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12th January 2003Hlobane Burials
By Melvin Hunt
Does anyone know if any efforts have ever been made to find and, hopefully, bury the remains of Weatherley and the Border Horse killed at Intyentika Nek?
Has anyone of late visited the valley at the Base of the Nek?
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30th December 2004Melvin Hunt
Trawling through some past queries, I thought I'd resurrect this one. If it was true that Weatherley and his men were pushed over the cliffs I would have thought that it would not have been difficult to locate their remains at the base of the cliffs and give them a decent burial.
I must say though that upon standing at the spot a couple of years ago, it seemed to me that the ledges of the cliffs would have prevented any fall so maybe the story isn't true.
Does anyone know of a Victorian poem regarding the death of Weatherley and his son?
30th March 2005Daniel Fish
My wife is a Weatherley. We are reserarching the family. Frederick Agustus Weatherley and his son died in the battle of Inklobane Mountain. There was supposed to be a poem written about their death, titled, "A Child Hero" ~ if there is a copy of this work I would very much like to get a copy. Also in the May 24, 1879 issue of The Pictorial World publication there is a painting depicting their death as they rode into the mass of Zulu warriors and were subsequently hacked to death. If anyone has and details of Weatherley's life in Africa I would appreciate any information offered.
31st March 2005Peter Ewart
Well, I can tell you what happened to Weatherley's horse (as opposed to "Weatherley's Horse.")

Writing on 6th January 1881, Douglas McKenzie, the new Bishop of Zululand, taking up his position soon after the missionaries had returned in 1880, mentioned his arrival at kwaMagwaza, where the church was being rebuilt by the Rev Robert Robertson after its destruction in 1879, and his preparations for further travels into his diocese:

"On Friday we started early, and Robertson insisted on a temporary change of horses, took in my poor tired pony for a long rest, and lent me his big horse. It is the animal Colonel Weatherley was riding when he was killed ..."

Peter