firearms at,91,113,435,450,452;fort and regiments,113;arrival of Bambata at,166;his wife and children concealed,167;rebels harboured,426;visit of Police,437;description of,450;searched by troops,451;dismantling of,474."Usutu" (Dinuzulu's war-cry),171.Usutu Party:Creation of,209;Sigananda,209.Usutu tribe,474.Utrecht Reserves,454.Uys, Chief Leader, D.C.,322,324.Vanderplank, Maj. W.A.:In command, Z.M.R.,185;at Ntingwe,217,237;Manyane valley,236;Tate gorge,252;Sigananda's Court-martial,403.See also185.Van Rooyen, Chief Leader, F.E.,185.Van Rooyen, Sub-Leader T.J.,273.Veal, Oliver E.,377.Veterinary Corps,58,227,419.Volunteers (Natal),7,19,38,39,45.Vryheid column,454.Vryheid Reserves,454.Wadman, Sergt. A.J.,353.Wales, Lt.-Col. A.T.G.:In command, Militia Reserves,53;Kula,323;succeeds Lt.-Col. Weighton, Helpmakaar,329.Walters, Sub.-Overseer,240.Walton, Lieut. H.,403.War-cry: Usutu,171.War doctors.SeeHabits and Customs.Warfare, Methods of,280,508.See alsoZulu Military System, and Strategy and Tactics, Rebels',358.War-huts,196,202,377.Watt, Sir Thomas:Introduces motion—universal compulsory service, and Militia Bill,41;Minister of Justice and Defence,44,408;at Mapumulo,394.Watton's store, looting of,260.Weenen Reserves,322.Weighton, Lt.-Col. J.:In command garrison, Richmond,141;president court-martial, Richmond,150;commands N.C.,192;at Helpmakaar,276,327;court-martial duties,329,403;Usutu,450.White, Sub.-Inspr. F.B.E.,333.Wilkinson, Sergt.,431.Wilson, Maj. C.,147,324,456.Wilson, Justice Dove,474.Winter, H.D.,44,120,139.Wolseley, Sir Garnet (Viscount),13,89.Woolls-Sampson, Col. Sir Aubrey,227,285,338,395,409.Woolls-Sampson's Column:composition and strength,339;Isiwasamanqe,342;Thring's Post,360,374;Meseni's ward,376;Mpumulwana and Wome,379;Umvoti valley,382;Kearsney Sugar Estates,384:Izinsimba,387;Ndhlovu's ward,391;Riet valley,395.Wylie, Lt.-Col. J.S.,335,403.Xosa family (of tribes),208.Zibebu,13,113,486.Zulu (founder of Zulu tribe),345.Zululand:Conquest by Boers,10;disturbances (1883-8),10;annexation,15,478;Land Delimitation Commission,16;appointment of Commissioner for Native Affairs,29.Zululand Field Force:Composition, strength and disposition,227;Nomangci,238;Mome valley,282;Nkandhla district,237-256,280-295,333-343;leave Dundee for Nkandhla,343.See alsoMcKenzie, Col. Sir D.Zululand Mounted Rifles:Mobilize,185;at Empandhleni,189,191,194;pursue Bambata,216;at Ntingwe,227;Macala,246;Cetshwayo's grave,246;Ensingabantu,250,339;Tate gorge,252;Mome valley,282;Nkandhla forests,285,294;Manzipambana,285;Mome,305;Macrae's store,362;Meseni's ward,376;Mpumulwana and Wome,380;Krantzkop,395;clearing up work by,400;Dinuzulu Expedition,444.See also333,335.Zululand Native Police.SeeNongqai,alsoApp. XI.Zulu Military System:Creation of by Tshaka,2;strength of army,3,68;how long in vogue,7;restrictions under Boer government,19;assegais,63,68,74,208;Zulu Military System and Connected Customs,67-91;its connection with the Rebellion,67;under Tshaka,67;military prestige of Zulus,67;liability for service,68;barracks,69;formation of regiments and companies,69,71;motive for maintaining standing army,70;marriage of warriors,70;assumption of headring by regiments,70;division of warriors, "white" and "black" classes,70;mobilization,71,77,78;officers,71;strength of regiments and companies,71;under Mpande and Cetshwayo,72;cadetship,72;punishments,73;alien-obliged to serve,73;defences,73;uniforms and shields,73,74;government, civil and military,74;espionage,75;ornaments and decorations,75;rewards for valour,75;transport,75;occupations and amusements in peace-time,76;eating ofumbengoceremony,78;warriors challenging one another (individually),82;ukucelwa(being sprinkled) ceremony,83;war-doctors,84,347;tactics,85;powers of endurance,86;war-huts,seeWar-huts.Zulus:Army,seeZulu Military System;refugees,8;character,34,100,115,116,119,121,125,143,509.Zulu songs (sung at Usutu),116.See alsoApp IX.Zulu War, statistics of,13.See also10,12.