Francis Owen was an English missionary from the early 19th
century. He spent some time on the court of the Zulu chieftain,
Dingaan, trying to convert his people to Christianity. When
Boers started encroaching on Zulu territory in Natal, Dingaan
prepared an elaborate trap and massacred them. Unwillingly,
Francis Owen witnessed the massacre. Umgungundhlovu, Natal,
November 1837 At length I told Dingaan it was Sunday, whereupon
he bit me to address his people and teach them the word of God.
At the same time he sent Masipulu, his head servant to tell the
Indoonas that theye were all to be quiet and listen attentively
to me. A dead pause immediately ensued. I went forward, feeling
in my heart, that I was called to testify Christ publickly in
this place for the last, and the only time! Having advanced
within a convenient distance from the men, the king sitting a
god way behind, I commenced by telling them that they all knew
that there was a great chief above the sky. Dingaan now sent a
message to us to tell us to s