Pe LRN LTE Peering Soa ZAGAT MED fn Be OE By Transmission lines from Kimberley, B. C. to Bellevue, Alberta, supply electrical energy to major metal mining operations at Kimberley; the important Coal Mines in the Crows’ Nest POWER Pass and the Cities and Towns of the East Kootenay District. EAST KOOTENAY POWER COMPANY, LTD. Head Office - . Hydro Plants—Elko, B. C. and Bull River, B.C. Steam Plant—Sentinel, Alta. heid to take over this part of the Trans- vaal which was now added to Natal, and for a time was policed by an auxiliary body called the Natal Border Police, which was later absorbed by the Force. In 1903 there was trouble with the na- tives in the Umizinto district on the south coast of the Colony. Inter-tribal warfare assumed serious proportions and there was great danger of the white settlers becoming involved. Strong patrols of the Police moved through the troubled area and or- der was eventually restored, but not before a number of Kaffrs had been killed and several kraals burnt. A wave of dissatisfaction and unrest swept through the native population of the Colony in 1906, when the Government placed a poll tax of £1 a year on each adult. ‘Dinuzulu, who had now been re- leased from exile, professed to remain loyal to the Government, but strange mes- sengers were seen passing between him and chiefs in Natal. When the poll tax fell due some of the natives refused to submit FERNIE GARAGE Ford Dealers FULL EQUIPMENT FOR TOURISTS Fernie, B.C. KINGS HOTEL P. A. BRATTEN, Proprietor Hot and Cold Running Water FULLY LICENSED MODERN ROOMS AT REASONABLE RATES British Columbia Fernie CHEVROLET MIDWAY GARAGE |}. V. Rewers SALES AND SERVICE FERNIE, BRITISH COLUMBIA Page Ninety to this taxation and a party of fifteen of the Police under Inspector Hunt patrolled to the Richmond district, where the local magistrate had been threatened. The pa- trol was attacked at dusk by a body of natives and Inspector Hunt and Trooper Armstrong were killed. Seeing they were hopelessly outnumbered Sergeant Stephens. who was severely wounded by an assegai, withdrew his men at a gallop, or they would have all been killed. This was the opening round of a rebellion which spread over a large part of Natal and Zululand. Martial law was proclaimed in the colony and a strong body of Police rounded up the na- tives that had attacked the patrol. After a quick trial twelve of them who had taken part in the killing were condemned to death and shot by a Police firing squad. By this time the natives in the Umvoti district had risen under their Chief Bam- bata and the Police Field Force numbering 180 men under Colonel Mansel moved into the district to protect the white settlers who were getting out before it was too late. While this force was escorting a party of white women and children from Keat’s Drift they were attacked by a large band of armed natives in the Impanza Val- ley. The Police kept up a stiff fight and drove off the kaffirs, killing several of them, but not before four of the Police had been killed and several wounded. This fight took place at night in thick bush country, but the Police made a brave stand against great odds and fought with cool determina- tion. Soon after the Impanza fight the Police were supported by volunteers from Natal, Cape Colony and the Transvaal, amount- ing to 5,000 under Colonel Duncan Mce- Kenzie of the Natal Carbineers, as the re- bellion had spread to Zululand and several strong tribes had joined forces against the whites. A number of minor engagements were fought with the rebels, the campaign lasting over six months. The decisive battle was a night attack on a large army of rebels concentrated in a gorge in Zululand. In this fight over five hundred natives were slain and many wounded, with very few losses to the Natal Army, and the rest of the rebels in the field soon dispersed or surrendered. After the rebellion was quelled the Police Fernie, B.C. were kept very busy arresting and attend- ing the trials of rebel leaders who had escaped capture during the fighting. Among those arrested was Dinuzulu, who was con- victed of harbouring rebels and deported to the Transvaal. When order was restored in the Colony the Police were able to re- sume their usual duties of law enforcement and the Field Force was reduced as an act of economy. The Boer War and the Native Rebellion had been costly affairs for the Government and now it was found necessary to retrench in several depart- ments, and there were not many more than 500 whites in the Natal Mounted Police when in 1913 it was merged into the newly formed South African Police. TRITES-WOOD CO. LTD. E. K. STEWART, Managing Director Department Store FERNIE, BRITISH COLUMBIA KING EDWARD HOTEL J. WILSON, Proprietor Commercial and Tourist House First Class Dining Room Fully Licensed British Columbia Fernie ROMA HOTEL J. Miscisco, Manager Licensed Premises Rooms at Reasonable Rates e Fernie B. C. THE SHOULDER STRAP