Die, Unandi!--die at the hand thou didst bring forth!" And he lifted the little assegai and smote it through her.
For a moment Unandi, Mother of the Heavens, wife of Senzangacona, stood uttering no cry.

Then she put up her hand, and drew the assegai from her side.
"So shalt thou die also, Chaka the Evil!" she cried, and fell down dead there in the hut.
Thus, then, did Chaka murder his mother Unandi.
Now when Baleka saw what had been done, she turned and fled from the hut into the Emposeni, and so swiftly that the guards at the gates could not stop her.

But when she reached her own hut Baleka's strength failed her, and she fell senseless on the ground.

But the boy Moosa, my son, being overcome with terror, stayed where he was, and Chaka, believing him to be his son, murdered him also, and with his own hand.
Then he stalked out of the hut, and leaving the three guards at the gate, commanded a company of soldiers to surround the kraal and fire it.
This they did, and as the people rushed out they killed them, and those who did not run out were burned in the fire.

Thus, then, perished all my wives, my children, my servants, and those who were within the gates in their company.