Few have known it, for I have kept it locked in my breast, lest, thought I live now under the law of the White Man, and the Great Queen is my chieftainess, an assegai still might find this heart did any know my name.
Look at this hand, my father--no, not that which is withered with fire; look on this right hand of mine.

You see it, though I who am blind cannot.

But still, within me, I see it as it was once.

Ay! I see it red and strong--red with the blood of two kings.

Listen, my father; bend your ear to me and listen.