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266 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1879hiding with another tribe, where she left herchild, and so preservedits life. Neither Chakanor the Zulus forgot this act of motherly solicitude,and when his mother died, general mourning wasordered, and numbers of people, to show theirgrief at the loss of such a good mother, slew theircows which had young calves, so that the lattermight suffer, and thus, in companynation,with thefeel how terrible it was to be bereaved ofa mother.When Chaka became king, he greatly developedthe military system of his grandfather, and, asalready stated, subjugated the neighbouring tribes.Although Chaka ruled his people with unmitigatedseverity, every Zulu speaks of him with pride,especially with reference to his military prowess.Among his other military reforms, he introducedthe short or stabbing assegai instead of the longhandledones that had been used formerly asmissiles.This was to make his men come to closequarters with their enemy. Chaka was assassinatedby his brother Dingaan about the year 1830, whobecame king in his place.The new monarch was a most cruel man, as hemurdered all his brothers except Panda. Histreacherous slaughterof the Boers under Eetief