Zulu Dawn:“Excuse me, my Lord, there's something I must convey to you. I rode along the track down to Rorke's Drift. The sky above is red with fire. Your orders my Lord? Do we move to the drift?”
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Posts : 2309 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 65 Location : Lower Sheering, Essex
Subject: Dill’s Store Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:48 pm
Has anyone come across a store or wayside inn on the line of march of the KDG’s, named Dill’s or Dillon’s?
Apparently one of the KDG managed to behead a local African during an incident there.
Any clues welcome.
JY
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7932 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Dill’s Store Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:37 pm
John Have a look at [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Deborah Whelans PhD thesis based on trading Posts in Zululand.
Frank
John Young
Posts : 2309 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 65 Location : Lower Sheering, Essex
Subject: Re: Dill’s Store Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:47 pm
Frank,
Thanks for that I have a read through this afternoon.
JY
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7932 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Dill’s Store Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:58 pm
Ive scanned through John and im of the opinion it was Vants drift area, Have a look see what you think. Frank
John Young
Posts : 2309 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 65 Location : Lower Sheering, Essex
Subject: Re: Dill’s Store Thu Nov 21, 2019 5:34 pm
Frank,
Thanks for that it helped and put me on to another lead. I started looking elsewhere, and I found Dill's store mentioned in Laband & Thompson's The Buffalo Border 1879. It was situated on the Biggarsberg below the abandoned Pieters' Laager.
Now to find the culprit!
Thanks,
JY
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7932 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Dill’s Store Fri Nov 22, 2019 6:34 am
John Did the KDG travel via the biggarsberg? Didnt they take that wide loop from Dundee?
John Young
Posts : 2309 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 65 Location : Lower Sheering, Essex
Subject: Re: Dill’s Store Fri Nov 22, 2019 7:41 am
Frank,
There were two troops of the KDG based at Rorke’s Drift at the time of the beheading.
They were active in the area of the Biggarsberg. As is evidenced by this engraving from The Graphic from 26th July 1879.
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Dragoons Breaking-up Camp near the Biggarsberg
I’ve also discovered some further information regarding the storekeeper Francis John Dill, formerly of PMB.
JY
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7932 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Dill’s Store Fri Nov 22, 2019 9:42 am
Another one of your Irishmen John? Do I sense an update to Victorias Harvest coming up?
John Young
Posts : 2309 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 65 Location : Lower Sheering, Essex
Subject: Re: Dill’s Store Fri Nov 22, 2019 10:15 am
Frank,
I think the bloke was from Cumbria actually.
What I have discovered was he was cleared of murder.
JY
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7932 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Dill’s Store Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:00 am
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