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adopt the degrading process ofenlisting the
savage in our cause, or call upon the Zulu
assegais to commit all the atrocities of
indiscriminate bloodshed and spoliation. "1'9
The conflict between the Voortrekkers and the British had an adverse
effect on Mpande's relations with the Republic. The Republic of Natalia
was subjected to Cloete on 15 July 1842. 150 The Voortrekkers surrendered
to the British mainly due to Mpande's promise ofassistance to the British.
The Voortrekker delegates, Van Aardt and Solomon Maritz, went to
Cloete and found Mpande's emissaries there I51 To them this proved
Mpande's support for the British course.
Cloete gave Mpande the impression that the British occupation of the
Republic of Natalia meant the defeat of the Voortrekker power to which
his Zulus owed vassalage. l52 Mpande appeared to be pleased with the
British occupation of Natal. Years later, his son Cetshwayo commented
perceptively that:
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u. he did not trust the latter [i.e. the British}
and was always in fear that they would turn on
him and makefurther demands. "153
W.C. Holden: The Colonv ofNatal, p. 141; Cloete to Napier, 3 July 1842, Bird. t
Annals of ataJ, p. 618.
B. Cloete to 1. Montagu, 14 June 1844, Bird.1l Annals of Natal, p. 397.
G.£. Cory: The Rise ofSouth Africa. Cf. Archive Yearbook for South African History. Vol. L
1939,161.
Journals ofAdulphe Delegorgue and P.H. Zietsman, Bird. L Annals of Natal, pp. 553-99.
C.O. 879/1, P.RO.: Evidence ofCetshwayo, minutes of7 July 1881 and additions and notes on
e\>idence, pp. 523-4.