Note 344 — XXIII.

When the troops arrived at Nongoma (December, 1907), the same Mayatana volunteered to assist as a 'spy.' As he appeared to be acting in a bona-fide manner, his services were accepted. On one occasion, he led the way by night to a cave near Usutu, where a couple of useless guns and a kamba full of old cartridge cases were found. It was not, of course, known then that he was a murderer. It is not improbable that, although apparently assisting the troops, he was really acting in his master, Dinuzulu's, interests the whole time. To have done so, would have been in keeping with Zulu character in time of war.