The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-13


tended first to tie him on this horse.
put observing his weak and appar.
emily exhausted condition. permitted
him to ride unfettered in their midst.
When darkness set in be gathered all
his strength, tore sword from one
of the officers, cut the latter and
another officer down, pricked the
horse with the point, and away they
few, over hill and vale, through
creeks and rivers, past guardhouses
and through villages in the widest
chase. The spirited charger. seeming
to be aware of his kind master 4
danger, carried him to Mandalay tc
the doctors town residence, where
they arrived at 4 q. N. June 10th,
the noble horse expiring before the
door of his home.
Being ignorant at the time that all
his troubles had been brought about
by order of the king and his minis
tors as advisers, and having admit.
lance to the palace at all times, the
doctor went straight thither. Arriv-
ing, the toik the ICON gyee minister oil
state) and the pycen ,oon toik the (for.
eign minister) at once had him
chained hard and foot. attaching the
chains with an iron band round his
waist. He was then thrown in prison
with over 100 of the greatest williams
and murderers. He laid there for
five days. when be was released
through the interference OF Colonel
Sladen, ambassador OF Her British
Msjssty, Queen Victoria, and twenty
two Earopean residents. Previous to
seeing his de!iverer, the doctor was
taken before the king, who loaded
him with kindness and presents and
promised to punish and did punish
the miscreants at Medes.
Colonel Sladen then advised the
doctor to leave Burmah. as his life
was unsafe, but again trusting ia the
kings honor, alter his recovery. he
returned to the silver mines ns,Us t,oens
of Sscca touny and Secca nee. The
climate there, high up in the noun
tains. was very unhealthy. The
miners were attacked by q curious
fever. in the morning. the blood
running from the nose, mouth, ears
and eyes; at evening their suferinas
ended in death. During his stay at
the silver mines he was sent various
times to old abandoned lead and silver
mines in distant parts of the country.
In entering these mines he was in
variably unaccompanied by his Bur-
Nose retainers. These mines we're
very rich. but inhabited by serpents
and on several occasions DR.. Brede.
meyer nirsculously escaped death
from their poisonous fangs and stings.
Finally he was, in the beginning Of
September, taken very i'll in the
morning after having bathed and
breakiasted. Thinking he had fever
only, whereas he had been poisoned,
be mounted his horse and returned in
haste to MaEdalay. On his arrival the
minister of state abused him
for leaving his post without per-
mission and OF dered his immediate
departure, accompanied by Bur-
mese doctor, for the mines. The
doctor apparently obeyed but rode
straight to the British Ambassador
and put himself under his prOtec>
ton. This official had him attended
by his own doctor and an Italian
gentlemen "a jewellery and his wife
Mr.. and Mrs. LandrinO, nursed
him. After fourteen days he re-
covered from the effects of the
poison, and Colonel Sla len, who
went on a two years. furlough over
Rangoon and Calcutta to England
assisted him in his escape from that
country on a 3 itish steamer and
introduced him to Lord Mayo,
viceroy of India. When he left
Burmah, he had to leave behind al
his great accumulated wealth
which was invested with native
merchants, and arrived in Calcutta
deprived of everything. But, as the
doctor says, in telling his story,
|"honor where honor is due. The
British government and the citizens
of that place assisted nae so that
soon forgot my troubles and merely
locked back upon my past ad:
ventures with amaZement at the
narrow escape 1 had had"
In Calcutta the Doctor made the
acquaintance of the lady who is hi:
wife.
BuImah is the richest mining
country in the world, as the many
golden cupolas on temples and gal.
aces, of which the old capital Avs
possesses 9999, and the solid COLDER
images by thousands testify
During Dr.. Bredemeyers sojourr
in the kingdom, there were only
thirty eight white res dents in Nan
dalav. They were not permitted
to travel outside the city bounds
The doctor was the first white mar
who travelled over land from Ran
COON via Mandalay, Banjo anC
| Bhanmo to West China by the
kings own order (SheDg>bo>yeng
amendo~kyee the) The residents
of Mandalay were Colonel Sladen
British ambassador, with his sta IF
Sutherland & Mackenzie, Smith &
Walsh, English merchants; KalO-
grediy, wife and children (Greeb
| merchant); Landrino, Italian jewe
merchant, and wife: De Facien