human
I come from the great chief, Gungunhama, the strong one, said the leader,
gpt
Demand?
human
Oh, ay, the country is his, the game in it, and the people. Inkose must pay, or take the path he has travelled.
gpt
You have flown fast if you come from Gungunhama, for his kraal is six suns away.
human
My chief is not one who sends a word to each white man who enters his country. He moves himself only when he wishes to strike, and his word is spoken to little people through his Indunas.
gpt
So, said Hume, swallowing his wrath,
human
I have a present for the chief; but I must know that the man I give it to is the one authorised to receive.
gpt
You are few, and one of you is a woman, said the Zulu, coolly taking a pinch of snuff.
human
So I brought only these men. If your present is large I can bring a regiment, that of Incornati, to-night, and my young men are quick to anger.
gpt
Sit! he said,