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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Don't give up the ship!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is something I want you fellows to do, however. I shall remain with him all night and will call you if he wants to make a will or say anything. We've got to bury him like a white man, and I want you to knock a coffin together. Take some of the boards from the packing-cases...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He is such a fighting devil, he said in a whisper, when I came to relieve him shortly before dawn." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "A few moments ago he opened his eyes and croaked that he was going back to New York when this expedition was over and have 'one hell of a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We are almost afraid to see him, Nkoos, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He is now ready for the coronation and will expect us to have all things waiting for him." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ou Baas, Lochien is here and wants to talk to you, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He has a message from the queen." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "My noble son, she said, turning to the prince," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sebuza, son of Buno and of Tzaneen, rightful Queen of Swaziland, he said impressively," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mzaan Bakoor, can you count the blades of grass in a field?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They took a number of pictures of him, some of which filled him with awe when they were given to him next day. I produced a box of the" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and presented it to him with a great flourish. He was fairly overcome by its gorgeousness. Soon he ha...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, I will cure him! he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I will make a magic that will make him well. I go, but I will come back soon and bring the muti." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "At sunrise to-morrow I will come and give him more muti. In three or four days he will be well!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Ou Baas, it is a magic leaf, he told me," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "but this he resolutely refused to do, even when I offered to buy it with all sorts of things dear to the savage heart. Some day I am going to get some of that" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Sacred Bathing Pool," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "the fact that I had passed through Mbabane without acquainting the government officials with the details of my expedition into British territory. At once I realized my mistake, and could have kicked myself for not calling on the Commissioner and telling him about my project. I k...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Forget I am here, Owen, he admonished." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The British don't like it, as you know. If Honey asks about me, you will have to lie. I am not here!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, Doctor O'Neil?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mr. Commissioner, I received your letter, I said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Very good, Doctor, very good, he answered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Now will you be so kind as to tell me what you are doing at Zombode?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Your expedition is costing you a lot of money and it seems a shame for you to remain in Swaziland with no chance of fulfilling your mission. If you will take my advice, you will return to Ermelo and wait until I send you word that the coronation has received the official sanctio...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Of course you are dining with me tonight?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Better come back and avoid trouble, Doctor, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There isn't likely to be any coronation this year and you always run the change of getting into a fight. If you stay, be careful! His Majesty's Government is interested in the peace o...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I would hate to think that the British have ceased to worry about me, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I have had a good deal of fun by teasing them, and I'm not ready yet to settle down and become a farmer all the time!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Yes, Mzaan Bakoor, I know all about the government opposition to my son becoming king, she said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He has so many followers that they are afraid of him. The British fear Sebuza because they would sooner have a weak old woman like Labotsib...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Most of them could only do it once. Almost before they could pass the pipe on to the next doctor, they would keel over and go sound asleep. For some reason or other the smoke did not affect them all in the same way. Some of them became happy and began to chant, but they, too, so...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The Swazis filled the hole with dagga weed and lighted it with a hot cinder from the fire in front of the kraal, Sugden concluded." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Then, one by one, they sucked the smoke through the mouthpiece. They used the water method, also. It was ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Poison Test" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The bad witch-doctors caused all the trouble, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Making starvation was not the only crime they did. So foolish were the people that they believed in them and for a time would do anything they said. Some of the doctors told them to commit murders and sold them charms that were to prevent them from getting caught. A number of ki...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I have never heard what became of the woman, concluded L'Tunga," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He was extending to us a sort of" }, { "from": "human", "value": "in attendance. We must have arrived at a slack moment, for they were all smoking dagga weed an...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Why do you disturb L'Tunga and his white friends? he demanded." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Do you not know that these are white witch-doctors of great magic and are too great to even look on such lowly people as you?" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Po...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "and is only worn by witch-doctors who are masters of the craft. The white pigment is known as" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "while the red is called" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "partly filled with water. In this he mixed several drugs the nature of which we learned later. First came a form of" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "which is said to be so deadly that birds die when they light on the limbs of the tree from which it is obtained. Then ca...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look, look! He's going to vomit! he said, pointing at one of the warriors. He was right. A second later the man retched and vomited. As he did so, the crowd cried out so loudly that I caught the words," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He is the loser! It is not his cow...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is no country for a man with a weak stomach, Sugden remarked to me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It looks as if a strong constitution counts even more here than in the U. S. A." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We must use many wonderful and powerful charms in our work among the poor and ignorant people, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Many of them have come down to us from the old witch-doctors who knew much more than I do, and I know more than any other in the who...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "which all properly accredited witch-doctors carry. This corresponds to the familiar little black bag carried by white physicians when making their calls. The" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "he used was a tightly woven basket, roughly one foot broad, two feet long, and...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That is some charm, believe me, Sugden said, when L'Tunga had reverently explained it." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It is a combined lightning-rod and accident policy, and must cost a lot." }, { "from": "human", "value": "cost many cows, and this was th...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "These were for the use of any one willing to buy them, and were most potent as a protection against injury in battle. The" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "consists of two bottle-shaped objects about four inches long and is made of woven grass-string. From the end of ea...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is always a reason, Mzaan Bakoor, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "When a warrior puts on his 'umbanda,' he fears that he may meet the assegai of an enemy. Then again, he may be going to destroy an enemy and wishes to be protected." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But it would not be worth your time to see these young men at work, he added to console us." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They are only learning certain rituals. First the instructor explains the charm to be used, and then he shows them how it is done. They try to d...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This is a serious case, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I am about to ask the spirits to decide the life or death of an induna. He is accused of murdering another induna, and there is no way of proving his guilt or innocence except through the spirits who wor...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If looks count for anything, that gentleman ought to be shot on sight!" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "O L'Tunga, greatest of witch-doctors, he began," }, { "from": "human", "value": "My spirits will decide whether Makeza is guilty or not!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Guilty! Guilty! he shouted in a ringing voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The red horn stands! The spirits have decided! Makeza is guilty!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Makeza had killed, he said later, when we returned to his hut," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "and L'Tunga removed the top of his" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If the spirits had decided that Makeza was innocent, L'Tunga explained," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Makeza never had a chance! he exclaimed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The cards were stacked against him. The poor devil!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "which they used to alleviate suffering among their people. I do not know the nature of these" }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "but they are all drugs. As an emetic, and a most efficient one, L'Tunga gives his patient" }, { "from": "human", "value": "; for rh...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The authorities there are not taking any chances, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They are not anxious to become embroiled with the British and have posted extra guards at many places along the border. If anyone tries to get guns to the Swazis, he will have t...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, these great chiefs have come from Stegea, the queen said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "They have been sent with a message from Umzulek. They are the leaders of his impis and he has directed them to counsel with me for the purpose of taking the throne by forc...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "This would be a poor business, Nkosikaas. The government would not sanction his taking the throne by force and he would be driven out by the rifles of the English. War must be avoided at all costs, since Sebuza would lose, even if he won!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "I call for war! I call to my people to come to me and destroy those who hold the throne from Sebuza, son of Buno!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "But we have more than five thousand warriors here now, Sebuza objected." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "These brave men are loyal to me and came here to see me crowned. They are willing to die for me, and I dare not send them home to their kraals to say that I, the so...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You say you have more than five thousand warriors here waiting for you to give the word for war, I said, turning to Sebuza." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Are you sure that Labotsibeni has few warriors and that these will not remain faithful?" }, { "from": "h...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When all is ready, the warriors will dance as though for war. After a little we shall send messengers to Labotsibeni and demand that she abdicate. Lomwazi will see that we have an overwhelming force and will advise her to do so, and thus Sebuza will receive the throne of his fat...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Remind them that this is only a demonstration, Owen, and that there must be no killing," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nkosikaas, you must instruct your indunas that this is to be only a peaceful demonstration, I told the queen." }, { "from": "human", "va...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What a surprise! he said, turning quickly to me." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now we're in for it! Keep close, lad, and we'll win through!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Soukbulala! Soukbulala!--I will kill you! I will kill you!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, this is not what we expected, Lochien said to me in an anxious tone." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We didn't believe Labotsibeni could muster so many men. What shall we do now? Shall we go through with the plan, or fight? Perhaps it is better to fight. We hav...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "No Man's Land" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Queen Labotsibeni sends word that she will not surrender the throne, Nkoos, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "She told me to tell our queen that she must die before the throne passed to Sebuza, and not after." }, { "from": "human", "value": "When I ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Attack with fire! he almost yelled, for he was much excited and in deadly earnest." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "First the impis of Tzaneen, Sebuza, and Umzulek will attack those on guard. After them will come the others, carrying fire. While we fight, the torch-bea...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Indunas and leaders of the true king's impis, I said at the conclusion of our council." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We have shown Queen Labotsibeni and Lomwazi that their nonsense must end. They know now that a majority of the loyal warriors of Swaziland are behind...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Owen, my lad, I know these people, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It would have all been over by this time, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Get up! Get up at once, Owen! he said hoarsely." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is the devil to pay! War has broken out and there has been killing already!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Some of Sebuza's indunas started for their kraals last night,...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "It is war now, she said decisively." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There is no other way! Our indunas have been murdered and my warriors cannot be restrained. You white men did everything you could to keep peace, but Labotsibeni makes war against us and we cannot hel...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "The government will avenge the murder of your indunas, Nkosikaas, I declared." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "The government will send rifles to Zombode and will hang all those who did the killing. There is no need for you to meet murder with murder--then you will be ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We do not need the government to avenge our dead, she said, holding her head erect with pride." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Our dead are our own and their blood cries to us for revenge!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "You gave my father, King Buno, a rifle, he retorted." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I shall soon be as great a king and then you will be sorry you refused!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Gunga Din" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Vilakazi has more sense than you have, Owen, he commented." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You said that this was not a white man's war and you'd better live up to that. Don't worry about what's going to happen; it will be bad enough when it gets here." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "They are murder parties, he repeated, calling them by their right name," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "That is the end! he declared." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "We'll know who wins the war by noon. Tzaneen's impis have gone to attack Zombode, and I hope they take it. The sooner this business is ended, the better for all of us." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Ou Baas, there is great danger! he gasped." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Queen Tzaneen sends to you for help. She has received word that the impis of Labotsibeni are coming to attack Lebombo. Thousands of warriors are now in the hills and will soon attack!" }, {...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Look! Look, Mzaan Bakoor! he cried, pointing down the road which led to Zombode." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "There they come! Shoot quick! Shoot!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Well, Owen, we'll show them how white men can fight--and die, if need be, he said gruffly." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "It has been a good game and we have done our best!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "We're damn fools, Owen, damn fools! he rumbled, with a chuckle." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Those niggers are the impis of Tzaneen and Sebuza. The war is over! They are dancing with joy! They must have taken Zombode and are coming home to tell us about it!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkosikaas, Zombode is ours! Labotsibeni is dead and the war is won! Lochien cried." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Even now Sebuza is king in Zombode and throughout all Swaziland. King Buno's son is king and our work is over!" }, { "from": "human", "value"...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, I am a warrior! I am an induna and a leader of warriors! he boasted in a tired voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "These wounds are nothing! To-day I have won seven scars of honor. Seven of Labotsibeni's warriors, great fighting men, fell before me!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How was Labotsibeni killed?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When we came to her hut, however, she was dead. I think that some enemy in her own kraal stabbed her when we broke in and they all fled. Perhaps some woman she had offended did it. Labotsibeni was helpless and could be easily killed." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lomwazi is a prisoner, Nkosikaas, Lochien answered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He will be killed after he has officially surrendered the throne. These are King Sebuza's orders, and Lomwazi is under guard in Zombode until the coronation celebration is held." } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Maybe it is over in Zombode and Lebombo, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Make way! Make way!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "She has important business to talk over with you, Nkoos, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Mzaan Bakoor, 'Mlung 'Emantzi Eenui, and Makofa, she said, addressing me, Sugden, and Crespinell by our native names," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "When you go to Mbabane, or to your own home, the government will question you and ask how Labotsibeni came to be killed. Perhaps the government will want the truth, when a little lie would work much less harm here in Swaziland. Is it not so?" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos Tuys, you are the brother of Buno, she said," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nkosikaas, I will answer for Mzaan Bakoor and his men with my life, Tuys answered." }, { "from": "human", "value": "Mzaan Bakoor is blood of my blood and inherits my trust a...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "There is one way that I can be certain of your loyalty, Mzaan Bakoor, she said, without mincing words," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkosikaas, you have done Mzaan Bakoor and his men the greatest honor, he said," } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Oom Tuys has spoken for us, I told Tzaneen, after Tuys had finished complimenting her." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "For the rest of our lives we shall be proud to say that we are indunas of your impi. Our children will also be proud of it and will tell their childr...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Induna? Hell!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "If I get through this alive, he exclaimed," }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I'll never see a Pullman porter without wanting to kill him! I don't care how soon the British send a flying column and wipe out all the Swazis. I hope they start with L'Tunga, and make Tzaneen...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "What will happen to Lomwazi when he has turned over the kingdom to Sebuza? I asked Tuys." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Sebuza was very anxious to kill him a little while ago. Is Lomwazi going to be executed as part of the festivities?" }, { "from": "human", ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Lomwazi, brother of Buno and traitor to his son, Sebuza began." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have lost in the war you started against me and now your life is mine. Labotsibeni is dead and I have sent for you to surrender the throne to me so that the people of Sw...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Now that Queen Labotsibeni has been murdered, the son of Buno is the rightful heir to the throne, he replied in his deep voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Nkoos, you are that son and the throne is yours!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "Your life is m...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "White indunas of the royal impi, he said, addressing us in a loud, clear voice." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "You have proved worthy to be blood brothers of the warriors who guard the king. You have been sanctified and have borne the ordeal without flinching. From n...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "He's going to tell how many wives we can have in a minute, he whispered." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "I hope you get nice fat ones!" } ]
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "A messenger has come from Mbabane, he said." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "He says that the government will not allow Sebuza to be king. The government chief has heard that Labotsibeni is dead and wants to know how she died. Tzaneen wishes you would tell her what to ...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Tell Tzaneen to speak the truth to the messenger, I directed." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Tell her to say that she does not know how Labotsibeni was killed. If the messenger asks about the war, tell the queen to explain how Labotsibeni's warriors attacked her indu...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "Nkoos, you will always remember that you are a Swazi induna, she said, in parting." }, { "from": "gpt", "value": "Now you are one of my people and must always remain loyal to me!" }, { "from": "human", "value": "When you go, Mzaan Bakoor, all the sunshine...
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[ { "from": "human", "value": "How can I tell?" } ]