OVERTURES FROM CHIEFS
A SERIOUS REPORT.
CONCERTED RISING CONTEMPLATED.
(Received May 21st, 10.18 p.m.) PIETERMAJUTZBURG, May 21
Tho columns of Colonels Mackenzie, Mansell, and Barker junctionedat Cetewayo's grave.
Colonel B.ukers column fought a sharp action at MJiala Hill, inflicting numerous casualties, and capturing 800 cattle and many goats.
Special precautions are being taken to avoid desecrating Cetewayo'6 grave.
One of Sigamandi's indunas was sent to state that Sigamandi and Ndatamazie were anxious to surrender.
Practically all of Sigamandi's oountry has been subdued. The herds aaid the women were taken, but most of the men escaped to the bush.
A Christian native, after travelling through Zuruland, informed the Government that the natives in several parts mean to rise simultaneously when tho crops have been, reaped.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12508, 22 May 1906, Page 7
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