Sunshine and storm in Rhodesia - Frederick Courteney Selous (Rhodesiana reprint library)

Sunshine and storm in Rhodesia - Frederick Courteney Selous (Rhodesiana reprint library)

Published by Books of Rhodesia, 1974

Facsimile reproduction of the second edition.

Lovely condition vintage classic!

Subtitle: Being a Narrative of Events in Matabeleland Both Before and During the Recent Native Insurrection up to the Date of the Disbandment of the Bulawayo Field Force General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1896 Original Publisher: R. Ward and co., limited Subjects: Zimbabwe Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) Matabeleland (Southern Rhodesia) Matabeleland History / Africa / General History / Africa / South / General History / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III First overt act of rebellion -- Natives borrow axes from Mrs. Selous -- Where are the white police ? -- Native woman gives information of the murder of whites -- Natives run off with the cattle -- Murder of three miners -- Inscrutability of the Kafir mind -- Matabele raid on cattle. Now this murder of a native policeman on the night of Friday, 20th March, was the first overt act of rebellion on the part of the Matabele against the Government of the British South Africa Company, and I will therefore relate exactly what occurred. On the evening of the aforementioned day, eight native policemen, acting on instructions of Mr. Jackson, arrived at the town of Umgorshlwini, situated in the hills near the Umzingwani river. Being accompanied by several boys carrying their blankets, etc., they formed quite a little party, and so camped outside the native town. They were sitting talking over their fires after the evening meal, when a number of Matabele came up, and ranging themselves in a line in front of them, commenced to dance. These men all carried knob-kerries, and were led by a man named Umzobo,1 who had held a post of importance at Bulawayo in Lo Bengula's time. The so-called ...