| 单词 | assegai |
| 例句 | At one point, he raised his assegai into the air for emphasis and accidentally hit the curtain wire above him, which made a sharp noise and caused the curtain to sway. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In this case, the poet was too enraged to observe this custom, and he stormed into the house with an assegai, ready to stab both mother and daughter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man was a famous ingcibi, a circumcision expert, from Gcalekaland, who would use his assegai to change us from boys to men with a single blow. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After a minute, he stopped walking, faced us, and, newly energized, exclaimed that this incident — the assegai striking the wire — symbolized the clash between the culture of Africa and that of Europe. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Yengwa draped himself with a blanket, rolled up a newspaper to imitate an assegai, and began to stride back and forth reciting the lines from the praise song. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching “Umbatha: The Zulu Macbeth” at the Lincoln Center Festival in 1997, I found myself suppressing giggles as I read the words, “Is it my eyes that shape this assegai in the air?” ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: The Writing's on the Wall 2011-11-10T17:00:41Z They have brought with them a traditional Zulu assegai spear and a British boot plate, which was found on the battlefield, for the museum. Rorke's Drift: Epic trip inspired by battle - BBC News 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z An assegai had passed through both legs, and another had transfixed his body near the right shoulder. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z Their nodding plumes and bizarre shields, with here and there the flash of sunlight from an assegai, made a stirring picture. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Kwaneet came forth and was met not by any prowling beast but by the sharp blade of an assegai which pierced his heart. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Their arms are the talibon, a short double-edged sword; the gayang, a javelin or assegai; and the aligua, a light axe, having a spike at the back opposite to the cutting edge. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z If not a drop had left the bowl, then the huntsman might as well have laid aside his gun and assegai, for his efforts would have been doomed to failure.” Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Ronald lifted her down, and then pulled the assegai from the horse's back. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z One suddenly fell, struck down with a cunning blow from his opponent's knob-kerrie, and a second later I saw the winner stab the prostrate figure again and again with his assegai. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z It was pretty dark, and the first reply Parton got to his summons was an assegai through his shoulder, which brought him down. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z An assegai had indeed grazed George Weston’s shoulder, but happily no serious injury had been done to any of the party—nothing, in fact, that cold water and a strip of lint would not cure. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z The strong thrower of the assegai could hardly restrain himself. The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z Oh, I think the wounds will do," the surgeon replied; "so far as I can tell, the assegai has just missed the top of the lung by a hair's breadth. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z On their heads were great plumes and each carried his shield, knob-kerrie, and assegai. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Gressex stood stooping in the hut, the assegai sticking half a foot into his back. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Tom was indeed badly hurt, and when Frank drew the assegai from the wound the pain was so sharp that the poor fellow fainted right away. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z Oh, he was dead right enough—throat cut and assegai through the heart. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z Many of the natives were shot or cut down, while several of the burghers received assegai wounds. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z The savage, with his great shield, knob-kerrie, and assegai, and the white man in his pajamas! Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z In an instant, with diabolical screams, the ghostly Hottentots fell upon their quarry, plying assegai and knife. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z In one of the numerous wars between the native tribes and English soldiers in Africa, Captain Montgomery, pierced by an assegai, fell wounded on the battle-field, and was left for dead. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z He says—that two men of the old Imbezu Regiment are with him always—armed with assegai—but there are never any horses near, and they never unbind his hands. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z He himself had been struck by a spear that had glanced off his ribs, inflicting a nasty flesh wound, while another assegai had laid open his cheek. The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure 2012-04-06T02:00:24.610Z Each Swazi, carrying his shield, knob-kerrie, and assegai, started for our camp with a little parcel on his head. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z It was a useless encumbrance to him, and he had sold it for a new assegai to some Batauana people near Lake Ngami. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z We were bunched together, preparing to crawl along a rock overhanging a little pool, when the boy in front made a sign and pointed with his assegai to the dogs. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z How else came Mr. Disraeli by that form of assegai sentences, of which one thrust needed no repetition, and by that art which enabled him to climb on phrases to power? Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z And as I watched ’em go, blow me ef one of them in the rear didn’t drop his assegai on puppose. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Like a flash would come the stab of the assegai and there would be a dead man on the ground! Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z His giraffe hide sandals, not needed till the thorns were traversed, and his little skin cloak, neatly folded, were fastened to one end of his assegai. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Jim gave a yell and shot past me, plunging his assegai into the object and shouting “Porcupine, porcupine,” at the top of his voice. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z They fall on something more—on the gleaming blade of a great assegai, and then the mighty frame of a gigantic savage slowly begins to emerge from the covert. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Neither he nor me could spoor in the dark, so I guessed he would pull up, an’ I didn’t want to run in on his assegai. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Their knob-kerries were held at the ready, their shields across their bodies, and each had shifted his assegai to the position used in battle. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z He now divests himself of all his encumbrances; water vessels, food, cloak, assegai, and sandals are all left behind. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z He carried an old musket and was attended by two youngsters armed with throwing-sticks and a hunting assegai each. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z The right arm of the wizard is red to the elbow with blood, and in his hand he carries nothing but one short, broad-headed assegai. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z As he stood gasping, I give him back his own assegai.” Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z When a warrior puts on his 'umbanda,' he fears that he may meet the assegai of an enemy. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z My men, in the scramble, and scared, too, no doubt, forgot the guns which were in the waggon, and only Klaas had thought of his assegai. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z “Nay, I will go, since I am chief;” and there came to the great Zulu a stripling, with his eyes gleaming, and the hand that held the assegai thrown back. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Then, still chanting his hellish incantation, the cruel monster bent down, and, with his keen assegai, gashed and mutilated the wretched creatures in a manner too shocking for detailment, beginning with the white one. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Then he reached down, took up a length of roasting flesh, caught hold of a mouthful and saw off the chunk with the blade of his assegai ’twixt his hand and his lips. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Each man was armed with the knob-kerrie, assegai, knife, and shield. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z Gopáni-Kúfa considered for a moment, then stabbing the antelope with his assegai, he set the python free. The Orange Fairy Book 2011-06-29T02:00:31.520Z “Take that, O chief, and tell me what it is!” and he held out something, after sticking the point of his assegai in the ground. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z The Fingoes, inspired with fresh courage, stand, and sneak behind the whites, waiting for these to disperse the enemy, and then go quietly after them and assegai the wounded lying upon the ground. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z I jes’ seed the whites of his eyes and the gleam of his teeth, and whizz!—whough!—the assegai darted like a serpent’s tongue. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z His rolling eyes passed from chief to chief and his shaking right hand tore an assegai from the nearest. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z He was armed with an assegai and several light throwing-clubs, and he carried two dead hares slung over his shoulder. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z The young Induna advanced and touched, with his assegai, the men he wanted, ticking them off on his fingers, until two hundred stood out and fell in with the Regiment of the Rock. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z I deeply sympathise; but, barring the friendly thrust of an assegai, or the good offices of a peripatetic pot-leg discharged from the blunderbuss of the noble savage, you haven’t a chance. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z ‘Dog,’ he said, and druv’ his assegai in over the blade. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z He entered on my recognition, stacked his knob-kerrie, shield, and assegai in the corner, and came up to the counter. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z All the friends of the accused know that he possesses an assegai mended in the manner described, and they at once feel that he is guilty. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z The blankets slipped to the ground, and every man stood revealed with a stabbing assegai in his hand. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z The first sign of this, however, met with encouragement in the shape of a dig from the assegai of the man behind him, accompanied by a brutal laugh. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z A little one’s vanity and the blood dropping from the assegai.” Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Every man who could wield an assegai was called out, and the army was doctored on the night of the new moon. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z When hardly more than a lad he could fling an assegai or a knobbed stick farther, and as true, as any man in the tribe. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z “Behold your chief!” he cried, lifting his assegai and letting his dark glance sweep along the ranks of excited men. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z With a yell of rage, and foaming at the mouth, Mopela flourished his assegai within an inch of Claverton’s face, but the prisoner never flinched. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z There he were among the rushes, bleeding to death from an assegai wound, and one of them pioneers, his arms all bloody, lifted the young chap up and carried him to the waggons. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z We had no guns, but we were expert with the assegai, and besides we used to drive the game into stalked pits. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z My grandfather, being fleet of foot, was sent with the assegai and the ‘umlomo,’ or ‘word present’ for the intended bridegroom. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z With the point of his assegai he prised up the stone and then started back, for there was a yawning pit disclosed, out of which came a rush of damp and sickly air. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Boys held up assegai points which had been heated in the fire, and yelled shrilly that they were going to dig them into the white flesh. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z He jes’ slipped behind a tree, and when I ris my head out of them ferns he druv his assegai at me, and it clean pinned my left arm to my side. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Faku, it will be remembered, is the terrible Zoolah Chief, who spares neither women nor children, but who, with his tribe of warriors, drives all before him at the point of a short assegai. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z Mr Daveney said little, but took the assegai in hand to examine it. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z “We shall need a light,” he said, and split the haft of an assegai. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Though the body was horribly torn, yet it was evident that the man had met his death from a couple of assegai wounds, one of which must have pierced his heart. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z I jes’ give a jerk o’ my head as he launched out with his assegai. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Mr Faunt’s horse was captured in the fray, and poor Captain Baker’s charger galloped into the camp, still saddled, and bleeding from an assegai wound in its head. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z They turned him over; he had been stabbed in the chest by an assegai, and had doubtless crawled into the thicket to die, for a bloody track crimsoned the green leaves beyond him. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z A minute he stood panting heavily, then his hand stole behind his shield, and he drew forth a short-hafted, long-bladed stabbing assegai. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Murray's glance pinned me like an assegai, and I also faded into the background. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z And the next minnit an assegai struck him on the neck, and he fell into my arms.” Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z Surgeon Hadaway’s horse also received an assegai wound, and was killed after he had dismounted from it. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z How many quailed before the assegai as it was again waved aloft! Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z “It is a fight,” said the Induna, sullenly fingering his assegai. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z These people carried for arms only the assegai, and, as a sort of defensive weapon, a mop of black ostrich-feathers fastened upon the end of a slender stick, and somewhat resembling a large fly-brush. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z In addition to the long-handled assegai there is a shorter weapon for use at close quarters. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" As the sun advanced, lighting up the valley, a solitary figure stepped out from the supposed herd, and springing on an ant-heap, waved an assegai, and probably spoke, though nothing could be heard. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z There were no cases requiring surgical skill—alas! those whose wounds had disabled their limbs lay dead within the redoubt, speared by the assegai of the relentless savage. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z No sooner had she stood up, than an assegai, hurled from the rear, whizzed by her head and plunged into the tree. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Shouting out a wild cry of triumph, he plunged his assegai into the flesh of the muchocho to the depth of a foot or more. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z I am tired of trying to learn Basuto, or to throw an assegai, or shoot with one of their bows and arrows, which are about big enough for a child of ten years old. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Not even an assegai was to be seen in their hands—a most unusual circumstance among these savage tribes. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z Amani, having held his incantations over the Hottentot’s skull and its contents, dipped the assegai therein, and, drawing it out dripping with the fiendish potion, began to wave it slowly before him. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z A gleaming spark, even from the point of an assegai, would be seen when the sharpest eyes could not detect us.” The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z The assegai is flung by a single arm. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z So we must learn assegai throwing and archery, if we mean to have any sport in future.” Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa As Mr Calderwood approached Beaufort, on his way to this peaceful meeting, an assegai passed across him, thrown by the hand of some savage assassin. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z But its owner, a hulking, ochre-smeared savage, emitted a howl and rushed forth from the crowd, a long tapering assegai in his hand poised for a throw. Harley Greenoak's Charge “Yinny,” said Klaas, fingering his assegai, and stooping his head to get a clearer view of the figure which was in the shade, then he rushed to the tree with a cry, “Baas, baas!” The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z The blade of the assegai still remained in the flesh, but the lioness waited no longer. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z But the animals caught the flash of the first assegai that issued from under the baobabs, and wheeling instantly round, continued their career at more headlong speed than before. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa Another victim has fallen a sacrifice, not to the bullet or the assegai, but to the bodily hardships and anxiety of mind undergone during the war. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z Or—” And the speaker made a quick, downward slash with his assegai that left room for no explanation in mere words. Harley Greenoak's Charge His hand relaxed, and Klaas, turning, was inside the laager in a moment, where he picked up another assegai. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z He was soon upon his feet, another assegai whistled through the air, and pierced through the neck of the lioness. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z He proposed that a mark should be set up at the distance of a hundred yards, which the doctor should endeavour to hit with a bullet from his rifle, and Umboo with his assegai. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa A gun-shot wound in the body, and an assegai stab in the heart, had silenced his cries speedily. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z An assegai or two would have answered all purposes there on the spot. Harley Greenoak's Charge Sirayo stopped when he was near the enemy, and then, striking his assegai against his shield, he told them they had lied. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Like lightning he was upon him, and beneath the shearing flash of the great assegai, down went the man, his trunk wellnigh ripped in twain. Haviland's Chum Some of these Hottentots can throw the assegai with wonderful skill. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa “The young men are numerous, and hold the assegai.” The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z “Answer questions, do not ask them,” interposed Sikonile, furiously, giving the prisoner a couple of vicious digs in the thigh with his assegai. Harley Greenoak's Charge “There is not room for two,” said the chief, as with his toes he grasped the haft of an assegai and lifted it to his hand. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Then, pointing at them with the broad-bladed assegai in his hand, he said: “Who are these?” Haviland's Chum He hastened to mend his fortune with the second spear, but with no better result than before, the assegai being fixed in the board, nearly about the same distance from the centre as the first. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa I heard the clash of shields, the shiver of assegai hafts, the flash and flame as of fire weapons. The Induna's Wife However, dismounting, the men kicked his assegai out of his reach. Harley Greenoak's Charge “Give her an assegai,” he said, and put the point of his blood-stained blade to his throat. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z “See there, white man,” pointing with his great assegai at Mushâd. Haviland's Chum “You he throw assegai at,” nodding to Nick. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa “By the virtue of no múti save that of the spear of the King, O Elephant,” I answered, with a glance backward at where I had deposited the great assegai, the erewhile royal gift. The Induna's Wife In his hand was a pair of hard iron-wood sticks, and one assegai, with a broad, keen, fluted blade. Harley Greenoak's Charge Webster drove his fist full in the face of the foremost native, who fell, stunned, against the men behind, and in the opening made Sirayo plunged his assegai. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Then shifting his knobstick into his left hand, the vengeful savage seized a broad-bladed assegai, and plunged it into the vitals of his prostrate confederate. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising It was a splendid assegai of the short—handled, close-quarter type. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story He grappled with me in a moment, seizing my wrist before I could bury my assegai in his body, and speaking quickly and eagerly. The Induna's Wife Hands gripped assegai hafts with fierce and bloodthirsty thrill, yet no weapon was to be used. Harley Greenoak's Charge Before the fight Sirayo had taken the long throwing assegai from Inyami and snapped the haft across his knee within three feet of the blade. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z A big Matabele warrior was half in the room; another, quick as thought, drove his assegai clean through the Cockney prospector. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising A man who is brave and cautious may climb to any height; and did not the King promise you his dark-handled assegai? The King's Assegai A Matabili Story Yet my dreams had been full of warring and battle, and now my great assegai was clotted and foul with blood, and more than one deep gash on body or limb felt stiff and smarting. The Induna's Wife Then the whole mighty mass moved forward in line, and the light of gushing flames gleamed redly on assegai blades as the foremost warriors went through the pantomime of striking down an imaginary foe. Harley Greenoak's Charge As it was, the chief took a pinch of snuff, while his bloodshot eyes glared fiercely at the son of Umkomaas, standing within reach of his red and dripping assegai. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z And now footsteps were heard approaching the scherm, together with the rattle of assegai hafts. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising For he had ordered them the nobler death of the assegai instead of having their brains clubbed out with knobsticks, as the usual method was. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story But I could run, too, in those days, Nkose, and one of them as he reached it fell dead with the blade of my assegai driven right through his back. The Induna's Wife They had discarded the blankets now, and came straight on, each grasping a short-handled, broad-bladed assegai. Harley Greenoak's Charge She followed, and said a few words to Klaas, who, with a stifled exclamation, began tapping the sanded floor with the butt of his assegai. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z The mangled corpses of the white inmates, entombed beneath their own roof-tree, a prey to the devouring assegai of the savage? A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance How I cut and slashed with the strong, broad—bladed assegai in my hand! The King's Assegai A Matabili Story Brave words, O holder of the King’s assegai. The Induna's Wife He therefore sold the boy to some Batauana people for a new assegai, and soon after returned to his desert life. Tales of South Africa “A good throw,” said the chief, and bounding forward, drove in his assegai under his opponent’s arm before he could raise his shield. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z He had caught the faintest possible suspicion of that unique sound—the quiver of assegai hafts. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising I could feel more—I could feel blood, that of my enemies; I could feel the keen blade of my assegai shearing through them, as they fell one upon another. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story Would they never come beneath the tree where I—the great assegai gripped and ready—lay out along the bough waiting my chance? The Induna's Wife I sat down near her; my conductor stood leaning upon his assegai. Tales of South Africa Him, presently, he prodded with the butt of an assegai, and grinned till his white teeth gleamed. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z At the same time half a dozen assegai blades were held against his chest. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Standing over the old witch-doctor with my assegai in my hand confronting that riotous, roaring crowd, flushed with victory and bloodshed, I know not how things might have gone even then. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story These last would give me greeting from afar, and hurry onward; yet, by what I had done, I had saved them all from the death of the assegai. The Induna's Wife Independently of the rowers, one man stood erect in the bow of each canoe, holding in his hand an assegai, which from time to time he threw. The Ruined Cities of Zululand “Nay, the plan is mine; I will take the ledge, and if the bullet misses, the assegai will not.” The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z The assegai had struck him on the temple, and the blade, glancing along the skull had laid it bare in a frightful gash, with the effect of momentary stunning. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising A man stood among men, and an assegai was descending to his chest. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story Look at this,” holding forth the great assegai, from which I never parted, save when forced to disarm in the presence of the King. The Induna's Wife Again the hippopotamus rose, and this time the assegai struck true. The Ruined Cities of Zululand The wounded man, stooping, severed the tough rheims with the sharp blade of his stabbing assegai, then drew it across the thongs about the ankles. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z It was the quivering rattle of assegai hafts. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising I will make that good,’ I muttered savagely, seizing my assegai with that intent. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story Avoiding the stroke I aimed at him with my assegai, he seized my right wrist and held it in a grasp of iron, and for a moment thus in the half darkness we grappled. The Induna's Wife “For—,” the word was never spoken, for an assegai struck him in the left eye, piercing to the brain. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Klaas picked up the assegai, and threw his hand back to stab, but Hume, expecting this, reached his side and seized his wrist. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z A growl arose, and assegai hafts rattled ominously. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising He was armed with an assegai and battle-axe, and as he stood there rolling his eyes around, I could see the three miserable wretches shivering and speechless with fear. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story For arms I had but one assegai, no blanket to cover me from the night chills, and no food. The Induna's Wife The Matabele had been in great force, during the short engagement, and now with his long assegai dyed red with blood, stalked solemnly beside the missionary, who walked with great difficulty. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Then the prostrate Zulu bounded to his feet, and ran to his friends for another assegai. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z The white man has cannon and we have the assegai, what chance then have we?’ The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Up went his shield and assegai in readiness, even as did mine, as I stopped short. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story I growled to myself, shaking my assegai in the direction whence I had come. The Induna's Wife Come along, Masheesh,” cried Hughes, elated beyond measure, and letting the Arab he rode feel the spur, he dashed away followed by the Matabele brandishing his assegai. The Ruined Cities of Zululand They appeared halting about three hundred yards off, with their shields before them, and their waving plumes nodding above, while their assegai blades threw off the sunlight in sparks. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z The latter sat down again leisurely, the assegai in his hand. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising And then it seemed that this situation was familiar to me—a man standing among men and an assegai descending to his chest. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story For arms he had a broad assegai and three or four casting ones, and a great short-handled knob-stick, which he had brought especially for me, when he should find me. The Induna's Wife Masheesh stood in the act of poising his assegai, when Hughes stopped him. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Hume grasped his rifle, while Sirayo’s hand felt for his assegai. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z No—no blood,” as one fiend was poising an assegai for a throw. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising And, as though it were a good omen, I almost stumbled over a young buck crouching on the mountain-side, to send an assegai through which was as a flash of time. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story And the broad assegai quivered in the speaker’s hand. The Induna's Wife He held his slender assegai in his hand. The Ruined Cities of Zululand Then he balanced a throwing assegai, and launched it. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z He had a broad assegai beneath his blanket, but he would not use it—not yet. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Each held in his hand an assegai and a battle-axe. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story From a small fire which had been kindled among the stones they brought an assegai, whose blade had been heated red-hot. The Induna's Wife Poising the long bright assegai, Masheesh stood for a moment motionless, while a gleam of light seemed to traverse the air, and the antelope fell heavily forward. The Ruined Cities of Zululand “To the good death!” cried the second Zulu, bounding forward at once, and hurling himself on Sirayo; he grasped the haft of the assegai that still protruded from the shield, and pushed fiercely at it. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Instinctively he dropped into a half crouching attitude—the attitude of a wild beast preparing for its spring—and the grip of the broad assegai beneath his blanket tightened. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising There was a crowd of faces in the background, but who held the assegai I knew not. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story “Nevertheless, she will do—and she—and she—and she,” pointing at four of them with his short-handled assegai. The Induna's Wife The uplifted assegai, the great leaping barbarian, grinning in bloodthirsty glee as the weapon quivered in his sinewy grasp: then the blow—straight at his heart. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Webster shuddered at the fearful significance of the gesture, then picked up an assegai, and stood waiting with the Gaika to bar the passage. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Sticks were brandished, and I could see more than one ruffian handling his assegai all ready for a cast. A Veldt Vendetta In aspect they were like the kindred of old Masuka, but shorter and broader, and many were armed with bows and arrows as well as with assegai and battle-axe. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story My great assegai was shearing around, cleaving the hearts and bodies of these. The Induna's Wife The assegai had struck it fair, and there in the centre of the lid its point, broken off flush, remained firmly embedded. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War They came here in search of riches stored below,” and the thud of his assegai was heard as it struck the floor. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z He had been stabbed—stabbed with an assegai. A Veldt Vendetta I sprang after him roaring, my assegai—now wet and foul with blood—uplifted. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story By hundreds the slain lay there, heaps and heaps of dead bodies whom the assegai had kissed again and again. The Induna's Wife They had heard something of this white man being a bit of a wizard—that he owned a “charm” which had turned the blade of a broad assegai from his heart. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Sit here; sleep—no!” and leaning over, he gently touched the lip of the precipice with his assegai. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z “Otherwise a shattered egg-shell would have been the word instead of a tidy bout of brain fever, not to mention a well-delivered assegai jab beneath the fifth rib.” A Veldt Vendetta So intent were they upon this that I drove my assegai through the nearest before they discovered that a Zulu warrior was in their very midst. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story Tambusa’s eyes were like those of a hungry lion, and for long my broad assegai—Umzilikazi’s gift—had seemed to burn within my grasp. The Induna's Wife They could even hear the rattle of the assegai hafts as the savages climbed up the opposite bank, laughing like children as they shook the water drops from their sleek, well-greased skins. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War “It is easy to shoot wide in the dark,” muttered Sirayo, “but when a man gets close enough to thrust an assegai it is different.” The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Three of these brave fellows had already been overcome; knocked from their horses by hurled clubs, gasping out their lives, through a score of assegai stabs, on the reeking road. In the Whirl of the Rising With kindling eyes I gripped anew my broad assegai and leaped to the group of bodies. The King's Assegai A Matabili Story So with my great assegai, together with a heavy knob-stick and a small shield, I wandered up the river shortly before sundown, and did not return to Nkunkundhlovu for the night. The Induna's Wife A sounding whack across the ear with the haft of an assegai choked the words in his throat. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War “No, chief; your assegai is good against one or two, but this little gun holds six lives.” The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Lying behind the counter of his store was the body of poor Langrishe, the skull battered in, the clothing riddled with assegai cuts, but the body was still quite warm. In the Whirl of the Rising Ibúbese!” he cried, hurling an assegai with the quickness of lightning at a long, yellow gliding shape, which had darted from a thicket in front of us. The White Shield I cried—a casting assegai poised for a throw. The Induna's Wife But do not go outside,” he added, shortly, and with a significant grip of his assegai. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War “Go, then,” said Sirayo, with a grim chuckle; “but when your little gun has spoken let me try my assegai.” The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Clare, with set lips, covered a huge savage who had sprung up hardly ten yards distant to launch an assegai, and pressed the trigger. In the Whirl of the Rising Then I leap upon him, and with one mighty stroke my great assegai lays him open from the throat downwards. The White Shield I stood as one suddenly turned to stone, the uplifted assegai powerless in my stiffened grasp. The Induna's Wife Crack! and down went another while in the act of poising his assegai for a fling. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The Gaika, who loved his cattle, was raging about with a lighted brand in one hand and an assegai in the other, hurling insults at the lion. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z He’ll wilt at the notion of a bloodthirsty savage, always looking out for his chance, day and night—especially the night, mind—of getting an assegai into him. In the Whirl of the Rising Not all fell at once to the assegai: many escaped. The White Shield Pretending to stumble, I threw myself forward, and with one swift sweep of my assegai I sheared through Sifadu’s leg, gashing the thigh to the bone. The Induna's Wife Then one, more daring or less credulous than his fellows, reached forward as if about to plunge his assegai into the motionless body. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War You brought me against these people with false stories; I find they are my friends, and my shield is their shield, my assegai is their assegai. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z And now each gripped more tightly an assegai and a native axe, as nearer and nearer, like gliding demons, they stole noiselessly upon the prostrate and exhausted white man. In the Whirl of the Rising And, dropping my assegai—the King’s Assegai—I turned my breast to the Black Elephant, even as on that day when I stood expecting the death-stroke in the sight of all the nation. The White Shield At the first onset Sintoba had drawn the assegai which he carried concealed about his person, and had leaped to the assistance of his master. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley On they came, a wild and fierce array, in their fantastic war dresses—the glint of their assegai blades dancing in the sunlight like the ripples of a shining sea. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War This was agreed to enthusiastically, and soon the singing grew louder and louder, and the whole body in their picturesque gear, came marching up, beating time upon their shields with sticks and assegai hafts. A Frontier Mystery The fiend with the assegai knew better than to waste time unprofitably by completing his stroke. In the Whirl of the Rising But my little band made scarcely a movement; a hand here and there would shift nearer to the head of the deadly stabbing assegai, or a shield would quiver in sinewy grip. The White Shield Seated around in a half circle, Ingonyama, Vunawayo, and some three or four councillors were engaged in earnest discussion, the subject nothing less than the advisability of putting him and his to the assegai forthwith. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley The dealer of it stood, contemplating his assegai, with looks of amazement, of alarm. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War If he had had an assegai or a stick perhaps the other would not have had things all his own way, he added meaningly. A Frontier Mystery But another sharp dig from the assegai again made him writhe. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Moreover, each held his broad assegai in his right hand, for the man who wanders at night does well to be prepared for peril at every step. The White Shield On they came, bounding like bucks, heading straight for the impi, and it was seen that they were young men and unringed, and fully armed with shield and assegai. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley 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 One fellow went so far as to dance out from among the rest and gwaza at me with his assegai, and all were brandishing theirs and closing in upon us nearer and nearer. A Frontier Mystery “That and that” represented two long cuts of Sapazani’s sharp assegai, drawn across the fallen man’s shoulders. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion “Thou dog and whelp of a dog!” hissed the King, as, with the rapidity of lightning, he dropped aside his skin robe and hurled a casting assegai at me. The White Shield Immediately a warrior stepped forward, and without a word, drove his great assegai through the hag’s body. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley “Then get some water and clean rag, and bandage me up a bit—for besides the crack on the head you see I’ve got at least half a dozen assegai stabs distributed about my carcase.” 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War A dark crowd was swarming over the ridge half a mile in front, and in the then rising sun I could make out the glint of assegai blades. A Frontier Mystery In more than one instance some desperate savage, mortally and otherwise disabled, gripped his assegai in a feigned death grip to strike a last blow at any who should be unwary enough to approach him. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Now I spring upon this great Ibuna, but before I can strike him my assegai—the King’s Assegai—is dashed from my hand by a clubbed gun. The White Shield And behind them they caught a glimpse of the two leaders, each armed with a broad-bladed stabbing assegai, which had come forth from some cunning place of concealment. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley With a respectful salute to the white man they filed off into the bush, and soon the faint rattle of assegai hafts and the deep bass hum of their voices faded into silence. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War I will cut thee into little pieces,” cried one fellow, seizing my boy Tom by the throat and brandishing a big assegai as though he would rip him up. A Frontier Mystery From under the suspicious-looking coat was drawn a broad assegai, and he whipped round barely in time to avoid its full stroke. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion “Take back thy spear, thou whom I know not!” he cried; and I, it was all I could do to catch the assegai as he had done, or, rather, to turn it off. The White Shield A sound of deep-toned voices and the rattle of assegai hafts caused both to turn. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Again the circle of firelight was alive with grim, threatening forms, swaying in measured time, to the unearthly chant, to the accompaniment of the shaking of fantastic adornments, to the quivering rattle of assegai hafts. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War “The white amakosi want to see if the assegai is a better weapon than the gun.” A Frontier Mystery By and by Birmingham-forged blades were imported, surreptitiously, by the traders; but the assegai turned out by old Malemba and his son never fell in reputation. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion He was attended by his shield-bearer, holding aloft the great white shield of state, but in his hand he carried another and a smaller shield, also white, and a long-hafted, slender, casting assegai. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Something shot down from above, and there passed within a few inches of Gerard’s horrified eyes the broad blade of a great stabbing assegai. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley No sooner is the poor beast clear of the fence than it is suddenly seen to plunge and fall forward in a heap, stabbed to the heart by a broad-bladed assegai. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War As she shot past me I let go the assegai. A Frontier Mystery With the words he drove his assegai down hard between the prostrate man’s shoulders. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Nearer—nearer! and now the muscles start from each bronze frame, and the fell, murderous assegai is grasped in sinewy grip. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland The Igazipuza had spliced a short-handled broad-bladed assegai to a pole, and with this improvised lance were going along the bank prodding down into every likely looking place which they could not otherwise reach. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Weapons are brandished, and the firelight glows upon assegai points and rolling eyeballs. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War He tore down an assegai, whirled and thrust it at the monstrous, contorted face, searching for the eyes. The Giants From Outer Space It was that wrested from Pandulu at the point of the assegai under those same dark forest shades. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion No more surprise now, no wild rush of overwhelming numbers with the deadly assegai. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Gerard the while felt every muscle in his powerful young frame cracking, strained as it was to prevent the savage from freeing the hand which held the assegai. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley On his left arm, above the elbow, he wore a thick; square armlet of solid ivory, and in his hand he carried a large, broad-bladed assegai. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Between the hangings were panels of sandal-wood, ornamented with bits of mirror in the Burmese fashion, and half hidden with curious foreign weapons, daggers, swords, and spears, and even a Zulu assegai or two. The House by the Lock He, as they surrounded him, opened his eyes, but made no act of aggression, although by an effort he might have reached his broad assegai. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Then, with the blade of a great assegai, their ears were deliberately shorn from their heads. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland “Maybe only to get an assegai put into him if he does,” cut in Tom. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley He saw the gleam of assegai points, the deadly glare of hatred in the sea of rolling eyes closing in upon him. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Even the Vicar was there, armed with an assegai—no doubt a missionary trophy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 An assegai or knobkerrie would do the trick just as well, and make no noise about it. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion They growled and mouthed around their white visitors, and one, at any rate, of these expected to feel the assegai through his back any moment. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland The first assegai half ham-strung the buck just under the shoulders, the second must have gone through the heart, or very near it. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Then a tall warrior, springing like a leopard, struck full at his heart with a large, broad-bladed assegai. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War "You see," explained the Vicar, prodding the apple-tree regretfully with his assegai, "poor Miss Tittlepatter said that she had been attacked by German spies from this very orchard." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 He was far more dangerous with his own native assegai—in fact, the possession of firearms rendered him less efficient with even that. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion Through the merest crack between their lids he looked forth, and behold, some one was bending over him, but not so much as to conceal the haft of a short, broad-bladed, stabbing assegai. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Or it will assume the form of a bush, if indulged, till Sally is almost hidden under it, as the Bosjesman under his version of Birnam Wood, that he shoots his assegai from. Somehow Good Then with a very contemptuous gesture, and shaking his assegai at his white enemies, he sprang into the forest again, laughing loudly. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War As I got my horse steady and threw my rifle down to cover him, he suddenly let the cartridge be and lifted an assegai. The Red True Story Book In a moment four assegai blades were buried again and again in his body. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion The savage has lost his assegai in the fall, and the white man is groping hungrily, eagerly, for his sheath knife. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland In vain did the Martinis pump a hail of lead into them: on they came straight to the frail defence, striving to take it at the point of the assegai. The True Story Book Our masters!” roared the fierce savage, shaking the broad assegai which he held, until it quivered like a band of flame in the red firelight. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Then one of them lifted his assegai and drove it through his breast. The Red True Story Book Heaven send a convenient shot of malaria or a providential assegai prod to keep him there forever! The Sign of the Spider Poising the long, slender, casting assegai in his hand with a nervous quiver, he hurled it far out over the stockade. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Now a savage sprang on this man, and now on that; the assegai flashed up, a cry of agony echoed among the rocks, and a corpse fell heavily to the red earth. The True Story Book Again sounded the ominous rattle of assegai hafts. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War He tries to revenge himself by treacherous criticisms, launched, like an assegai, from the bush. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 And the great hide shields, with their party-coloured facings and tufted tops, are Zulu shields, and the broad stabbing spear is the Zulu umkonto, or assegai. The Sign of the Spider One man got an assegai through his throat and it probably inflicted a fatal wound. An African Adventure “He jumped up, and threatened to spear me with his assegai.” Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure Grasping the assegai in her powerful right hand, she advanced towards Eustace. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War He would be poorer than the poorest savage in Africa whose only possessions were a bow and arrow and an assegai, or spear, wouldn't he? The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg And under his protection the whole party actually walked and rode past the entire impi. within one hundred yards of the grim, scowling fellows, and not an assegai was thrown, not a word uttered. Chatterbox, 1906 The white man, with the assegai on his shoulder, was stumping ahead into the infected village, and the girl she was lying down at the edge of the water drinking avidly. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Some readers will, I think, be surprised to hear that assegai occurs in Chaucer, though in a form not easily recognisable. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Before she could rise her pursuer was upon her and had stabbed her twice through the body with his assegai. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Two troopers have been found between the donga and the kraal, covered with assegai wounds. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 That very evening as we all sat at supper, the children having gone to bed, an assegai suddenly flew just over Mrs. Gadsby's head, and struck quivering in the wall behind her. Chatterbox, 1906 The thing was within an inch of being done; the stabbing assegai goes like lightning, you know; she must have been tasting the very bitterness of death. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories One poised his assegai, as though he were about to throw it, but I leveled my gun at him and he swerved. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Is thy charm potent enough, O white wizard?” said Ngcenika, raising the assegai in the air. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War At sea they use a sort of assegai, called bagsacay or simbilin, about half an inch in diameter, with a sharp point. The Philippine Islands The Bushman hesitated, but finally lowered his assegai and accepted the gift. The Settler and the Savage All my informants laid stress on his voice; he exploded in their midst with an uproar that overthrew their senses, and whacked right and left with fist and foot and assegai. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Before the alarm was given they were swarming with savage warriors, who, kriss and assegai in hand, rushed into the town, and clambered into the forts and houses. Mark Seaworth A desperate plan had occurred to Eustace—to wrench the assegai from the hag’s hand and make a dash for the forest. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Where the Zulus appeared the thickest, there they were to be found, and many an assegai was caught by the young Zulu woman, and hurled back at the assailants of the fort. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Every man then rushed at the creature, sending his spear, assegai, or arrow into his sides until he sank like a porcupine covered with quills. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley The fellows on guard simply waited, and when the man was up to them one stepped forward and drove the thirty-inch blade of a stabbing assegai clean through him. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Before, however, it could strike again, its head lay upon the stones, cut off by a blow from Chicory’s long-bladed assegai, and the body of the dangerous beast was writhing amongst and rattling the stones. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers Ngcenika could be seen examining the point of her assegai in scowling concern. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Two of the defenders lay dead, fallen from the platform to the ground, and a third desperately wounded with an assegai through his breast, and who had hitherto been unobserved, lay gasping out his life. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Although quite discarded in war, the assegai was still used in the chase, and the men and boys were encouraged to keep up the practice of assegai throwing. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories A javelin, assegai, or other weapon hurled from the hand is seized in the center of gravity. Throwing-sticks in the National Museum Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-'84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1890, pages 279-289 So, unable to bear matters any longer, Rough’un, who had momentarily grown more excited, suddenly made an open-mouthed onslaught upon the assegai stock. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers The point has cut clean through the words ‘a curse’—Mfulini’s assegai has made short work of that malediction. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War With three assegai wounds in his body, utterly ruined in purse, and his health broken, he had received shelter and kind treatment from Captain Broderick, who pitied his misfortunes. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand It was found, however, in hunting, that the light assegai was not effective in bringing down game. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories I was as familiar with the rapier as I was with the Zulu assegai. Arms and the Woman They were so near now that they could make out the shape of the lion amongst the dry grass, when, apparently always upon his guard, the General suddenly presented the point of his assegai. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers The assegai point is broken short off, driven with such force that it has remained embedded in the lid.” 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The black chief flourished his assegai with a fierce look. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand They found, moreover, that throwing the assegai was not of much avail on account of the large shields which the Zulus carried. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories The guns were got up, and in a few minutes they were volleying and thundering, flinging their whirring shells into the masses of Matabele, whose assegai blades glistened in the morning sun. The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' That was soon done, for Chicory made a sign to his brother, who touched the puff-adder’s tail and began to irritate it, making it turn and strike viciously at the blade of his assegai. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers The assegai point is so firmly wedged that it would take a hammer to drive it out—but I propose to leave it in—use it as a ‘charm’ next war perhaps. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War “But you would run a fearful risk of having an assegai sent through you if you were discovered,” exclaimed Percy. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand A scarred warrior exchanged his dripping assegai for the Queen's commission as a J.P. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. "Their points are hardened by being subjected to fire, and, in the hands of those fierce men, they are as deadly as the assegai of the African." A Man and a Woman The Zulu uttered a low sigh of satisfaction as he saw one of his boys, and Chicory jumped up, and seizing his assegai, ran to meet them. Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers There was the gleam of an assegai in the air—then darkness and the shatter of glass. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Others then brought in wooden platters, huge pieces of beef, large masses of which an attendant cut off with an assegai, and handed to the king, who munched away at them with infinite satisfaction. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand Panda, on the Zululand frontier, growled over his assegai and knobkerry. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. One hand grasped an iron-shod assegai, and the other lovingly fondled a battle-axe, and both weapons looked at home where they rested. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front Right on the top lived an old native, who, hearing the barking of his dogs, rushed out armed with an assegai, ready to defend his eyrie against all comers. With Steyn and De Wet Wait here until I return,” he had seized his assegai and disappeared in the direction of the pit again. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Hendricks brought up the rear, keeping his rifle ready to shoot down any warrior with a fast pair of heels who should come near enough to hurl his assegai. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand In short, he may be as vigorous as a Zulu, with the materials of a first-rate soldier in him, but his arms are only a club and an assegai, and are of no service. Some Private Views Often he falls beneath the thrust of an assegai or the slashing broadsword of the charging enemy. In Darkest England and the Way Out Then we started for Harlem in a cab with George and another colored man dressed as African warriors, with assegai daggers and robes of gold and high turbans and sashes stuck full of swords. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis It arrested assegai blades quivering to bury themselves in the fallen man’s body. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War If they don’t, I shall make bold to go and take it, for they won’t object, even though they may intend to assegai us directly afterwards.” Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand He was out with a small reconnoitring party, which was surprised by a band of Zulus; his escort mounted and fled; and he was found next morning dead, his body gashed with eighteen assegai wounds. Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901 Anything will serve so long as it gives me the opportunity to hurl my assegai as I see them pass. The Conquest of Fear He armed his regiments with the short stabbing assegai, instead of the throwing assegai which they had been accustomed to use, and kept them subject to an iron discipline. Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal A slight start and exclamation of astonishment escaped him, then, recovering himself, he carefully examined, without touching it, the place where the assegai had struck. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Is an assegai so much more savage than a shell? The Ghost Kings He did not strike; but with infinite cruel cunning of hand—no measurable lapse of time ensuing—drew the assegai across the face of the astonished Emperor. The Prince of India — Volume 02 If I hurl my assegai at another, another hurls his assegai at me, and in a measure we are quits. The Conquest of Fear Gita held the door of the hut while I took the child, cut a hole through the straw with my assegai, and crept out at the back. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Twice it turned the point of the assegai.” 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Only the shadow of that Zulu assegai still lay upon them, for if Chaka was dead Dingaan ruled a few miles away across the Tugela. The Ghost Kings He lunged forward with his hand holding an imaginary assegai. What's Bred in the Bone Even if, trying to rise above my inborn savagery, I withhold my assegai, it is no sign that another will withhold his, and I may be wounded even in the effort to do my best. The Conquest of Fear In those shadows, of course, I could not see what it was, but such light as remained glinted on what might have been the polished tip of the horn of an antelope or—an assegai. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales The dense bush, intertwined with creepers, met them in places in an unbroken wall, but Josane would hack away manfully with his broad-bladed assegai until he succeeded in forcing a way. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War There at her side lay a means of death—the assegai which she had found by the body of the Zulu in Ramah, and none had taken from her. The Ghost Kings One of them thrust out with an assegai at Guy. What's Bred in the Bone The old wizard took up the little assegai which he had offered to me and with its blade raked our ashes from the fire that always burnt in front of him. She and Allan He took it sure enough, for the assegai was wrenched out of the hand of the striker. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales He was standing over the inanimate form, his assegai uplifted in his right hand, in his left the dim and sputtering candle. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Taking the assegai with her she went to the door in the high wall and found that it was barred on the further side. The Ghost Kings If Granville insisted, he showed in very frank dumb show, why—a thrust with the assegai explained the rest most persuasively. What's Bred in the Bone "I am a warrior, O King, as my scars show," and he pointed to the assegai wounds upon his breast and to his cut nostril. Allan and the Holy Flower Or had it perchance fallen upon the point of the assegai of some spy who was watching my movements! Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales The dark, brawny arm of the sorceress was upraised, her muscular fingers gripped the assegai haft a few inches from the blade. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War With a few swift cuts of the spear she held Rachel severed his bonds, then picked up his own assegai that lay at his feet she thrust it into his numbed hand. The Ghost Kings The playful dig with which the savage thrust forward his assegai at that final remark showed Granville Kelmscott in a moment this was no idle threat. What's Bred in the Bone Stephen, who had got hold of an assegai somehow, went with them, firing a Colt's revolver as he ran, while at their backs came Bausi and his thirty tall Mazitu. Allan and the Holy Flower Her body was pierced through by innumerable thrusts, which I somehow instinctively recognised as assegai wounds. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Each firmly gripped the other’s right wrist, for the purpose of preventing the use of the broad-bladed, murderous assegai with which the right hand of each was armed. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War "You kept that promise with an assegai—let me look, let me look into your heart—yes, with a little assegai handled with the royal red wood, an assegai that had drunk much blood." The Ghost Kings When the Namaqua saw nothing on earth would induce him to remain, he shouldered his arms and went out beside him, fully equipped for fight with matchlock and assegai. What's Bred in the Bone At first he refused to stir, but the assegai of one of the Zulu hunters pressed gently against what remained of his robe, furnished an argument that he could not resist. Allan and the Holy Flower There Oom Jan Willem himself lay stretched at full length; a bullet had pierced his left temple; his body was also riddled through with assegai thrusts. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Here he lay, a broad assegai still grasped in his hand, waiting to strike one fell and fatal blow at his slayers ere death should come upon him. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Therefore if they were detained he would be obliged to live at some distance from her where an assegai might find him at night or poison be put in his food. The Ghost Kings God, six hundred of them, men and women, maids and children, and little babies at the breast, went down beneath the Zulu assegai in that red dawn. Swallow: a tale of the great trek But in the end they evaded assegai and gunfire, and in safety reached Buluwayo. Real Soldiers of Fortune He rode, nearly naked, showing all his teeth and brandishing his assegai; the long white feathers stuck upright in his hair gave him a wild and terrifying barbaric aspect. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose His head was bent forward and his hand still grasped the broad assegai, clotted with the blood of the witch-doctress. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War The wounded man watched them pass the door, and when the last of them had gone he used the assegai upon himself, and with his failing hand flung it feebly at Ishmael. The Ghost Kings Lifting his heavy assegai, he drove it through the man, so that he fell dead, and as he smote cried, "Coward, take this gift from the king!" Swallow: a tale of the great trek Through the underbrush from every side the enemy, armed with assegai and elephant guns, charged toward them and spread out to cut off their retreat. Real Soldiers of Fortune I remembered what an old Boer had said to me at Buluwayo: "The Zulu with his assegai is an enemy to be feared; with a gun, he is a bungler." Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Right through the breast of the portrait, the assegai point had pierced. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War As she went her eyes fell upon the assegai that lay near to the dead Zulu. The Ghost Kings One short hour, and if it was not enough then death by the Zulu assegai would be the portion of Suzanne and of those among whom she sheltered. Swallow: a tale of the great trek Gopani-Kufa considered for a moment, then stabbing the antelope with his assegai, he set the python free. The Orange Fairy Book With her assegai she widened it a little, then drew her lithe shape through it, and lying hidden till the guard had passed, climbed the two stone walls beyond. The Wizard She chose a short-handled, broad-bladed stabbing assegai, examined it critically, and returned to her former position. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War One of them, indeed, a great fierce-faced fellow, drew near to Hadden and shaking his fist before his eyes—fortunately being in the royal presence he had no assegai—shouted the sentences at him. Black Heart and White Heart Then drawing the assegai from the cloak and keeping it in her hand, she crept on till she came to the back of the hut in safety. Swallow: a tale of the great trek If I had a supply of those guns from behind my walls I might defy the impi of Lobengula, whose warriors use the assegai. Benita, an African romance But even as I did so, I caught sight of Mashune's stalwart form advancing with his 'bangwan,' or broad stabbing assegai, raised above his head. Hunter Quatermain's Story He grasped in his hand a broad-bladed assegai, with the point broken short off. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War There! he's finished," said Hadden, "and I believe it was your assegai that killed him. Black Heart and White Heart "Take that, you four-legged night thief," he said aloud, and hurled the assegai in his hand straight at her. Swallow: a tale of the great trek By now her hind leg was much swollen, and blood still ran from the gash made by the assegai. Benita, an African romance I had fallen on my back, and, looking up, I saw that the gallant Mashune had driven the assegai a foot or more into the carcass of the buffalo, and was turning to fly. Hunter Quatermain's Story Now the kraals were ashes and piles of tumbled stones, and strewn about among the rank grass were the bones of hundreds of men, women, and children, all of whom had kissed the Zulu assegai. Allan's Wife Well, if it came to the worst, Nahoon must die: it would be easy—he had a loaded rifle, and now that his assegai was gone, Nahoon had only a kerry. Black Heart and White Heart Lady," answered the old man coldly, "we dare because we must, for honour cannot live before the assegai of thirst. Swallow: a tale of the great trek It was almost all cold steel work now, for we had no time to reload, and that suited the Butiana habits of fighting well enough, for the stabbing assegai is a weapon which they understand. Maiwa's Revenge So saying, he grasped the crumpet as if it had been an assegai, and assailed himself with it so violently that it entirely disappeared. The Prophet of Berkeley Square Then they made a ring round us, gave me a similar assegai, and set us some ten paces apart. Allan's Wife He made no answer, but lifting his assegai he stalked grimly toward his foe. Black Heart and White Heart Jan looked, and there beneath the bush lay a man, a Zulu soldier, for his tall grey plume was still fixed upon his head, and near him was his broad assegai. Swallow: a tale of the great trek The assegai sped on and struck one of the women who had hold of the unfortunate Every, piercing through her arm. Maiwa's Revenge As for Khiva himself, we buried what remained of him in an ant-bear hole, together with an assegai to protect himself with on his journey to a better world. King Solomon's Mines Suddenly, without a sound, Bombyane shook his assegai and rushed straight at me. Allan's Wife "Now we will make an end," muttered Hadden savagely, and he turned to seek the assegai, then staggered slowly back with starting eyes and reeling gait. Black Heart and White Heart Here, there, everywhere spears flashed and stabbed, but as yet they were unhurt, for the very press saved them, although an assegai was quivering in the flank of the schimmel. Swallow: a tale of the great trek Then the guns were to be thrown down and we must charge with the assegai. Maiwa's Revenge These spears are not used for throwing but like the Zulu "bangwan," or stabbing assegai, are for close quarters only, when the wound inflicted by them is terrible. King Solomon's Mines I believe that Indaba-zimbi mesmerized the whole crowd of onlookers, myself included, making them believe that they saw the assegai in my heart, and the blood upon the blade. Allan's Wife Even the Zulu assegai would serve as well. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war Mopo the murderer, he who vanished from the land after the death of my uncle Dingaan, gave you the little red assegai, did he, Opener of Roads! Finished There too on the wall stood Maiwa, a white garment streaming from her shoulders, an assegai in her hand, her breast heaving, her eyes flashing. Maiwa's Revenge In that light, too, his skin looked scarcely more than dark, except here and there where deep black scars marked old assegai wounds. King Solomon's Mines I felt a weight on my assegai; it was wrenched from my hand; his great limbs knocked against me. Allan's Wife Indeed, they had won everything, for Cetewayo was now supreme—by right of the assegai—and his father but a cipher. Child of Storm I remained for a moment, making pretence to examine the blade of the little assegai that had been thrown by the figure on the rock, which I had picked from the ground. Finished Down it came between the Vrouw Prinsloo and the slayers, smashing the lifted assegai of one of them and hurling him to the earth. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Khiva, the Zulu boy, saw his master fall, and brave lad as he was, turned and flung his assegai straight into the elephant's face. King Solomon's Mines Indaba-zimbi recovered himself first—at any rate when the next flash came he was standing bolt upright, pointing with his assegai towards his enemy. Allan's Wife "If I had held an assegai in my hand you would have been cut." Child of Storm As for the little assegai, I lost it years ago. Finished The geese go straight, like an assegai to its mark. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain And he lifted the little assegai and smote it through her. Nada the Lily The settlement had been fallen on by some powerful foe, and its inhabitants put to the assegai. Allan's Wife "Stop talking about your other daughter and your beer and listen to me," replied Saduko, looking at the assegai which he had thrown to the ground so ominously that I set my foot on it. Child of Storm O King, it is well known that the Black One who went before you had a certain little assegai handled with the royal red wood, which drank the blood of many. Finished As a matter of fact an assegai had gone half through it and hit upon the bone. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain But a few have died beneath the assegai and the kerrie, O King. Nada the Lily "And once dead," said the chiefs, "wizards work no more spells," and he bent and whispered in the induna's ear, looking at the assegai in his hand as he whispered. Allan's Wife Moreover, he seemed to me to be distraught with grief, and, lastly, he had no shield left, nothing but an assegai. Child of Storm There you will take your stand, holding in your right hand a little assegai which will be given to you. Finished The servant I saw them assegai, so at least he died at once. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Nada may yet be sought for with the assegai in the Swazi caves; enough of her. Nada the Lily They were slowly advancing towards one another, each pointing at his foe with the assegai in his hand. Allan's Wife "Dog," said the Prince, "where is your assegai?" Child of Storm Since the Zulus under Chaka killed out my people, the Ndwandwe, year by year I have plotted and waited to see them wedded to the assegai. Finished The beast pulled up by the side of the mare which it had been pursuing, and in the faint light I saw that an assegai was fixed in its flank. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain The morning breeze came up and fanned them, their plumes bent in the breeze; like a plain of seeding grass they bent, the plumes of the soldiers ripe for the assegai. Nada the Lily The chief's son was still on his legs, but he was staggering like a drunken man, and the assegai had fallen from his hand. Allan's Wife "I know that if you were outside this fence, Masapo, I would cram that word down your throat at the point of my assegai," replied Saduko in a fierce voice. Child of Storm Then, I say, he goes a road that was trodden by Chaka and Dingaan who were before me, yes, the red road of the assegai. Finished I took the candle from Marie's hand, and set it on the floor close to the wall, lest it should prove a target for an assegai or a bullet. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain A third time the woman struck, and, though he fell to earth to avoid the blow, yet the assegai pierced his shoulder. Nada the Lily He was pointing with his assegai towards the advancing storm, and invoking it in a voice of great excitement. Allan's Wife Zikali stretched out his hand and touched the scratch that the assegai had made in me here. Child of Storm I ran forward to look and saw the blade of a little assegai lying on the ground and on Cetewayo's knee a slight cut from which blood trickled. Finished As she spoke the words, an assegai flashed through the window-place, passing just between our heads. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Then he put out his hands and seized one of the cubs, killing the other with his assegai, because he could not carry both of them. Nada the Lily The giant warrior before me had used the assegai from a child—I had no experience of the weapon. Allan's Wife What did Chaka, Senzangakona's son, say when the little red assegai, the assegai with which he slew his mother, aye and others, some of whom were near to me, was in his liver? Child of Storm Cetewayo looked at the assegai, looked at the blood trickling from his knee, looked at the faces of the councillors. Finished I think, too, there were some innocent bags full of beads and a few packages of Birmingham-made assegai blades. Finished Think of my words when the assegai reddens before thee for the last time, king! Nada the Lily "Indaba-zimbi has speared him; the red assegai stands out behind his back." Allan's Wife They killed my mother with a throwing assegai; it entered at her back and came out at her heart. Child of Storm It is—that I will send an answer to their demands upon the point of an assegai. Finished Then he closed and tried to stab with another assegai. Finished "Say, what is in that mat?" and he pointed with his little assegai at the bundle on my shoulders. Nada the Lily That assegai had already been nearer my person than I found at all pleasant, and I had no desire to make a further acquaintance with it. Allan's Wife With her left hand she patted the dog's head feebly and with her right drew out the assegai from her body, letting it fall upon the ground. Finished To escape, of which of course I had thought at once, was impossible since it meant an assegai in my ribs. Finished Up to that time we had lost only quite a few men, for the Zulu fire was wild and high and they had not been able to get at us with the assegai. Finished And he lifted his assegai to throw it through the bundle. Nada the Lily And so through the glamour thrown upon them by Indaba-zimbi's will, that Zulu Impi seemed to see me transfixed with an assegai which never touched me. Allan's Wife Then they turned to fly, but before they went one of them, as it seemed to me through sheer terror, hurled his assegai at the figure which remained still and unmoved. Finished When we were as I judged out of assegai shot, I turned, with the water up to my armpits, and shouted some valedictory words. Finished The assegai that pierced her was meant for your heart. Finished "If you try to stop him, I will let sunshine through you with my assegai." Nada the Lily By a big rock which I can show you, they found his scattered and broken bones, the fragments of his assegai, and four dead baboons. Allan's Wife Then I stretched out the handle of my assegai towards her. Nada the Lily Seek the answer to that question in the hour of the battle when the white men, your brothers, fall beneath assegai as weeds fall before the hoe—or perhaps before it. Finished We threw away our blankets—everything except an assegai, which I held in my teeth—and we plunged in, wading as far as we could. Nada the Lily He threw an assegai, but it missed me, and next second I hit him too. Nada the Lily The baboons made a good fight for it, however, and it was not till the old man was killed with an assegai that they ran away. Allan's Wife He stalked across the mountains and the veldt, his eyes blazed like the lightning, and in his hand he shook a little assegai that was red with blood. Nada the Lily They simply stopped, took the dead man's assegai and shield from the body and walked quietly back towards the wagon, leaving him where he lay. Finished Those of them who escaped the assegai were enrolled into fresh regiments, and thus, though men died by thousands every month, yet the army grew. Nada the Lily Among the broken mealies we found the body of a very old man, as full of assegai wounds as a porcupine with quills. Nada the Lily He lifted his assegai, and a silence fell; only the sound of chanting still rolled along the hills. Nada the Lily Umslopogaas alone stood up to face her, for he only had withdrawn his assegai from the carcass of the lion. Nada the Lily Then she put up her hand, and drew the assegai from her side. Nada the Lily All about us lay the bodies of dead people, scores of them—old men, young men, women, children, little babies at the breast—there they lay among the burnt huts, pierced with assegai wounds. Nada the Lily So I cut my way through the reed fence with my assegai and crept to the hut where Baleka was with some of her half-sisters. Nada the Lily |
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