Three native accounts of the visit of the Bishop of Natal in September and October 1859 to Umpande King of the Zulus;

(Pietermaritzburg :  Vause, Slatter. & Co.,  1901.)

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2.    UNDIANE'S   STORY.

The book of the day when we set out from
home, we part company with our people, we
going to Umpande, the King of another land,
according to that which we have been ordered
about in the holy Book, namely ' Go ye, go into
ali the world, and teli ali nations that which you
have been given through the Mercy of your Father
who is in Heaven.'

In the morning very early on Monday, we made
ready the wagons that were to go ; we too got our¬
selves ready, until there came the time of midday
for eating ; we ate. When we had finished eating,
we were now on the move, crossing to the
believers' village, going with the Bishop, and his
lady, and the missionary, Mr. Grubb. We
arrived at Esibaneni. He said, ' Let them ali
assemble, those going, and those staying, that he
might for a few moments worship God ;' he prayed,
he ended. They said, ' Go in peace, people of
ours ; by-and-bye come back again in peace.' So^
upon that we parted (from them), we went for the
wagons ; they ali returned home to Ekukanyeni.
In the wagons we remained, we were just six.
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