Mlimo was assassinated by Frederick Russell Burnham, the American Scout working for Rhodes, and by October 1897, the white colonists had successfully settled in much of the territory known later as Rhodesia and Matabeleland was no more.
Mlimo was assassinated by Frederick Russell Burnham. Frederick Russell Burnham was the American Scout. This American Scout was working for Rhodes. The white colonists had successfully settled in much of the territory. This was by October 1897. As Rhodesia and Matabeleland was no more. This was what this territory was known later.