Matabele Messengers Reach the Column
- When
- 2 December 1893 (reported)
- Where
- Shangani River vicinity
According to an inDuna's account, Petchan and Sehuloholu reportedly reached the column on 2 December 1893 with Lobengula's money and message, before the patrol crossed the Shangani.
Lobengula's attempt to buy the pioneers off is known from a post-war statement by one of his izinDuna, who said it came just before Forbes' column reached the Shangani on 3 December 1893. Accounts differ on the messengers' actions: one reports they gave money and a message to two men in the rear guard on 2 December, while another, per the inDuna, says they hid in the bush as the column went by.
Sources
- First Matabele War Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03
- Shangani Patrol Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
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