Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-12-13
ALL ABOUT A COW.
Hindoos and Mohammedsns Fighting
over AN Animal.

Hindoos and Mohammedans Fighting
over AN Animal.
London Telegraph.
A riot that recently occurred at Delhi
between the Hindoo and Mohammedan
residents of that famous city strikes
strange note in the usual routine of a
days news. In the midst of the usual
intelligence of accident and crime, po-
litical complications and social events,
the telegraph informs us that our fell
low-sutjects in the old world capital of
the Moguls have teen fighting about a
COW. ). The Mohanmedans had been
celebrating their Fed festival, and par
ties of them, as usual, had combined
for the purchase of animals for the
evenings feast. One of the kline thus
obtained, however, was claimed by the
Hindoos as q dependent of temple
devoted to their god, and therefore it
self sacred. Moreover, they gave a
certain degree of evidence TO prove the
sincerity of their statement by Offering
to buy back the cow for the sum of f1JO
probably twenty times the value of
the animal. Nevertheless, the Moham-
medans refused to part with it, and
persisted in dragging the cow of to the
slaug ghter-house. The Hindoos thereon
attempted "A rescue, and the result was
serious atfray, which was only quelled
by the appearance of the chief European
officials, and strong force of police.
A few years ago the same cause of quar-.
rel might have sufficed TO raise
general tumult, or even to kindle in
the city - blaze, both literally and
n a 1u In oil lnI
no single act could be perpetrated more
likely to lead at once to bloodshed and
disaster than an insult by Mohamme-
dams to the sacred presence OF a
temple cow. Nor, as this incident
proves, have the two great rival
creeds yet come to understand that
British government means an impair
tial toleration of religious prejudices,
and that while the ruling power
respects all beliefs alike, it ex-
poets from the people mutual regard
for each others forms and objects of
worship. That the cow really belonged
to Hindoo temple is not certain, even
from the enormous ransom offered for
the beast. Not only are Hindoos pre-
pared to swear Mt ali times that every
animal the Mohammedan butchers be-
come possed of is the most sacred
heifer, COW, or bullock in the whole
city. but 1T is point of religious honor
and pious act of surprising efficacy TO
rescue one of these creatures from
death. A hundred pounds is indeed a
severe test of Hindoo piety, but, re-
membering the extraordinary reverence
paid TO the beast of Brahma, and also
the exceptional credit that would at
tach to any Hindoo who shonld redeem
from slaughter COW which had the
ksite actually at its throat, it is not at
all improbable that any other animal of
the same species, though it might never
have been within mile of the temple
In its life, would have excited equal
enthusiasm, and raised the bidding up
to the same high figures. On the
other hand, the Mohammedans, sur.
prisiDg rs it may seem to nations less
passionate in their religious sympa-
thies and antipathies, declined to ac-
cept the fl00, and even if the sum had
been ten times as great they would
probably still have refused it. With
the money they might have bought