About midday
None were , however , caught . Kondwana had again given the strictest orders that no huts were to be burnt , so as to avoid spreading the alarm to a distance , for as long a time as possible . Next morning , large bodies of Makalakas appeared on the surrounding hills , but they were evidently afraid to come near . About midday three men approached to within hailing distance , and asked that three of the Zulus might come out for the purpose of parleying . So Kondwana and two of his men went out , and when they arrived within about a hundred yards of the others , stuck their spears into the ground and called out to the Makalakas to do the same , which they did . The two parties then met , and began to discuss matters . The Makalaka spokesman inquired of Kondwana who he and the men were , and why they were making war on the Makalaka nation .