1878年12月,英国驻南非的最高全权代表弗里尔向祖鲁王克特奇瓦约发出最后通牒,命令他解散武装,并且准许英国总督进驻南非监督祖鲁人的一切行动。与此同时,英国还在边界上部署了六个营的精锐部队。英国人的无礼要求遭到了祖鲁王的断然拒绝。于是,贪婪的英国殖民者在1879年1月11...更多>
Zulu messenger:
I bring greetings from your friends the British and from the great Lord Chelmsford.
Ceteseyo:
And what do your masters say?
Zulu messenger:
They are angry and send these demands. They say that you rule in old ways that are wrong; that you kill your people without trial. The Great White Queen herself cannot kill her lowliest subject, though she rules forty lands, each greater than all of Zululand.
[on the death of his young assistant from friendly fire]