yonder should be the Langeni tribe--thine own people, Mopo."

"It is my people, O King," I answered.

Then Chaka sent messengers, running swiftly, and bade them summon the

Langeni people to him where he sat. Other messengers he sent also to

the kraal, whispering in their ears, but what he said I did not know

Now, for a while, Chaka watched the long black snake of men winding

towards him across the plain till the messengers met them and the

snake began to climb the slope of the hill.