See also:

• MATABELE (" vanishing " or " hidden " people, so called from their appearance in battle, hidden behind enormous oxhide shields)

MATABELE (" vanishing " or " hidden " See also:

• PEOPLE

people, so called from their See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in See also:

• BATTLE

battle, hidden behind enormous oxhide See also:

• SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

shields)  , a See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Zulu origin who began See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• LIFE

life under the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief Mosilikatze . Driven out of the See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal by the Boers in 1837, Mosilikatze crossed the See also:

• LIMPOPO, or CROCODILE

Limpopo with a military See also:

• HOST

host which had been recruited from every tribe conquered by him during his ten years' predominance in the Transvaal . In their new territories the See also:

• MATABELE (" vanishing " or " hidden " people, so called from their appearance in battle, hidden behind enormous oxhide shields)

Matabele absorbed into their ranks many members of the conquered See also:

• MASHONA

Mashona tribes and established a military despotism . Their See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole occupation was See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, for which their See also:

• LAWS

laws and organization were designed to See also:

• FIT

fit them . This See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant warfare is, since the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest of Matabeleland by the See also:

• BRITISH

British in 1893, a thing of the past . The Matabele are now herdsmen and agriculturists .