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of Kaffir wives, one of whom was the Zulu king's 

 daughter. When Dunn saw how things were going, 

 he deserted the Zulu king, being subsequently given 

 a large district to rule over. One night at dinner in 

 Pretoria I was sitting next Sir Garnet Wolseley and 

 he was discussing the position in Zululand, when I, 

 in answer to a question, told him that the settlement 

 did not meet with the approval of the colonists, and 

 especially the giving of a chieftainship to Dunn, 

 which was putting a premium on moral depravity 

 and gun running. He got so annoyed with me that 

 he wished us " good night " and went into his room, 

 I was hauled over the coals by some of his staff for 

 speaking too plainly. However a few days after- 

 wards he spent a day at "The Willows" and 

 discussed the questions of the day with me. At this 

 time Captain Paterson and a party were sent from 

 Pretoria on a diplomatic visit to Lobengula an 

 inappropriate time when the native mind was 

 disturbed by recent native wars and political 

 changes in the Transvaal. The whole party were 

 murdered by the Matabele only one Hottentot 

 servant escaped. 



