The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-08-01

800 Burmese, armed with bamboo
knives and spears, approached m
bungalow Immediately suspec,
ing something wrong, with the as
sistance ofmy servants, | quickl
got several kegs OF powder out O
the magazine, situated about tel
yards off, and carried them to tn,
inside of the bungalow. My scr
wants and guard, Immediately after
ran away and mingled with tn,
approaching crowd Fortunately
the guard left their firearms in tn,
bungalow on the gun rack, and st
| was the only poSsessor of firearms
having eight guns and two revol
vers. Just as my interpreter,
lralt.breed Madras, was getting
away, caught him, and threatened
to shoot him on the spot if ht
moved one step out of the house
With his assistance | hlted all the
doors, and compelled him to load
and reload the guns as fast as dis
charged.
BESTEGED IN A BUNGALOW.
As soon as the Burmese came
near the house | began to fire sharp.
ly upon them, and so i defended
myself for three days and two
nights, killing and wounding a
rumber OF my assailants. They
continued to lurk around until on
the third day | had not a single
bullet remaining. Seeing that l
had ceased firing when they showed
themselves, they surmised that my
ammunition was exhausted and
surrounded the bungalow to the
number of about three hundred and
began to tear it down about my
head. Perceiving that further re-
siStance was useless | threw away
my sword and surrendered. The
black devils all rushed upon me,
and | was seized by them and saw
agely beaten until my body was
covered with wounds aud bruises.
CRuCIFIED BY THE HEATHENs.
Then they raised a cry, "Crucify
him! Cruelty him! as he says his
God was cruclfed. Hang him on
cross" They placed manacles
on nv wrists and ankles, fastening
them with heavy chains to an iron
band around my waist was then
eled with strong thongs to a rude
cross, my hands, feet and limbs be-
ing 50 tightly bound that the
thongs cut deep into my flesh. The
cross was then raised, and | hung
on it, suspended about three feet
from the ground, with the scorch-
ing rays ot'a tropical sun beating
directly down on my hare head for
three hours. The agony | endured
during the first half hour, after
which | lost all consciousness, no
tongue cali express" Here the
narrator bent down his head, and
showed the reporter a number of
deep scars on it, which, he said,
were made by his tornentors with
their knives, bsmboos and spears.
He also showed the scars on his
wrists and ankles and on his limbs
made by the thongs which bound
him to the cross. He was literally
covered with scars from head to
foot. 81 do not know" he con-
tinued," why they did not kill me
at that time, but for some reason
they took me down after had
hung three hours on the cross.
When | regained Consciousness |
gathered from their conversation
that they intended to take me
away on horseback and throw me
into one of the tributaries OF the
Irawaddy to drown. They cut
the thongs and removed the man
acles from my limbs, which were
swollen SO badly that the fiends
had to cut deep into them to get
at the cords and the clasps Of the
manacleS.
THE ESCAPE.
| had five horses at the bunga.
low-one of them q wild, vicious
animal that no one but me could
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