| 单词 | assagai |
| 例句 | These weapons, assegais, which are spears, and knobkerries, wooden sticks with a heavy wooden head, are actual weapons with which Inkatha members killed ANC members. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That day, the bullets of the Boers were too much for the assegais of the Zulu impis and the water of the nearby river ran red with their blood. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Collect a good lot of assegais and other useful props. Punch, or the London Charivari, December 2, 1893 2012-04-23T02:00:33.287Z Three assegais had struck him, and he reeled in the saddle as, amidst the cheers of his companions, he rode up. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z The women appeal plaintively to the men, who slowly withdraw, stamping on the ground and darting their short spears or assegais towards the sky. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z In front of it stood six witch-doctors with assegais drawn back, ready to strike! Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z The shields and assegais are flourished in the air while the demon-like warriors dance and yell in preparation for battle. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z The three men struggling with the wounded officer were impeding one another, and beyond a gash or two with their assegais had done little injury. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Two of the natives crept in with their assegais in their hands. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z If a woman’s husband dies, and she afterwards procures another, the new man takes up his abode in the hut of the dead one, becomes owner of his assegais and battle-axes, and assumes his name. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z There I found my companions surrounded by a full impi of warriors who had hemmed them in with their assegais. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Hintza was treated as a sort of a prisoner at large, and usually rode with the general; he was splendidly mounted, and had been permitted to retain his arms—the usual bundle of seven assegais. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z The figure, as it fled, had its face half-turned to its pursuers, who consisted of six half-naked Hottentots armed with assegais and knives. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z As the mounted men approached this, several assegais were hurled from the bushes. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z Just as he disappeared in the opposite bush, ten or twelve Zulus, brandishing assegais and knob-kerries, with a pack of howling and yelping dogs at their heels, sprang out from the underwood in hot pursuit. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z The savages were in full war costume and made a splendid picture as they marched, the sun reflecting from their black shoulders and assegais. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z We, of course, joined in the chase, but the general soon distanced us, and, overtaking the chief, ordered him to pull up; whereupon Hintza made a stab at him with his bundle of assegais. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z The walls were artistically hung with shields, assagais, spears, and knob-kerries, and in either corner stood a large elephant’s tusk, mounted on a pedestal of ebony. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z It was found there had been a desperate hand-to-hand struggle, bayonets against assegais. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z I rode off with two other men, and we hadn’t gone a hundred yards when hordes of Matabele rushed out on us from the bush ahead, waving their assegais and yelling. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z We all had assegais, or short stabbing spears, and regardless of these I dashed into the m�l�e. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Then commenced a scene of slaughter; numbers of the affrighted spring-bok being slain by the assegais of the savages, whilst not a few fell down and died from sheer terror. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z The screen is ornamented with imitations of Zulu shields and assegais. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See 2011-08-14T02:00:26.307Z Taken wholly by surprise, the latter did not see their foes until they were just upon them, and it was too late to throw their assegais with effect. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z They were surrounded and attacked by a party of twelve natives armed with rifles and assegais. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z Some of the white men were very strong and tore assegais from the warriors and fought with them, stabbing, and stabbing, and stabbing! Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z I’ll help you up first and hand you the gun and assegais; then you can haul me after you. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z Then into the heaving mass the hunters began to throw assagai after assagai, killing the uppermost, and leaving the under ones to be suffocated by the blood and weight, which speedily must have taken effect. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z They say that there are altogether three thousand muskets, six million rounds of ball cartridge, and half-a-million assegais in the hands of the natives. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z There was quite a collection of strangely shaped knives and assegais. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z For half a minute the boar, grunting and snorting, plunged about madly, trying to get at them or to free himself; and then the boys caught up and riddled him with their assegais. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z They are armed with assegais and long hunting-swords like the old German swords. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z I have said that I cast one of my assagais only occasionally. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z At any moment, without the least notice, you may have half-a-dozen assegais stuck in your body. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z They jumped this way, and that, their eyes rollin’ in their heads, their assegais whizzing and kerries flying, with a noise like a flight o’ partridges. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z The waggon-boys heard it also, and armed with assegais and sticks were on the bank almost as soon as I was; but there was no sign of crocodile or bullock. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z It is usually one man alone who does this, and he has only a bundle of assegais under his left arm. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Looking down, I perceived that the hunters were approaching the edge of the bush, which yet concealed them, wriggling through it like snakes, with their assagais ready to hand. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z He was quite unarmed, and his adversary still had two assegais. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z When he presently sat up with a ringing in his head, he saw the Zulus standing away off with the assegais poised, and he attempted to rise. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z On his forehead was a large ball of hair, behind which rose two eagle’s feathers, and he carried a bundle of sticks and assegais, while from his shoulder hung a large skin bag. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Some had guns, many had spears and assegais, and a few carried clubs, “amabunguza.” The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z The next moment some twenty assagais shot with unerring aim through the air, and penetrated the animal’s thick leather-like hide. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Look, I have two more assegais, one for Lenzimbi, and one for his God. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z They gave exhibitions of the throwing of the assagais, that formidable weapon which is thrown with unerring precision and with a force capable of penetrating a horse at a distance of four hundred yards. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z On they rushed, right up to the outer barricade, and then, as they were brought up, and the terrible Express bullets tore through them, they hurled their throwing assegais, then scattered and fled for shelter. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z But as it was, he had the boat rowed off very lustily, though this could not be accomplished except with much labour, for the multitude of assegais that fell upon them. The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II 2011-04-05T02:00:10.813Z The rest of the hunters, quickly seizing the opportunity, sent assagai after assagai, till, bleeding from numerous wounds, and giving one final roar, the brute sank dead by the side of his victim. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z He gathered up the three assegais, all well-made weapons with keen blades and long, tapering handles; then, as they mounted and rode off, he told his companion what had happened. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z They consisted of thirty-three stand of arms, and thirty-six assegais in the possession of his immediate followers. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z Some of the assegais entered the little fort and were embedded in the earth, their hafts quivering; others glanced along the branches, and many stuck into the waggon. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z And their assegais are each made with seven or eight harpoon-like prongs, and the plant they use is very venomous. The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II 2011-04-05T02:00:10.813Z This being performed, by shouts and flourishes of our assagais we began to beat up the game, and drive the startled animals who sprang forth before us in the direction of the hopo. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Then he asked, quietly and respectfully enough, where the assegais came from. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Their attitudes, as they leaned on their assegais, were easy and graceful. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z “We may build a fire,” said Sirayo, and throwing down their assegais, they were about to bring in wood and water. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Taking one of Zoonah’s assegais from the bundle, he scratched with his clasp-knife his name and a certain date on the blade of the weapon. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Then I glided out, my kaross tied up, the tobacco strung round my shoulders, and my shield and assagais in my hand. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z A deep-toned murmur, sounding like a muffled roar, goes forth from the throats of two hundred dark warriors, and the ghostly light glints on a forest of bristling assegais. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Iron ore is found in great abundance in the district, and has been used by the natives for their assegais and agricultural implements, and is said to be of a very superior quality. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z He looked around at the house, at the trophy of assegais on the wall, at the lion’s skin on the hearth, the yellow eyes glaring, and the red mouth set in an everlasting snarl. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Finally, the savages collected in a body near the pools, and, casting back a shower of assegais, disappeared with their cattle among the yellow-wood trees. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Each also bore an assagai and shield, giving them a most formidable appearance, as with much gesticulation they stared at me. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z In his hand he held a couple of kerries made of heavy iron-wood; one of his companions was similarly armed, while the third carried a bundle of assegais. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z There were no noises, no sound of footsteps, nothing but the shiver of the assegais, which gleamed as they dashed onwards. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z “Do ye likewise,” he said to the regiment, “and you will fight the Zulus hand-to-hand with their own weapons, for it is by their short assegais they have conquered.” The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z By day it would trek along at a jog trot beside the convoy, the men singing their war songs; for they were not allowed to carry rifles, but only carried assegais for self-defence at night. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z She was guarded by all her male relations, also dressed in their best, and armed with shields and assagais. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Many carried assegais, whole or broken, which they had taken as trophies, also bead-work, and other articles of native apparel or adornment. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z More arms were asked for; the ease with which many guns and assegais had already been produced, was sufficient guarantee for the future. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z The leading man at once stepped forward, the others following, and in a few moments six stalwart natives, armed with assegais and shields, were looking curiously at the small party of whites. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z In his right hand he held a bunch of assegais,—in all six of them. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Suddenly an array of black figures starting up, barred their exit with assagais. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Suddenly he falls, then disappears, pierced by a score of assegais, and the crowd pours over him. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z They darted their assegais after the travellers, and cast long lassoes of leather; some of them even rushed into the water, trying to seize the logs with their hands. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa There was a shout, the sharp click of assegais, a death hug and tumble, and two men arose to continue their flight down the hill. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z The assegais were not the oddest part of his equipment. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z Abruptly halting at one spot, he cast down an assagai, and ordered the people to dig—an operation which produced, as it generally did, a tuft of fur and some beads. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Some of them even may be seen snapping off their assegais in preparation for a charge. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Behind the royal chair, and on either side down the room, were several Basutos, wearing dresses made of the skin of the koodoo, or the leché, and carrying light assegais in their hands. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Each one, as he got up, would be riddled with assegais. The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars They seemed about thirty in number, and the glint of assegais was plain, even from these. Harley Greenoak's Charge Like monkeys, they dodged about him, darting their assagais at every opportunity that presented itself, while I from my vantage-ground hurled one now and then with all the force I could command. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Eyeballs roll with a merciless gleam, white teeth are bared in grinning triumph, and the pointed blades of the assegais bristle like a forest among the leaping, naked red bodies. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z If white man win, he have three assegais. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa By this time Blacking’s pursuers had thrown their bows across their shoulders, and grasping their assegais had started in pursuit. The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars Why, we narrowly missed tumbling into a gang of hundreds of ’em, all bristling with assegais and things. Harley Greenoak's Charge Those of them, too, who wore the head-ring wore it very large and thick, and, as we have said, their shields and assegais were heavier and of a different finish. Haviland's Chum Great savage-looking ox-hide shields, flanked by circles of grim assegais, formidable knobkerries, and grotesque war costumes of flowing hair and swinging cow-tails, combine to render this trophy barbarous and picturesque in aspect. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Near this spot one or two lads were holding bundles of assegais intended for the use of Umboo, who was leaning against the wall of a cottage a short way off. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa His body was afterwards discovered not far from that of the prince, riddled with wounds, together with a number of his own assegais broken, but stained with the blood of his assailants. The Young Colonists A Story of the Zulu and Boer Wars All had sticks, and a goodly proportion carried assegais. Harley Greenoak's Charge “Whau!” cried the guards, leaping in alarm, their assegais arrested in mid air. The Induna's Wife Leave me one of your long assegais, and go. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Most of the men had been shot down by arrows from a distance, or pierced by assegais. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Tired and dispirited, I threw down my assegais and small shield, and sank down against a rock to rest. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story They made mock thrusts at him with their assegais—not too near, however. Harley Greenoak's Charge A great white shield lay almost beneath him, and two broad assegais had slid from his relaxed grasp. The Induna's Wife I—jjí!” is vibrating almost in his ears, and assegais hurtle by in the gathering gloom. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Chief throw three assegais, white medicine-man fire three shots; whoever hit nearest middle white leather, he win. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa I am an old man now, Nkose, and have lived to learn that women, like assegais, are all made very much on the same lines—like assegais, are keen and sharp to cut and destroy. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story And tearing down a bundle of assegais which hung against the side of the hut, he made for the door. Harley Greenoak's Charge Others again would approach as near as they could, and make believe to be in wait for those who should climb out through the windows—receiving them on their assegais with a deep-throated, bloodthirsty gasp. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance A very hail of assegais was showered upon him, and he fell, half in, half out, across the wire. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising He motioned to one of the attendants to bring him the bundle of assegais which he carried, and made a careful examination of them. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa With their heads lowered, emitting from their teeth a succession of the most shrill and strident whistles, striking to right and to left with their assegais and battle-axes, on they came. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story In a trice they reappeared, and there was the glint and bristle of assegais. Harley Greenoak's Charge Well, he had a gun now, for there it lay beside the assegais, which had escaped from his hand as he fell. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance They only saw before them, a native, a savage, a rebel, fully armed, with rifle and assegais, and in war-gear. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising They wear iron coats, and caps, which turn aside the arrows and the assegais. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa I muttered in desperation, gripping my assegais and making to spring across the donga. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story Moreover, the savages were all armed, for they had seen the glint of assegais and gun-barrels. Harley Greenoak's Charge They go away nearly three hundred strong, and come back again with three men slightly scratched, and talk big about ‘terrible hand-to-hand conflicts lasting all day,’ ‘assegais flying as thick as hail,’ and so forth. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance The warriors were marching in no particular order, and she could make out every detail of their equipment—the great tufted shields and gleaming assegais; rifles, too, many of them carried, and knobkerries and battle-axes. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Even those which had passed safely through the openings, became easy victims to the arrows and assegais of the pursuers, being, in fact, too much alarmed to attempt to escape from their prison. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa I roared, springing to my feet and gripping my assegais. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story Some fine day they come along just as you see them now, only with businesslike assegais hidden under their blankets. Harley Greenoak's Charge Nearly all had a firearm of some sort, in addition to a goodly sheaf of dark, snaky assegais. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance This carried the day; and after some more talk, mostly “dark,” and consisting of hints, the three chiefs, gathering up their assegais, withdrew. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising In rather more than half an hour afterwards they returned, accompanied by a considerable number of their countrymen, carrying clubs, bows, and assegais, and evidently designed as a guard of honour. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa There were about twelve men with the party, and these, as soon as they saw us, stopped short and held their assegais and axes ready for defence. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story All seemed bristling with assegais, but there were no shields. Harley Greenoak's Charge The savage war-shout, the crash of firearms, the “whiz” of assegais—that was what it would only too likely bring forth. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance A shower of assegais and arrows came whizzing about the ears of the fugitives. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The Bechuanas followed, darting their assegais from a distance, or thrusting them into the most vulnerable parts of the animals, according as opportunities presented themselves. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa And I threw my assegais and shield on the ground beyond reach, and stood waiting. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story The stones and bushes, glistening with dew, were now alive with red-ochred forms, swift-moving, lithe, stealing upward; assegais and guns held ready in sinewy, eager grip. Harley Greenoak's Charge The fierce Zulu warriors had dipped their assagais in the blood of their white foes, and they were not to be held back. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War But Gomfana, who was armed with an axe and some assegais taken from a wall trophy, was rather thirsting for the encounter than otherwise. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Chuma, however, and the other hunters would now soon make their appearance from the opposite side, and would doubtless attack the bull elephants with their assegais, their tusks being a valuable prize. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Then we heard the rattle of assegais and shields as once more the impi fell into rank, and soon the sound of their footsteps died into silence. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story All four, with a subtle movement, reached for their arms; two for their rifles, the others for their assegais. Harley Greenoak's Charge The climate of Nyasaland has slain more valuable men than the assegais of the Angoni. Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal All around, the veldt was strewn with human corpses—swollen and decomposed, torn and mangled by wild animals, or ripped and hacked by the assegais of their slayers. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Let them lay aside their coats and their tubes, and fight on foot like our warriors, with clubs and assegais, and see who will conquer then.” Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa His glance had also caught the gleam of assegais. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising The savages, wholly surprised, at once fled, but halting as they reached the belt of forest, threw their assegais. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Those immediately about him kept turning to brandish their assegais in his face as they marched, going through the pantomime of carving him to pieces, uttering taunts and threats of the most blood-curdling character. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Many had run swiftly back to the huts, and now I could see them, and others, swarming forward, and in the moonlight the glint of assagais. A Veldt Vendetta Weapons of war lay behind each group, just as they had been put down: shields, assegais, guns of all sorts and sizes, axes, knob-sticks. In the Whirl of the Rising They were borne back, assegais flashing zig-zag lightning before their eyes. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Shriek after shriek rose from the captive as he resisted, and the points of the assegais, urging him on in rear, drew blood, the baboon nearly strangling him in his fearful efforts to escape. The Ruined Cities of Zululand A yell of rage arose from the savages and a perfect hail of bullets and assegais came whistling around the whites—fortunately still overhead. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The stripe of running, leaping savages converging on my objective, the lithe, ochre-smeared forms flitting through the dark green of the bush, the gleam of assegais—and the closeness of the race. A Veldt Vendetta And at the same moment two warriors sprang up behind a rock and quick as lightning hurled their casting assegais—not at their human enemies, but at the mule team. In the Whirl of the Rising In a moment two savages, armed with assegais, sprang before the entrance and ordered them to keep it shut. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Halting about thirty paces distant, the party squatted on the ground, holding their long assegais in their hands, and having their shields in readiness apparently for attack. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Ngcenika walked up to one of the guards, and laid her hand on the bundle of assegais which he carried. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War And that there might be no doubt as to their hostile intent, I could see that all carried a couple of business-like kerries apiece, and not a few of them assegais as well. A Veldt Vendetta The warriors were marching in open order, to the number of about two hundred, and the watchers could make out that though bristling with assegais and axes, none of them appeared to carry firearms. In the Whirl of the Rising At that moment she almost preferred to take her chance of the assegais of the savages. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Masheesh joined the group, and while the dusky braves, with their assegais and shields, remained calmly looking on, a long parley took place before the tent. The Ruined Cities of Zululand For answer they grinned significantly, going through a pantomimic form of slaying a prostrate enemy with assegais. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War A glance over our shoulders showed the crowd roaring forward on our track, while among others who had dived into the huts to arm, we could see the bright gleam of assegais. A Veldt Vendetta The frenzied bellowing and moaning of the cattle in the kraal, rushing hither and thither, and struck down by the assegais of the savages, blends, too, with the roar and din and confusion. In the Whirl of the Rising Every vestige of civilised clothing had been discarded, and they now stood forth, naked, bloodthirsty savages, rattling shields and assegais, and thirsting for all the cruelty of barbarian vengeance. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Several blows with the wood of the assegais were given, and thus ill-treated, with the whole band of yelling savages around them, the captives were driven up the centre of the Amatonga village. The Ruined Cities of Zululand But now they began to throw their assegais. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War A forest of dark grisly hands seemed to tighten with murderous grip upon kerries, and assegais were shaken at us; but the injunction was obeyed. A Veldt Vendetta She had never seen natives in their war-trappings before, and now she looked upon the shields and assegais and cow-hair adornments with vivid interest as something novel and picturesque. In the Whirl of the Rising Then into his poor bleeding, mutilated body these fiends drove their assegais, again and again, anointing themselves with the blood, in some instances even licking it. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising All the men armed with assegais were told off as beaters, and advancing in a long line they carried the bush before them. The Ruined Cities of Zululand A great mass of them leaped from their cover, and shrilling their wild war-whistles, snapped their assegais off short, and bore down upon the handful of whites in full impetuous charge. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War So they halted, brandishing sticks and assegais, and howling out every kind of taunting and abusive epithet. A Veldt Vendetta Oh, Clare, you can never realise what that moment meant to me when I heard that that blighting idiot Fullerton had started this morning—literally to hurl you on to the assegais of these devils. In the Whirl of the Rising Quite a number of them too, carried assegais, and, not a few, shields. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising In a moment more than a hundred yelling savages surrounded the tree, shouting, screaming, and brandishing their assegais. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Like magic the crowd parts, there is a whizz of assegais in the air, and the poor beast crashes earthward, bristling with quivering assegai hafts, as a pin cushion with pins. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War They looked relieved at this I thought, though it might be but the lengthening out of their agony, for the assegais of the “eaters-up” are swifter than the teeth of the alligators. The White Shield Heading for the spot at a run came quite a number of natives, and shields and assegais glancing through the sparse bush told upon what sort of errand were these. In the Whirl of the Rising They even put up their hands and groped among the thatch in the hope of finding concealed assegais—anything for a weapon! The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Then came a warning cry from the Matabele warrior, and the next moment a line of dusky savages, armed with their assegais and war-clubs, swept round them. The Ruined Cities of Zululand A score of assegais were poised ready for a fling. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Throw it up, Mgwali!” cried those who stood by, gripping their assegais ready to receive its little body on the blades. The White Shield At the same time tossing shields and glinting assegais stirred along the mimosa fringe, as a swarm of savages broke into view, hurrying to the support of those who had first attacked. In the Whirl of the Rising It is truly the Great Great One come to life again, for who else in these times would walk about my farm armed with assegais?” The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising And then the wild Igazipuza war-cry rent the night, and he could hear the whiz of flying assegais past his head. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley He carried a heavy knob-kerrie and several assegais, one of which he was twisting about in easy, listless fashion in his right hand. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War They carried small shields, and a perfect arsenal of assegais—beautifully-made weapons for the most part. The White Shield “As you will,” returned the Natal party, and immediately all assegais were cast to the ground. A Frontier Mystery Anyway he’s no business cutting about with assegais. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising He almost expected to see it transfixed with their assegais, and stood ready to brain with his clubbed gun, for he had no cartridges handy, the first who should make an aggressive move. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley What can you do with these and your assegais against people armed with the best rifles in the world? 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War And a few assegais came whistling past our heads. The White Shield That was nothing, since every man in Zululand at that time seemed to make a point of moving about with as many assegais as he could conveniently carry. A Frontier Mystery Then too, the points of bright assegais gleamed wickedly in the sunshine, and the variegated faces of broad shields, lent colour to the wild array. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising As it was, he only saw the same dark resolute countenances and ringed heads, the same great broad-bladed assegais. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley And gathering up his assegais the chief disappeared among the trees, following the direction taken by the larger party. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Broad shields showed through the misty dawn, their bearers advancing at a sort of creeping run behind them, then the gleam of assegais. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Short of cutting a way through them there was no method of proceeding, and there were about a hundred of them, all bristling with assegais. A Frontier Mystery They were in better humour now, after their late diversion, but still there were plenty who shook their assegais towards the latter, growling out threats. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Each was fully armed with large war-shield, knobkerrie, and several murderous looking assegais. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley They rush out together, one falling by the hand of the lurking slaughterer, the other meeting a speedy death at the assegais of the spectators. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War In crescent formation the dense black cloud swept on—in dead silence—a phalanx of shields, a perfect bristle of assegais. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion They had discarded their shields, but were handling assegais in a manner that was highly anticipatory. A Frontier Mystery He could see the foremost of the savages ranging up nearer and nearer, assegais gripped ready to run in and stab. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland On returning to where they had left their property, such of the Swazis as possessed assegais found that those weapons had been removed. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley In vain their would-be drivers shout and goad them with assegais. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The savage forms were almost in among them now—assegais ready. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion He was a fine, straight, warrior-like young fellow, and carried a small shield and a bundle of hunting assegais which he deposited on the ground. A Frontier Mystery A brown, writhing body rolled forward from the cover, the flung away shield and assegais falling with a rattle. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland They leaped high in the air as they ran, brandishing their assegais and great shields, and, roaring in long-drawn, bloodthirsty cadence, their terrible slogan. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Just then several assegais came whizzing in among them. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War I would I had lived in the time when we were a nation indeed, when our assegais bit deep and drank blood. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion They had discarded their adornments and carried only small shields, knobsticks and light, casting assegais. A Frontier Mystery The savages were stretched lazily on the ground, their assegais and shields beside them, some asleep, others chatting drowsily. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Every moment might come the whiz of assegais from the bush, which in places grew right down to the path—every moment the roar of the war-shout, the swift and tiger-like charge. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley A mass of warriors pressed around him, assegais raised. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War And as though to bear out this idea, three tall, savage-looking Zulus, armed with broad assegais, strode through the gate towards him. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion “Bring him out—bring him out,” roared the crowd, brandishing assegais and rapping their shields, in an indescribable clamour. A Frontier Mystery Outside, the assegais of the savages, the death by torture. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland And Rebecca's place had small rooms full of plush furniture and ship-models in bottles and catamarans in glass-cases, assegais and Japanese junk. Aliens Two of them are armed with assegais and all four carry—in their hands the scarcely less formidable weapon—the ordinary hard-wood kerrie. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Then he saw the Zulus cross the drift, holding their shields and assegais high above the water. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion It was an armed band, for by the aid of the glasses I could make out the glint of assegais and the war shields that were carried. A Frontier Mystery A peaceful, pastoral scene, but that the sun glinted on the blades of the assegais carried by the men, and on the sheen of their miniature shields. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland The negroes with the burdens on their heads, each one armed with a bow and a few smaller javelins or so-called assagais, extended in a long serpentine column amidst the jungle. In Desert and Wilderness The speaker even advances a step, shifting, as he does so, his assegais from his right hand to his left—leaving the former free to wield an ugly looking kerrie. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Incidentally the said guard was bristling with assegais. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Mutchuisho would not allow a man to put an assagai into the elephant until the morrow, and placed two relays of sentries to keep watch on either side of him. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Their assegais flashed in the sunlight: the shiny faces of their hide shields, too, caught the gleam. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland But a row of invisible assegais stand leveled between his 33 heart and mine. The Prairie Child Each carried a gun and had a powder horn and ammunition pouch slung round him, besides a bundle of assegais, and one, as he ran, turned his head to look at his enemies. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War “I can but make you assegais,” repeated the old man. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Certainly there was a savagery about the way in which they progged the air with their assegais that made one picture them as capables de tout. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 The swarm of savages came crowding round the four white men, brandishing their assegais and battle-axes, and frightening the horses not a little. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Without a firm footing their assegais and shields could not be used to any advantage; and their dead bodies were soon swept off by the current of the river. The Giraffe Hunters Hundreds of assegais were poised with a quiver of suppressed eagerness. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War I not only made assegais in those days, I wielded them.” Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Holmes got a shot on the head with a club that sent him down, and I got stuck full of assegais till I couldn't see. The Sign of the Spider For bears and buffaloes are wild and rough and in that sense free; while pluméd knights do not throw their lances about like the assegais of Zulus. What I Saw in America Poisoned arrows had to be prepared, bows and shields repaired, and assegais sharpened. The Giraffe Hunters Again, was it fair play for four men, armed with assegais, to attack one, who had but two shots? 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Twice did Dingana send me a wife, for he said that a man who could make assegais like mine deserved a share of what those assegais could procure. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion The remaining five, first throwing their assegais to a distance, to convince us, probably, of their pacific intentions, assisted us in landing. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Looking round furtively once more I could distinguish my pursuers; I could see their long assegais; I could hear the snorting of their unwieldy horses, the clattering of their swords. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War Could the assailants have closed with those who were shooting them down, the hunters would soon have fallen before their assegais, but this they were prevented from doing by the Makololo. The Giraffe Hunters He had seen the assegais flash in the air and descend—had heard the dull, sickening blows of the kerries which had beaten the life out of his unfortunate cousin. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The rifles had been laid down, and Duke had gone snuffing about among the rocks, while Jack was proceeding to sharpen the edge of one of his assegais, when the dog suddenly gave tongue. Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure Their weapons were assegais and clubs; and in addition to these they carried at the waist a little bag, full of the oval stones which they throw from their slings. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century There were rapids to pass, furious hippopotamuses to charge their boats, and on the banks were concealed enemies, throwing their assegais with deadly aim. The Story of General Gordon Armed with assegais, and defended with shields, they rushed forward with hideous yells, exhibiting an insatiate thirst for blood that can only be acquired by long familiarity with deeds of violence. The Giraffe Hunters Some twenty savage-looking fellows, some armed with two-handed swords, others with muskets and assegais, stood ready to defend their vessel. The Three Commanders I am told, white man, that you possess a wonderful fire weapon with which you can slay at a distance far beyond that to which the strongest of my warriors can hurl an assagai. Through Veld and Forest An African Story The natives brandished their assegais, and made many threatening gestures, but could not provoke the strangers to retaliate by a single shot—a most rare example of moderation and humanity! Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century These people had tawny complexions, and carried wooden spears tipped with horn—assagais of a kind—and bows and arrows. Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects All the men standing around were armed, the most of them with assegais or spears, but they were making no attempt to end the agony of the captured elephant. The Giraffe Hunters As the pinnace ranged up alongside, several shots were fired and assegais hurled at them, one of which, whizzing close to Adair’s ear, stuck quivering in the sternsheets as he was springing up the side. The Three Commanders It took half the men to keep the canoe moving against the current, while the rest fired at the enemy as they hurled stones and assegais upon their heads. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 They probably employed them in hunting the kangaroo, which, with the fish that I had seen them pierce with their assegais, formed their staple food. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century With wonderful speed and activity two Matabeles swarmed up to the breach, their assegais in their mouths, and their savage faces appeared almost as quickly as it was realised that a hole had been made. Chatterbox, 1906 In this second combat only four or five of the Makololo were wounded; their wounds being caused by assegais thrown by those who had no other opportunity of using their weapons. The Giraffe Hunters The armed outposts, with their big stabbing assegais ready in their hands, ordered them back, but the poor creatures were crazed with thirst and desperate. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Almost every village they passed on the river bank came out against them in canoes, armed with bows and arrows, pikes and assegais. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 The fight was maintained with great energy, the Zulus raining assegais over the waggons, while the Boers returned the compliment with their firearms. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 All these boys had sticks; several carried assegais. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer A general invitation was now given to the company to join in despatching the elephant; and it was immediately assailed by more than a dozen men armed with assegais and javelins. The Giraffe Hunters Their weapons were the spear or assagai, and a sort of wooden club, occasionally a crescent-shaped battle-axe, and still less frequently the bow. Impressions of South Africa His Bootchuana companion at that time threw his assagai, which entered the lion's back. Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals "It is thought that the Zulus hurled their assegais at him, and that he quickly fell dead, pierced through the eye by a mortal wound." South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 “Are you killed?” asked the comrade, turning to Pringle and glancing at the bent assagai. Six Months at the Cape Regardless of several assagais that whizzed close to them, they galloped hither and thither among the bushes, but without success. The Settler and the Savage Riding up to the line of savage warriors, they delivered a volley, and rode back before an assagai could reach them, repeating this manœuvre over and over again till the hostile ranks broke and fled. Impressions of South Africa He said he was crouching down behind a sheltering rock while the Boers were running away past him, and then "the men with the assegais" came galloping after them. Impressions of a War Correspondent You have performed your parts, girls, and I cannot allow you to run the risk of being hit by one of those black fellow’s assegais. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Mr Pringle had just fired his rifle, and was reloading when the assagai struck him. Six Months at the Cape An assagai had penetrated an unguarded crevice, and, passing under the arm of poor Mrs Marais, had pinned her to the family trunk, against which she leaned. The Settler and the Savage I fear the white man's drink more than the assagais of the Matabili, which kill men's bodies. Impressions of South Africa On his way, assegais were darted at him by the son and daughter-in-law of the sultan, and when he fell he was dragged out by one leg. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley “If the fellows venture to come near enough, they may hurl their assegais over the wall, and you will run the risk of being hurt,” he shouted. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Chicory came back the next day, for his brother’s assegais, having lost his own, as he said, sticking in an ostrich’s back. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers He urged his horse to greater exertion, and kept stabbing at his pursuer with an assagai. The Settler and the Savage I don’t think he would use his assagai except in an emergency.” Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer The uplifted assegais and the shouts of the robbers frightened the porters, who gave up their loads and attempted to escape from the ruffians, who were pulling their clothes and loads from them. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley The planks were of such a thickness, that neither assegais nor bullets could pierce them, and certainly no force such as was likely to attack the farm would be provided with guns. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Coffee and Chicory looked up from their task, grinned, and then went on sharpening the points of a couple of assegais upon a heavy block of stone, which they had evidently brought from a distance. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers Kneeling down, he prepared to take a steady aim at the Bushman in advance, a wild-looking savage in a sheepskin kaross and armed with an assagai. The Settler and the Savage Joeboy was straining his ears to catch every word, and I saw his face light up as he caught my eye, and he gave his assagai a flourish. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer The men never appeared without their spears, shields, and assegais. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Some of the Zulus may have firearms, or they may venture near enough to hurl their assegais. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand They dropped the assegais, stared at each other, and then lay down and howled in the misery of their disappointment. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers Rising quietly, the trader advanced with a peaceful air, holding the tobacco out to the Bushman, who looked suspicious—and distrustfully shook his assagai; but Stephen took no heed. The Settler and the Savage I whispered, turning to him where he squatted with assagai in hand and his shield spread across his knees. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer Many of Kondwana's men had brought assegais with them; for the expedition not being a purely military one, discipline was not kept up so strictly as otherwise it would have been. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories The Zulus could also be seen, with their assegais poised, eager to hurl them at him; but he still kept ahead of them. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand I have fastened it in my hall at the regulation distance from the hat-rack and between the assegais. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 Opposition was offered, and the officer in command wounded with an assagai. The Settler and the Savage I waved mine in answer; and directly after he began to run, coming up laughing merrily, and ending by throwing down three assagais and the bundle he carried, as he cried: “Come back, boss.” Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer Later on others began to arrive, some carrying guns, some spears, and some assegais. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories At the same time showers of assegais came hurtling through the air. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Taking no body-armour, but only lance and sword, the boys followed the "river" to its source, seven leagues up the country, and here came suddenly upon nineteen savages, armed with assegais. Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. She had barely found refuge in this place, when several assagais whizzed over their heads. The Settler and the Savage “Boss Val going to fight?” he said inquiringly, and as he asked his question he fitted his long, elliptical shield well upon his left arm and arranged his assagais handy for throwing. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer The slaughter began with a discharge of assegais from all sides at once, the Zulus crouched down, covering as much as possible of their bodies with the shield. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories Although the muskets of the defenders had performed their deadly work, they themselves had not escaped unscathed from the assegais of the Zulus. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand The men only made some show of defending themselves with assegais, especially two who fought with Nuno Tristam till they received their death. Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. Sheltering themselves behind stones, Hans and Considine looked eagerly in the direction whence the assagais had been thrown, and the former observed the ears of a horse just appearing over a bush. The Settler and the Savage I shouted, and, shield and assagai in hand, the black dashed to my side as if to defend me from some attack. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer You might as well teach a Zulu lace-work, instead of the use of the assagai.” The Portion of Labor On they come, clashing their shields and shaking their assegais, fully expecting to gain an easy victory; but my father and Lionel will be here first.” Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand We met in a great wood on the bank, and he brought with him a vast throng of people armed with poisoned arrows, assegais, swords and shields. Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. Opening his eyes again, he beheld a sturdy Bushman gazing at him in open-mouthed surprise, with an uplifted assagai in his hand. The Settler and the Savage “Dah!” he said, pointing behind him with the dangerous-looking assagai he carried. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer Books and papers littered about the floor; curios, ranging from mummied cats and ibises to Turkish yataghans and Zulu assegais, surrounded the place in riotous disorder. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor You have only just been restored to me, and the assegais of the cruel Zulus might reach you on the platform. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand His left hand bore his assegais and knobkerrie beneath the great dappled ox-hide shield; and in his right a yellow walking-staff. The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' At all events, when he ceased to pray, and opened his eyes, the Bushman shut his mouth, and poised his assagai in a threatening manner. The Settler and the Savage “But you’ll have to lend me one of your assagais till I can get a rifle.” Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer Since the death of her son by Zulu assegais she has lived the life of a recluse. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 I can see them clashing their shields and shaking their assegais over their heads, with their chiefs leading them. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand He would probably rush upon the assegais and die, murmuring her name. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes A third ran forward while Pringle was loading and threw an assagai at him. The Settler and the Savage Then I found that Joeboy had crept round to my right side, between me and the next trooper, and, assagai in hand, was holding on to my saddle with his left hand. Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer The furniture consists of a few mats, several baskets, a milk-pail, a number of earthen pots, a bundle of assagais, and a few other weapons of war. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens Indeed, Mangaleesu had already put together a sufficient supply of shields and bundles of seeming assegais, to arm the whole of the dummies. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Among many South African tribes, if a wife steps over her husband's assegais, they are considered useless from that time and are given to the boys to play with. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family The right arm of the savage dropped by his side and the assagai fell to the ground, but, plucking another from his bundle with his left hand, he made a furious thrust. The Settler and the Savage It was cumbered like an antique-shop with alabaster busts on pedestals, dusty palms in faience vases, and trophies of spears and shields and assegais. Widdershins The bow and arrow, the spear and assagai were the primitive weapons of African warriors; but they have learned the use of fire-arms within the last quarter of a century. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens “The attempt would be dangerous in the extreme, for they are probably ready to hurl their assegais at us, should we approach them near enough,” answered Rupert. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand The talk bending in the direction of adventure, Kildare, who had been lately in South Africa with his regiment, told some tales of Zulus and assegais and Boers in the Hibernian style of hyperbole. Mr. Isaacs Seizing the assagais of these, they rushed through the midst of their foes, and, as if animated by one mind, made for the homestead below. The Settler and the Savage He was found next day with twenty assegais in his body. The Firm of Girdlestone The shield and assagai are not, however, done away with. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens As he had supposed, the assegais of the avengers had been used too well to allow any of them to escape with life. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Perhaps this,' and he suggested with an outstretched forefinger a crimson volume explained by its ornamentation of a couple of assegais bound together with a necklace of teeth. The Philanderers Then he whispered to two men, who quietly took their assagais and stationed themselves one on either side of their white prisoner—for such he really was. The Settler and the Savage In the same way the early Zulu converts of Bishop Callaway, when they retired to lonely places to pray, were haunted by visionary lions, and phantasms of enemies with assegais. Cock Lane and Common-Sense The young Prince Napoleon, whose dreadful death the reader may recall, was slain by an assagai. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens They all carried shields on their arms and a bundle of assegais in their hands. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Hazeygaeys are synonymous with assagais, the name for the short African spear, used by the tribes between Port Natal and the Cape, and which is generally supposed to be the native term for the weapon. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. They had proceeded thus in opposite directions some distance when Southey was startled by an assagai striking the cliff on which he was climbing. The Settler and the Savage The bow, arrows, assagai, and clubs of the deceased are hung on the same post. A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians Verily, the day will come when these warlike tribes shall beat their spears into pruning-hooks, and their assagais into ploughshares, and shall learn war no more! History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens The next instant the figure of a young warrior, with assegais in hand, supporting with his left arm a slight girl, came in sight. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand The walls were decorated with all sorts and conditions of strange and barbarous instruments of slaughter; Zulu assegais, Afghan knives and Burmese swords hung in savage array. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 15, 1917 He thought of making a dash and giving the alarm, but the watchful savages at his side seemed to divine his intentions, for they grasped their assagais with significant action. The Settler and the Savage We wet our beaks like eagles, our spears flash in the sun; we shake our assegais, and are hungry to fight. Allan Quatermain Already I felt in my breast some of the long thin assegais of Umbooni's men. Prester John We then fastened a shield to it, and on the top a bundle of assegais, as if held in the hand of a warrior. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Who could see the forsaken body slashed with knives and assegais? Tracks of a Rolling Stone As it was, the savages came at them with dauntless courage, throwing their assagais when near enough, and hurling stones down from the almost perpendicular cliffs on either side. The Settler and the Savage In one corner rested a bundle of assegais and war-shields, and opposite the door were ranged several large calabashes full of "twala" or native beer. Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal Then a captain made a motion with his hand and instantly men sprang upon the remaining cattle, four or five of them that were following the bull, and despatched them with assegais. The Ghost Kings They instantly, as I knew they would, gathered round it, piercing it with their assegais. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand At a very early age they commence trials of skill against each other in throwing knobbed sticks and imitation assegais. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day The savage was in the act of hurling another assagai. The Settler and the Savage The ladies sat themselves down demurely in a double row opposite to us, but the young chieftain crouched in a distant corner apart and played with his assegais. Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal With what an answering pandemonium we refused to hold the lieutenant accountable for the death of the victim of the African assegais! Without Prejudice He told his white friend that his wife was uninjured, notwithstanding the many assegais thrust at her. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand They formed into a double line and advanced, waving broad-bladed assegais. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales They did not use the ordinary assagai or throwing spear, but a short stabbing one, and invariably closed at once with their foes with irresistible impetuosity. The Settler and the Savage With his right hand he grasped his spears, and on his left hung his large black ox-hide shield, lined on its inner side with spare assegais. Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal Men mustered daily on the dusty plain with firearms and assegais. What's Bred in the Bone Then there was the black woman, but I shall never see her, for I remember well how the Zulus pierced her with their assegais. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Presently I saw some of our natives marching homewards in a scattered and disorganised fashion, but evidently very proud of themselves, for they were waving their assegais and singing scraps of war-songs. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales The hand grasped a light assagai, or darting spear. The Settler and the Savage Her eyes wandering round the kennel lit upon Jantje's assegais and sticks in the corner, and these gave her another inspiration. Jess Colonel Stumper moved artfully backwards towards a big horsehair sofa, beneath the deer heads and assegais from Zululand. The Extra Day “Kill them!” he exclaimed; and in an instant some heavy clubs descended on their heads, and each man lay in his blood, pierced by a dozen assegais. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand But there I should not be safe, since presently the king will come into Natal too, or send thirty thousand assegais as his messengers. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Throwing assegais seemed to be wanting, but in place of them I saw that they were armed with short bows, which, together with a quiver of arrows, were slung upon their backs. Allan and the Holy Flower A band of Zulus charging down on a fellow, and brandishing their assegais, could scarcely present a more ferocious front. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran If that were correct, they must get near enough to attack us with assegais. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Some of the herdsmen, seeing what he was doing, hurled their assegais at him; but, experienced hunter as he was, he avoided them by bending down over the neck of his horse, and escaped. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand From every side they poured down upon him, trying to cut him off and kill him, for as they got nearer I could see the assegais which they threw at him flash in the sunlight. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Also they gave him a blanket and his two assegais, tearing the blanket and breaking the handles of the spears, to "kill" them as they said. Allan and the Holy Flower Springing from his horse, but still keeping the gun in his hand, he ran up to the triple ring of soldiers, pausing only at the hedge of assegais which shone about it. Swallow: a tale of the great trek For a moment—with black shields and assegais, all shouting madly. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose He was met by the executioners of the king’s pleasure, and before he could open his mouth he was pierced through and through by a score of assegais. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand The footmen carried a shorter spear, a round leather shield, two throwing javelins or assegais, and a curved knife with a horn handle. The Ivory Child So I set them to work to dig a hole with their assegais and sharp axes, through granite. Benita, an African romance But coming between, the Zulus made a shield hedge to protect their comrades, so that the light throwing assegais did little hurt, and of the few that the gun killed they thought nothing. Swallow: a tale of the great trek Oxen stampeding, men running, blacks sticking 'em like pigs in the back with their assegais. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Let them, before the sun sets, be pierced through with assegais, and become as the dust of the earth.” Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand The assegais shot up towards him like tongues of steel, and when I looked again he was gone. Allan's Wife The country was small, and by the evening of the second day, some twelve hundred and fifty men were assembled with their assegais and shields, and a fine hardy troop they were. Maiwa's Revenge Two of them gained their feet and ran at him lifting their assegais. Swallow: a tale of the great trek But several of our people dropped close beside me, pierced through with assegais. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Had he not arrived, it seemed very probable that the savages would have plunged their assegais in their bodies. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand "Give them assegais and no shields; the child shall be to him who conquers." Allan's Wife Guns, carbines, rifles, blunderbusses, knives, spears, revolvers, daggers, arrows, assegais, knobkerries, knuckledusters and I know not what. Tartarin De Tarascon Now while the soldiers laughed Swart Piet stamped upon the ground, foaming with rage, for Sihamba's bitter words stuck in him like barbed assegais. Swallow: a tale of the great trek I noticed that many of them in their terror had even flung away their shields and their assegais. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose A couple of assegais came whistling through the air, but they fell short of Hendricks, who now urging on his horse, made the animal spring ahead. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand From either side a great Zulu was bearing down on me, their broad stabbing assegais aloft, and black shields in their left hands. Allan's Wife Men fell to my right and left and in front of me; bullets and assegais whizzed past me, yet I remained quite unhurt. Finished Some of them had shields and some had none, some broad and some throwing assegais, while many were quite naked, not having stayed to put on their moochas and much less their war finery. Child of Storm Most of them, I observed, as they halted, carried on their backs black ox-hide shields, interlaced with white thongs; they were armed with two or three assegais apiece and a knobkerry. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Some thirty of those standing round darted off with their assegais in their hands. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand He is the Spirit who gives victory to the white men, he it is who gave them assegais that thunder and taught them how to slay. Allan's Wife Give the old jackal a start of a length of ten assegais. Finished The exact circumstances of Umbelazi's death are unknown, but the general report was that he died, not by the assegais of the Usutu, but of a broken heart. Child of Storm They held their assegais still, but did not dare to use them. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose The sharp assegais of Cetchwayo’s warriors did their death work rapidly and surely. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Scores were killed by the assegais, and many more fell beneath our gun-shots; but still they came on. Allan's Wife Then they threw assegais—see, one of them cut my cheek, but the rest missed. Finished Only four of us, counting Umbezi, are armed with guns, and assegais are not of much use against buffalo. Child of Storm They understood, and a minute later were at work with their assegais. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Now the assegais were done, and the foe was on them. Nada the Lily The ten brethren gathered themselves together, shaking their assegais; five of them stood before Umslopogaas and five before Galazi the Wolf. Nada the Lily Withdrawing a few paces beyond the reach of the bayonets, they overwhelmed the soldiers by throwing assegais, then rushed in and finished them. Finished And so it went on and on, till even the Zulus were weary of war and the sharpest assegais grew blunt. Nada the Lily "Wait a little, King," she called out as the assegais were lifted over her. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Perhaps his hands may be too full for that ere long, for those white Amaboona will answer his assegais with bullets. Nada the Lily They lowered their assegais and let me pass, and I entered the hut of Baleka. Nada the Lily This was my purpose: first to creep into my own hut and get my assegais and a skin blanket, then to gain speech with Baleka. Nada the Lily So I crept in and began to search for my assegais, my water-gourd, and my wood pillow, which was so nicely carved that I did not like to leave it. Nada the Lily The soldiers lifted their assegais, waiting the king's word. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Thus they spoke, throwing words like assegais, and Nada heard them all, and knew their meaning, but she never ceased from smiling. Nada the Lily In the left hand of each was the tail of a vilderbeeste, in the right a bundle of assegais and a little shield. Nada the Lily So we made a circle of thorn-bushes and sat in it, holding our assegais ready. Nada the Lily In front of Umslopogaas was their chief, a tall man hedged about with assegais. Nada the Lily "Let them load the guns with 'loopers'"—that is, slugs, not bullets—"and let the rest stand in the passage with their assegais, in case the Quabies should try to force the back door." Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Yet they went out to kill, for they ran in companies, and each man carried assegais and a shield. Nada the Lily Then they rushed in, waving the flaring torches and with assegais aloft. Nada the Lily "They tell me, Mopo, that those within thy gates grew mad at the sight of the fire, and dreaming there was no escape, that they stabbed themselves with assegais or leaped into the flames." Nada the Lily |
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