The Matabele War.
LOBENGULA'S DEATH VEKIFIED. BURIAL OF CAPT. WILSON'S MEN. [PEB PBESB ASSOCIATION. J Capetown, March 4. Captain Dawsou has verified Lobengida's death, and buried the bodies of Wilson's detachment, who were killed on the banks of the Shangani river. February 5. Captain Dawson reports that he found 84 skulls within a radius of fifteen yards I at the scene of the fight between Cap- i tain Wilson's detachment and the Mata- , b<?le. All of these he buried in oue grave, - aud erected over it a wooden cross bearing the inscription, " To Brave Men." < Captain Dawqon says Lobengula died \ of an attack of fever on 2£srd January at ] a locality 40 mijes t^outh of the i The old Iving was almost alone in his dying houix. The Captain says he " found the tone of the Matabeles surprisingly uieek.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 256, 6 March 1894, Page 2
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139The Matabele War. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 256, 6 March 1894, Page 2
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