| We passed scherm after scherm, and still more Matabele, more fires, and on we rode. |
| In 1890 he led Cecil John Rhodes' Pioneer Column into Rhodesia, seeing action in both Matabele rebellions. |
| In 1893 and 1894, with the help of their new Maxim guns, the BSAP would go on to defeat the Ndebele in the First Matabele War. |
| The Second Matabele War lasted in Matabeleland until 1896, when Mlimo was assassinated. |
| The next factor to reckon with was the Matabele nation and its chief, Lobengula. |
| An offshoot of the Zulu, the Matabele people created a larger empire that included large parts of the highveld under their king Mzilikazi. |
