Zululand Historical Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 11/18/2007
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Zululand and the Eshowe area is of great historical significance with many battles and bloodshed over the centuries.

Shaka kaSenzangakhona, Zulu king and founder of the Zulu empire was murdered by his two half-brothers Dingane and Mhlangana at kwaDukuza on (AB) September 1828. During the Anglo-Zulu War of 187(D), Colonel Charles Pearson lead the coastal column to Eshowe. This column encountered part of the Zulu army at Nyezane, but after a short battle pushed on to the KwaMondi Mission which was fortified and called Fort Eshowe. The forces under Colonel Pearson were besieged for (E+1) weeks until relieved on April (H-3) by Lord Chelmsford after the Battle of Gingindlovu. At the time of his death the then Zulu King Cetshwayo was living in a small kraal on a knoll in the southern suburb of present-day Eshowe. He died on 8 February 188(C), apparently of a heart attack. Eshowe, Uthungulu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa is the oldest town of European settlement in Zululand. Eshowe's name is said to be inspired by the sound of wind blowing through the more than 4 km² of the indigenous Dhlinza Forest, the most important and striking feature of the town. Although the name is most likely to be derived from the Zulu word for the xysmalobium shrubs, showe or shongwe. In 1887 Eshowe became the capital of Zululand and was officially declared a township in 1891. In 19(FG) the British Royal Family (King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret) visited and were welcomed in Eshowe by Zulu King Cyprian. The family toured the Dlinza Forest and spent a night in 'The Residency' in Eshowe. Eshowe served as the seat of the first Black Diocesan Bishops in South Africa, of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Church. You will find the cache at: S 28° BH.FG6 E 031° AD.EC2 The staging point for this mystery cache is the parking lot of the most internationally well-known and visited tourist destination in the area.

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