Historical records of the 91st Argyllshire ... - waughfamily.ca

270 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1879. hours. Under these circumstances,it was decidedto station troops along the border.In December a meeting was held between thecommissioners of the Natal Government andIndunas respecting the Zulu king. The formerconsisted of Colonel Forester Walker, C.B., ScotsGuards, and Messrs. J. Shepstone, Brownlie, andFynn. The Natal Government representativespresented an ultimatum, which demanded finesfor raids and outrages committed by Zulus, alsoinsisted that promises made by Cetywayoat hiscoronation should be carried out, and furtherdemanded that the Zulu armyshould be disbanded;that a British resident should be appointed,and should live in the Zulu country, andbe a medium of communication between the twogovernments ; and also that the missionariesshould be respected and allowed to return totheir places, from which they had been drivenout by the Zulus. No notice being taken of thisultimatum, a force advanced into Zululand, undercommand of Lord Chelmsford, in five columns,during the second week of January,1879. Thecolumns were stationed as follows :No 1, commanded by Colonel Pearson, wasencamped at Lower Tugela Drift, and numbered