 | Before Isandwhlana we treated all your wounded men in our hospital. But when you attacked our camp your brethren, our black patients, rose and helped to kill those who had been attending on them. Can any of you advance any reason why I should not kill you? One of the younger men, with an intelligent face, asked, May I speak? Yes. There is a very good reason why you should not kill us. We kill you because it is the custom of the black men. But it isnt the white mans custom." |