John Dunn, Cetywayo and the Three Generals

An insider's account of life in Zululand in the nineteenth century, by a major player in the Anglo-Zulu war.

John Dunn (Author), D. C. F. Moodie (Edited by)

9781108031387, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 June 2011

172 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.23 kg

John Dunn (1834–95) became an infamous figure ('a perfect gorilla') in Britain after his involvement in the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879. A British subject who had lived all his life in South Africa, he spent his early years learning to be an expert hunter of large game before becoming a confidant of the Zulu king Cetshwayo, quickly accumulating wealth and power; although already married, he took forty-nine wives and fathered one hundred and seventeen children. However, when war broke out he sided with the British against his former friend and patron, and was rewarded with a huge tract of territory in the former Zulu kingdom. This book, published in 1886 and edited by his friend D. C. F. Moodie (1838–91), presents his side of the story, and contains fascinating insights into an extraordinary life lived among the Zulus in the nineteenth century.

Preface
1. The wrong box
2. Start for Umpande's kraal
3. Cetywayo doubts me
4. Discontinue hunting trips
5. Umpande's death in 1872
6. Fear of Northern Zulus
7. Cetywayo's ancestors
8. Fire again
9. Collection of Pande's cattle
10. Fight at Undini kraal
11. Change of the King's tone
12. Troops massing in Natal
13. Ultimatum never reaches Cetywayo
14. Meet Lord Chelmsford
15. My opinion of Lord Chelmsford
16. I arrive at Fort Chelmsford
17. I am placed under Sir Garnet
18. Copy of my deed of chieftainship
Appendix.

Subject Areas: African history [HBJH]