Child of Storm [antikvár]

AUTHOR'S NOTE. Mr. Allan Quatermain's story of the wicked and fascinating Mameena, a kind of Zulu Helen, has, it should be stated, a broad foundation in historical fact. Leaving Mameena and her wiles on one side, the tale of the struggle between the Princes Cetewayo and Umbelazi for succession to the throne of Zululand is true. When the differences between these sons of his be- came intolerable, because of the tumult which they were causing in his country, King Panda, their father, the son of Senzangakona, and the brother of the great Chaka and of Dingaan, who had ruled before him, did say that "when two young bulls quarrel they had better fight it out." So, at least, I was told by the late Mr. F. B. Fynney, my colleague at the time of the annexation of the Trans- vaal in 1877, as Zulu Border Agent, with the ex- ceptions of the late Sir Theophilus Shepstone and the late Sir Melmoth Osborn, perhaps knew more of that land and people than anyone else of his period. As a result of this hint given by a maddened king, the great battle of the Tugela was fought at Endondaku- suka in December, 1856, between the Usutu party, com- manded by Cetewayo, and the adherents of Umbelazi the Handsome, his brother, who was known among the Zulus