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He explained that with the assistance of the Zulu regiments, such a
Resident would be able to turn back would-be refugees." In an attempt to
consolidate these arrangements, Pine offered to provide a wagon to meet
with Mpande's representatives at the Thukela. 79 The deliberations
between Mpande and Pine in 1851 were contained in Pine's
correspondence with the Governor-General, Sir H. Smith. Pine said:
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"1 opened diplomatic communication with
Panda, whose sentiments I had reason to
believe were friendly towards this
Government. The result of this
proceeding was, that the Zulu king sent
the five chief councilors of his empire to
confer with me as to various subjects
affecting our common interests. These
chiefs were instructed to offer Her
Majesty, as your Excellency is already
aware, the use of Panda's army against
the rebels on the frontier, and to discuss
the expediency of establishing a resident
agent in some part ofhis dominions, with
the view of regulating the trade between
Her Majesty's subjects and his own.
Panda also expressed a wish to meet me,
ifpossible, on the frontier ofthe district.
1 need not inform your Excellency that
this friendly intercourse between myself
and Panda had a great effect upon the
minds of the natives of this district, and
wentfar to extinguish any latent sparks of
disaffection which might have been
smouldering in their breasts. "SO
C.O. 179/16, P.RO: Pine to Smith, D. 13,4 July 1851, lll, pp. 281-95.
Natal Witness, 31 January 1851. Cr. Le Cordeur: Relations, p. 262.
RP.P: Extract of a despatch from Lieutenant - Governor Pine to Governor-General Sir
H. Smith, No. 3, dated Government House, Natal, July 4, 1851, No. 13 - (Received
20 October 1851) (Answered, 0.710,3 December 1851).