That Cetywayo should allow such a growing power to spring up within the pale of his own rule was accountable perhaps by the consideration that, pending his quarrel with the English and the probable invasion of the country, he could not afford to alienate so valuable an ally as this influential vassal; also, it might be, by the fact that Ingonyama, over and above his skill and valour as a war-chief, was accounted a witch-doctor or magician of no small cleverness and renown.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
This reference to the king, by one of his favourite titles, had a strange effect upon this chief, whom the speaker by this time more than half suspected of being a rebellious and plotting vassal.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford
He repaired with costly presents to Ninus and undertook to be his vassal.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker