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intend to form a settlement at St. Lucia Bay." He insisted on prohibiting
British subjects from leaving the colony and wanted Maitland to ensure
that Zulu aggression was not provoked.
On 7 December 1846 Mpande objected to the number of white hunters
and traders entering KwaZulu. He also pressed for the return of cattle
which Mawa, Mpande's aunt, took to Natal." Mpande's emissaries
argued that Smith and Cloete had promised to return the cattle, but that
only a hundred had been delivered. They further announced Mpande's
need for guns and British troops to check Swazi provocations in the north
of KwaZulu." The Lieutenant-Govemor Martin West promised the
emissaries that he would ensure no one interposed between the Zulus and
the British. He pleaded ignorance of the arrangement regarding Mawa's
cattle, but conceded the necessity to regulate the traders." In August
1847 Mpande sent two of his emissaries, Gebhula and Gambushe, to the
Lieutenant-Govemor of Natal, Martin West, to advise him of the Zulu
intention to occupy the territory between the Thukela and Mzinyathi
(Buffalo) Rivers." Gebhula and Gambushe insisted on the return of
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Minule ofthe Import of Mpande's Message, received 7 February 1846, "Eocl. Maitland
10 Stanley, 0.63, 13 March 1846, pp. 44-5.
C.O. 48n46: Maitland 10 Stanley. o. 63.13 December 1846. printed for PartiameoL
July 1848 (980), pp. 44-5.
Reply to Mpande, o.d. insuuctions for Lieutenant Annstrong and William Cowie,
13 March 1847, Ibid., pp. 45-7.
Ibig, pp. 45-7.
SAAR: N, West to Smith, 0-20, 9 May 1848, pririled for Parliameot, 3 May 1849
(1059), p9.