It was during this advance that he first met fellow scout Frederick Russell Burnham , who had only just arrived in Africa .
Who continued on with the small scouting party to Bulawayo and observed the self - destruction of the Ndebele settlement as ordered by Lobengula .
It was during this advance that he first met fellow scout Frederick Russell Burnham , who had only just arrived in Africa and who continued on with the small scouting party to Bulawayo and observed the self - destruction of the Ndebele settlement as ordered by Lobengula .