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Umbopa Enters Our Service

           "Iremember,"Isaid;"whatisityouwant?" 

           "Itisthis,‘Macumazahn.’"ThatismyKafirname,andmeansthemanwhogetsupinthemiddleofthenight,or,invulgarEnglish,hewhokeepshiseyesopen. "IhearthatyougoonagreatexpeditionfarintotheNorthwiththewhitechiefsfromoverthewater.Isitatrueword?" 

           "Itis." 

           "IhearthatyougoeventotheLukangaRiver,amoon’sjourneybeyondtheManicacountry.Isthissoalso,‘Macumazahn?’" 

           "Whydoyouaskwhitherwego?Whatisittoyou?"Iansweredsuspiciously,fortheobjectsofourjourneyhadbeenkeptadeadsecret. 

           "Itisthis,Owhitemen,thatifindeedyoutravelsofarIwouldtravelwithyou." 

           Therewasacertainassumptionofdignityintheman’smodeofspeech,andespeciallyinhisuseofthewords"Owhitemen,"insteadof"OInkosis,"orchiefs,whichstruckme. 

           "Youforgetyourselfalittle,"Isaid."Yourwordsrunoutunawares.Thatisnotthewaytospeak.Whatisyourname,andwhereisyourkraal?Tellus,thatwemayknowwithwhomwehavetodeal." 

           "MynameisUmbopa.IamoftheZulupeople,yetnotofthem. ThehouseofmytribeisinthefarNorth; itwasleftbehindwhentheZuluscamedownherea‘thousandyearsago,’longbeforeChakareignedinZululand. Ihavenokraal. Ihavewanderedformanyyears. 

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