Page 61 - The Diary of A. H. W. Behrens

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To the east of the great kraal of the King we could see the military kraals where the regiments had their “barracks” and were not allowed to marry until the King allowed them to and then as men they had a ring of wax braided into their hair that then grew into the hair and that was called “isitsotso”.
The following day Missionary Filter rode back home on his own and we continued our journey to Missionary Müller (the Bicker Berg Müller) and on the way we passed through a beautiful forest of high, slender yellowwood trees, 50-100 feet high, and higher.
We also wanted to visit Cetschwayo, son of Umpande, and Müller, as his missionary, sent a messenger to him to announce our visit. The messenger returned with the answer that the King’s son was hunting and was not at home. After Umpande’s death, Cetshwayo became king and was caught by the Britains after the war and was brought to Cape Town.
From Müller’s station we rode on to the station of Missionary Fröhling. Along the way we ended up between a few regiments that were making kraals of felled thorntrees for cattle that came as a gift from Umpande for his son Cetshwayo, taken from the Swazis during a