The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-11-12
MANA SAHIB.
The Bloody and Relentless Hindoo enief ana
Outlaw.

The great question now before the Eng isa
people il, whe,herthe Hndoo recently a
rested in India is or is moi the crre. tn' u'.-
catrh,b,e Mana SIhib. In fac, the whole
CIVILIZED world is more or les, interested ia
the SANG matter, for Mana was foe II al
hum ,uity-outside OF Hindoo Z.sio;s.
The If. O! Mana excels The wil6ss, To-
NANCE ever drawn from a vivid lmasira-
ton. and we reproduce from oar Eastern
and Enc. al exchanges. some of lis ncst
striking features.
Mana Sshib as born in 1872, and inner
tied The tale OF Dhundoo PGmb. He was
adop:ed when very young hy Bsjee Row, the
pei. hws or chief Of the Mahrstias. Ga the
death of Bsie.. without heir, in 1851, an e.
tate in the neighborhood which had ben
bestowed upon fiu by the British, wss do-
clared Ia, sd in the East India Company,
and pension OF $40, 900, year granted TO
him and bis family in 1913, was also stop
ped. Mana Sahib se:t a. agent TO England
20 advocate his claims. bot without sacess',
and this wrong be never i"rgaye. lie lived
however in apparent friendship with the
English. and was permitted 10 occupy The
town OF Bittoor, yEele he possessed great
wealth and much IL liuence.
When the, Sepoy muiny broke cut in
1857, the English applied to him for a body
of soldiers 10 guard the treasury at Gavin
pore, which he granted bu, no sooner was
the insurrection on its feet, than he put HIM
self at the head of the rebels and Killed ali
Europeans that fell into his hands, among
whom were two large parties, principally
women and children. The English al Gavin
1t Ii 81 Tr,, III
when they surrendered, On Mana promiring
TO send them safe tc AlIahabid. They were
permitted to embark, but imm diately after
ward fired upon. Many were killed, ard
the rest brought back 10 lard. Those trOught
back-mer. women and children-were cub
iected 10 the mos. fiendish tortures that
could be conceived or invented, and not a
soul was eft 10 tell the tale of their horrible
sufiering-, when the English troops-under
Havelock--arrived. Most of the mutilated
bodies were discovered packed ia an old
well, where many had bsen thrown before
life was extinct.
Mana was next heard of in command of
large rebel asslies all OF which were dis-
persed by fhe British. Mana, however,
could never be caught, although a reward
of 600, 600 was offered for his capture, and
$4,000 Tor his head. Long after the 9th
eI Hindoo leaders had submitted or been
captured, Mana continued, with tie Bgum
of Odde. and about ten Thousand rebels, to
infest the northern part Of Central India and
the frontiers of Nenauh. With the de=truc-
ton oithis command Mana Sahib was lest
sight of and has never been heard from STAGE.
unless this report OF his capture proves cor
rect.
The manner Of Nana's late arrest If it is
correct is somewha, singular, particularly
when il is remembered that Tor iweniy
years be has never been SO murh as herd Of
by the English. The story is that the Ma
harsjs Of Sciode Received letter from Ma
ma asking fer protection. This reveslad his
whereabouts, and the facs were at once
communicated to British officials, by the
Maharaiah. The latter al first insisted as
consideration for his discovery Of the Mana
that he should not be killed. RGt this he
Afterwards withdrew.
1t is said that Mana, af,er his aHest, &C
knowledged takirE a leading part in the
mutiny, but denied that he had anything TO
80 with the Cawnpore massacre. He a'so
gave an Interesting account of his subsequent
wanderings in Bhooihan, Assam and Ba-
reilly. sr the twenty years he has been an
outcast and pursued by the relentless ven
geance Of the Englias Government.