I had killed a few myself in the Matabele war; but this was different.

在麦特比尔战争中也亲手杀过几个人；但这回却有所不同。

The First Matabele War resulted in more than  10,000 Ndebele dead, with the British South Africa Company losing only a hundred men.

第一次马塔贝莱战争导致 10,000 多名恩德贝莱人死亡，而英属南非公司仅损失一百人。

Since the establishment of the British  Protectorate over Bechuanaland, Rhodes had been very aware of the friendliness between  the Transvaal Republic and the Northern Ndbele people, also known as the Matabele.

自从英国在贝专纳兰建立保护国以来，罗德斯就非常清楚德兰士瓦共和国与北恩贝莱人（也称为马塔贝莱人）之间的友好关系。