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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tuys, however, had to take his turn, and he was able to miss even more frequently than before. Sick as I felt, I was rather amused at Tuys missing these poor savages. I have often seen him stop an antelope in full flight, and we have a saying that" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are not used to this country, lad, he said, roughly but kindly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "To-night there will be a big celebration and much drunkenness. When the king is drinking he is likely to be careless and things may happen that you would not like to re...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thousands and thousands of warriors are at the royal kraal, he announced." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There are great fires everywhere and every one is drinking tswala. The warriors are dancing and the king's fire is the biggest of all. The witch-doctors are there...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Dance of Death." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let us go to the rock, Oom Tuys, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "That remains to be seen, O King, Tuys warned him." }, { "from": "human", "value": "I feel stronger than ever to-day, but it seems to me that you are quite shaky. Don't you think you'...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The King's Couch," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now we shall wrestle for it, said Buno, pointing to the gold." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'll soon see who is the better man, who is the strongest man in Swaziland. Come on, Oom Tuys!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They are prisoners, he informed me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We are going to see them die. That is why we are climbing these infernal hills. Beyond Sheba's Breasts we have another mountain to climb and then we shall reach the Place of Execution. Let's hurry and...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They have had their trial, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Every moon there is a court at Zombode, he informed me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The indunas are the jury and decide whether the prisoner is guilty or not. Prisoners are brought before them charged with stealing, non-payment of debts, disloyalty to the king, an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But the king is merciful. These jackals ought to be killed by torture. Instead, I, Buno the King, have decreed that they shall die after the time-honored custom of our people!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thus do I, the king, destroy the enemies of my people--" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This woman who died to-day was the youngest wife of a little chief who refused to kill her when he found that she was faithless. She escaped to the hills some weeks ago and lived the life of a hunted beast. Finally she must have made up her mind to end it all. It is fortunate fo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let's see if you can shoot like a Boer, he said, bantering me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Let's see if you would starve to death if you were lost on the veldt!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Poor Mzaan Bakoor, you will die hungry. Now watch me get the next!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That is the way a Boer shoots! Tuys boasted." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If you miss your meat, you go hungry. Your rifle must follow the springbok when he jumps, and you get him at the top of his leap. He cannot change direction in the air and you pull your trigg...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Slim Gert will ask you questions, and your mother, too. If any of your brothers are at home, they will want to know about your trip. Now remember, you must only tell the things that are safe to tell." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Slim Gert" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now, son, tell me about your trip, he said." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What did you see? What happened? Yesterday a Swazi came here and said that Buno had made a celebration for Tuys and you." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Thank you for so accurate an account, son, he said, when I had finished." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I wanted to be sure that what I had heard was so. Sibijaan was here a little while ago and--" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Ou Baas holds the sjambok...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "White King of Swaziland" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have heard from various kaffirs that your last trip to Swaziland was a bad business, he said to Tuys." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The government also has asked me about it. Of course I know nothing, since you have told me nothing," }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Kaffirs will lie, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tell them to go to Swaziland and find out, said Tuys, laughing heartily." }, { "from": "human", "value": "They daren't go. If they did, they'd never come back. Buno would answer them, and they woul...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It would be well, Tuys, father said at the end of the talk," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am almost a man now, Oom Tuys, I said, standing as erect as I could," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, Owen, it makes all the difference in the world, he answered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "You know what the custom is; if Buno dies, his ten nea...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I'll wager that is a message from Buno," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is a great induna from King Buno, the man reported a moment later." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He says he comes bearing a royal message to his white brother." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Tell him that 'The White King' of his country will see him...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, White King of Swaziland, the induna began," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am the messenger of King Buno. He sends a message to you." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Speak!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Buno, our king, is sick unto de...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "However, you must obey Oom Tuys better this time, she warned me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I know that you were disobedient on the trip last year and ran the risk of being killed. You may go only if you promise me that you will obey Tuys." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Is the way prepared for us? Tuys asked the chief." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Does the king expect me? Are his men waiting for me?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, the king waits! the induna replied most impressively." }, { "from": "gpt"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Vultures! Carrion-eaters! That's what they are, Tuys remarked to me with disgust." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They are going to Lebombo so that they will be there to bury the king, if he dies. I wish Buno would fool them!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yesterday, O Nkoos, the command came from the king that all warriors should go to Lebombo, she explained." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "None but messengers remain, and these are now going on to tell that you are near. While she spoke we saw a small band of warriors ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Welcome, Nkoos, white brother of the king, he said in a thin old voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Welcome, white king of my people! I knew you would come. You are a true friend!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Come closer, Nkoos, came the royal comm...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Indunas, I am dying, he said, his voice again quite clear." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Soon I shall leave you, never to return. I go to the caves from which none come back. Until now I have feared to die. I feared that enemies might bring evil days to Swaziland. N...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Once again I shall see my impis, said Buno, his voice again weakening." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Each day may be the last, but each day my warriors must salute their king once more!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Come quick, come quick, Nkoos! he gasped." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The king is dying! A puff-adder has bitten him. Come quick! He calls you!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am here, O King!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am going now, Nkoos! I am as good as dead! he cried, his voice shrill in its weakness." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The snake has done what the fever failed to do--the snake has given me release!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is the end! he croaked." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I die! I die!... The king dies! But the king will die like a man! The king will die on his feet, like a warrior!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Let go! Let go! he cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am a man and will meet death face to face!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Soukbulala! Soukbulala! he shouted, and pitched forward dead. Tuys, I remember, almost caught him as he fell. Later I learned that his last cry was the war-shout of the Swazis. It means" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll kill you!" }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos ou pelela! E' Buno impela e baba amaswazi ou pelela guti! he cried. This he repeated over and over until it became a sort of chant. It was the announcement of Buno's death and, translated, was about as follows," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The king is dead! B...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The queen! The queen! Tzaneen! Tzaneen!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It's Tzaneen, the queen, Tuys said, catching me by the arm." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She is the queen, and her unborn child will be the ruler of Swaziland. Watch closely now." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, is it true that Buno is dead?" }...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I cannot tell how the snake came to the king, Tuys said, in answer to Tzaneen's questions." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I was at my camp when word was brought that Buno was dying." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My son, the king, is dead?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yes, Nkosikaas, it is so," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Queen Mother, she said, addressing Labotsibeni," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Our king is dead! You have lost your son and I my husband, the father of my unborn child, who is to be king of Swaziland." }, { "from": "human", "value": "What if your child be...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When the fires are lighted to-night, Tuys told me as soon as we reached camp," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "--Not afraid to die--The witch-doctor's bloody work--What Labotsibeni wanted--The burial of the indunas--Rain-making and the" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell Queen Labotsibeni that I am here, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If she wants to see me, let her come to me here!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mzaan Bakoor, you won't get another chance soon to see a Swazi king's burial ceremonies, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You had better go. Then he added in Dutch," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Don't be afraid, boy. You are perfectly safe with ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Buno, our great king, the saviour of Swaziland, has gone! Great indunas, you would not want to live without your peerless leader--life would mean nothing!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A man! A brave man! A warrior! he said to his companion in a hoarse, dust-choked voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "My brother is a brave induna. He is a true son of my mother!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "So long as warriors are willing to die for Swaziland, he shouted," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was worried, you were so long, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Buno's death means trouble in Swaziland, and I was afraid you might have been captured as a hostage or even killed. Tell me, what did you see?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Are yo...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I shall recommend that Labotsibeni be appointed regent until the right king is found. Umzulek, I hear, thinks that he ought to succeed Buno, and there is talk that he will take the throne by force. I shall have to prevent that." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Place of Indunas," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What's the use, lad? Tuys said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is no cure for the puff-adder's bite, unless you have a drug-shop along. He must die, and die soon, and he knows it. Come on, unless you want to see him go?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now would be a good time for some target practice, he said grimly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "In about five minutes a few quick shots could remove most of the sources of trouble in this country. If those witch-doctors were all killed, Swaziland would be a happier...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Only the kings of Swaziland are buried in the caves. Ama-Swazi was the first. His body was brought up from his kraal in the low country. Umbandine is there, and now Buno is going to join them. I suppose Labotsibeni will have the honor when she dies, although it is quite likely t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "disappeared among the rocks. That was the last of Buno, rightly called" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The Terrible," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, I'd like to have a look at them, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Buno and Labotsibeni have told me some queer yarns about them, and they are the one thing in Swaziland that I am not familiar with. Let's see if we can't get into them." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Those humbugs are probably eating the food and drinking the good beer, he said, with a snort of disgust." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'd hate to believe that they'd let it go to waste. I'll bet that Buno will go hungry if he comes back!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Serves us right! he exclaimed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I ought to have had sense enough to count those witch-doctors." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, White King, the chief induna began with much ceremony," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why, the old girl wants her gin!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'd go along with him, Tuys said to me in Dutch," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oom Paul decided that Buno had learned his lesson and would behave thereafter, since he had been shown that the Boers would come and get him if he did not. However, Buno felt that I would always pull him out of any hole he might get into, so the lesson was lost on him. One thing...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The word of a kaffir is good so long as he remembers, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, the queen mother sends to you in her trouble. Her son, the late King Buno, gave you guardianship over Swaziland and Queen Labotsibeni wants your counsel. Even now Queen Tzaneen, the royal widow, gives birth. We do not yet know whether it will be a man-child or not. Umzule...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell your queen, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, Queen Tzaneen sent me to you, he said to Tuys, with all humility." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Yesterday she gave birth to a prince, the rightful heir to the throne! She sends you the message that she is afraid that Umzulek will kill her son. Even now she is...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It looks as though we had work ahead, Tuys said to me in Dutch, after the induna had related these events." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, we have our job to do and the sooner we get it over the better." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Tell your quee...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oom Paul's orders are that we must secure the throne for the rightful heir, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Labotsibeni must be appointed regent until the new prince comes of age, and it is our job to pacify the people and prevent war. If, however, war there ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell Queen Labotsibeni that I am here, Tuys directed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I shall wait for her only a short time and she had better come as quickly as she can." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My order to you is that to-morrow you meet me at the little river which lies between Zombode and Lebombo. You will be there as soon as the sun shines on the water. There will be a conference and the peace of Swaziland will be assured. I have spoken!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, I shall be there," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I am the law and this is my order, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tell Queen Tzaneen I am here and wait for her to come to me." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Umzulek is at his kraal half a day's trek from here, she informed him." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He has gathered his impis there and threatens to make war unless he is made king. Also, word has come that he will kill my child, the infant Prince Sebuza, so that n...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He sent my messengers back in haste, Tzaneen reported," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Umzulek lies, he said decisively," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkosikaas, your son, the Prince Sebuza, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "And you, Queen Labotsibeni, mother of Buno and grandmother of the infant Prince Sebuza, Tuys said, turning to her," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Those are the orders of him...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, you have sent for me?" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I sent for you yesterday, Tuys answered slowly and severely," }, { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, white brother of my brother, Buno, he replied after a moment," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You will remain here at your kraal from now on, Tuys told him," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "With Labotsibeni on the throne for the next twenty years, he said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'm afraid that the tribute will cease. Oom Paul will save two thousand pounds a month and I expect that I won't make so many visits to Lebombo. Labotsibeni must behave ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You are all to go to your homes, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "For each Boer, five Englishmen," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Impi," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tommies" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, Nkoos, they were here, Jafta admitted," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "How long ago was that?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "When the sun was over there," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Well, we must pursue them," }, { "from": "hu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The old rascal suggested that he make a demonstration with all his impis against our borders, my uncle reported." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "If he made a great enough showing, he thought, and news of it reached Oom Paul, our President would be willing to pay him t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I told him to go to hell, Tuys exclaimed," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mzaan Bakoor." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, what the ou baas says is so, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have never thought it would be otherwise. When we were children your mother gave you into my charge. Now that you are a man and I am a man, again I take up the trust!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Queen Labotsibeni is blind now, but she still rules as regent, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It seems that these simple people had wondered over my absence, feeling that I would be too learned to ever want to associate with them again. They were intensely interested in the United States, and many an hour I spent telling them about its wonders. I happened to have picture...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is a modern Tower of Babel, he said, pointing at the structure with a stubby forefinger." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "These Americans must be good and religious people or God would throw down such a tower!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If it is God's will, these Americans will conquer the world," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It looks to me as if there is going to be trouble. I talked to Lomwazi and his mother and told them it was the agreement that she was to remain regent until Sebuza came of age, and that the Boers and British both would protect her when the young man was made king. This seemed to...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But you'd better arrange to take the pictures, he cautioned me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It would be just a waste of time to rush into Swaziland with a camera and take a chance. We don't know when the coronation is going to take place, and what's more, we don't...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "or medicine, made the act less criminal. Those boys of mine, however, needed" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Strangers seldom come during the storms, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "By day, he said slowly," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I don't mind being here alone. In good weather people cross the river and come to me to buy things. I have a store, you know, and sometimes as many as five or six come each week." }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I was just beginning to enjoy myself when his light went out. Then I thought I had scared him off the map. But I was wrong, very wrong! He must have opened the door quietly, for when I started out of the ruins he opened up with his Mauser. I dropped flat, but it seemed to me tha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No, my dear, but I'm sure you'll find them in the cabbage patch!" } ]