"I shall surrender with you, Macumazana, and take my chance." Then he turned and explained things to his followers, who spoke together for a moment.

In the end these took a strange and, to my mind, a very heroic decision.

Waiting till the attacking Kendah were quite close to us, with the exception of three men, who either because they lacked courage or for some other reason, stayed with us, they advanced humbly as though to make submission.

A number of the Black Kendah dismounted and ran up, I suppose to take them prisoners.

The men waited till these were all round them.