Zulu War, 1879; Zululand (South Africa) -- History -- To 1879
It would be uninteresting to go into details with respect to the
movements of the columns under Colonels Villiers and Baker Russell.
Mahabolin and other Magulisin chiefs surrendered, Manyonyoba asked
terms of the commanding officer at Luneberg, and the various
scattered embers left after the great war conflagration were
soon extinguished in the north. In September Zululand was most
thoroughly conquered. On the 1st of September, John Dunn, Umgayna,
Usibilo, Umcitsobu, Somkelu, and Gonzi signed the terms upon which
they accepted chieftainship; Oham and others were proclaimed at a
later date. The principal undertakings and conditions were that
the chiefs should respect the boundaries assigned; abolish the
military system; allow all men to marry and work as they will;
prohibit importation of arms; take no life without fair trial;
discontinue witchcraft; surrender fugitive criminals from British
territory; make no war without the sanction of Government; prevent
sale or alienation of land; arbitration to be appealed to in case
of disputes with British subjects. The succession to chieftainships
to be dependent on approval of our Government.
The following is an exact summary of the terms and conditions
signed in duplicate by all the newly appointed chiefs in Zululand
at Ulundi, September 1, 1879. The prelude and ending are verbatim;
terms and conditions summarized:—
I recognize the victory of British arms over the Zulu nation and
the full right and title of her Majesty Queen Victoria, Queen of
England and Empress of India, to deal as she may think fit with
the Zulu chiefs and the people, and with the Zulu country; and I
agree and hereby signify my agreement to accept from General Sir
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, G.C.M.G. and K.C.B., as the representative
of her Majesty Queen Victoria, the chieftainship of a territory
of Zululand, to be known hereafter as——, subject to the following
terms, conditions, and limitations:—
Terms, conditions, and limitations laid down by General Sir Garnet
Joseph Wolseley, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., and assented to by me——, as the
terms, conditions, and limitations subject to which I agree to
accept the chieftainship of the aforesaid territory.
1. To observe and respect whatever boundaries shall be assigned to
my territory by the British Government through the Resident of the
division in which his territory is situated.
2. Not to permit the existence of the Zulu military system or the
existence of any military system or organisation whatsoever within
my territory; to proclaim and make it a rule that all men shall be
allowed to marry when they choose and as they choose, according
to the good and ancient customs of his people known and followed
in the days preceding the establishment by Chaka of the military
system, and to allow and encourage all men living within his
territory to go and come freely for peaceful purposes, and to work
in Natal or in the Transvaal or elsewhere for themselves or for
hire.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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