter Thirteen
In Outlawry
Chapter Fourteen
To Doom
Chapter Fifteen
The King’s Sentence
Epilogue
“Well, Untúswa, I believe now, at any rate, that all the gold this waggon could carry would not purchase that assegai from you,” I said, as soon as the old man had finished. “But what of Nangeza? Was she put to death?”
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Bertram Mitford
A Matabili Story
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“It happened that on the evening after I had obtained the King’s promise I was returning alone from a hunt. I was empty-handed; for although my fleetness of foot enabled me to traverse long distances, yet game was scarce in our neighbourhood, owing to the passage of such an immense body of people, which had scared it. Tired and dispirited, I threw down my assegais and small shield, and sank down against a rock to rest. Suddenly my tawny, black-muzzled hound leaped up and dashed round the rock with a growl. But this was soon changed to a whine of pleasure.
“Clearly the intruder was known to him. Raising my eyes, I beheld a girl.
