If you question my words, ask him." "We know what the white men think," said Cetewayo, "so there is no need to ask Macumazahn to sing us an old song.

The question is--what must the Zulus do?
Must they swallow their spears and, ceasing to be a nation, become servants, or must they strike with them and drive the English into the sea, and after them the Boers ?" "Tell me first, King, who dwell far away and alone, knowing little of what passes in the land of Life, what the Zulus desire to do.

Before me sits the Great Council of the Nation.

Let it speak." Then one by one the members of the Council uttered their opinions in order of rank or seniority.

I do not remember the names of all who were present, or what each of them said.