81' UlU'ANDA, THE KING OK THE AAÍAZÜLU.
Unipanda, who condemned Mungkainyaiia to death. He, however, found m opportunity to escape across the bouiulai'v
line, where he now dwells in a kraal of his own on the British side of the Túgala river.
When Dingaan, the late king, put his brother Goujuana to death, he sent an Iiiduua with thirty men to destroy the
entire population of ten kraals belonging to Goujuana, which lay near the Túgala. On reaching the first kraal, the
Iniiuna entered with only one man, to avoid suspicion: during the evening one or two more dropped in, till all had
arriv ed. Jle then addressed the principal man, saying that he had bi'ought a message from the king, and that all must
assemble, as it was addressed to them all; he contrived that his men should mingle with the iimiates and divert their
attention by otfering them snufF, Whilst thus apparently on the most friendly terms, a signal was given, when each of
the Induiia's party, rishig, stabbed his victim with an assagai. The huts were then fired, and the women and children
butchered without mercy. I myself passed the night on two occasions under the shelter of the remains of one of these
very huts, which had escaped the genei-al conflagration. One of my Kafirs told me I was reposing on tlie spot where
the owner of the hut was murdered, and that his wife was ruu through with an assagai whUst lying on the opposite
side near the door. It was a desolate, stormy night, but the only sound that intruded on our rest was the distant roar
of the lion, mingled with the melancholy wail of the Indian Ocean dashing on the shore beyond,