NOTES 406 THE STORY OF THE ZULU CAMPAIGN CHAPTER I. Origin of Zulus--Their tribes--Senzagacone--Chaka--His wars--Innovations--Administration--Standing army--Death--Position of Zulus amongst kindred tribes--First contact with whites--The Boers--The English--Panda--His reign and death--Accession of Cetywayo--His promises to the English--Breaches of faith--The boundary question--Its origin and nature--The case of Sirayo--Its history--The Middle Drift affair--Other causes of war--The Ultimatum sent--Official declaration of war--State of the British forces--Cetywayo's army and its organization--Their tactics. The Emashlabatini country was originally occupied by a small tribe called the Abanguni; of its more ancient kings little is known beyond that they seem to have been of peaceful habits, making no wars, but breeding cattle; also that the name of one was Zulu. In their own country the appellation of Abanguni in course of time died out, though still used by their neighbours, and for it was substituted Abakwa-Zulu (sons of Zulu), Zulu and Undabezita. The tribe was composed of several families or clans, each having its own chieftain. In the time of Cetywayo's reign the names of these clans and their respective chiefs were as follows:--The Uhutilezi, a family having two branches; Umnyama, Cetywayo's prime minister, was chief of one, and Umtyubane of the other; the Ubixela and Umgazi, who were divisions of one family, the former owning Umvumhlana as chief, the latter Sigodi--subsequently slain at Isandhlwana--whose predecessor was Panda's prime minister Masipula, and his successor Mapoko; the Umtombelo and Umblalosi, also two branches of one family, whose respective chiefs were Mabanda and Segetwayo; the Uquabe, whose chief was named Rouhlo; the Uzimgu, whose chieftain rejoiced in the appellation of Unfanawenklela; the Fakazi, whose chief was Umkasana; the Umtanzi, with a chieftain Umbono by name; and the Igazi, whose head was Umkanyile; the Amagungebe, their chief was the notorious Sirayo; the Ukanyile, whose chief was Upagatwayo; the Ulanga, their chief Umhlaka; the Umpingose, whose chief was Ganse; and the Umhloben, a scattered family having no head. The word Zulu, or Undabezita, was invariably employed in addressing any member of these families, whatever his rank or station might happen to be.