San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-08-19

country was restless, and that incendlary
addresses were being made and rebelliCuS
documents circulated, but the natives played
their parts so well as to deceive military men
born and reared with them.
Soon after my arrival at Seetapore, in the
territory of Gwalior, the signs of an out
break became so menacing that | made pre-
parations to depart, but was induced to re
main by the representations OF the British
officers They declared their utmost faith IL
the native sOldiery, and to this was added
the 'protestations of the body servant who
had been with me for half year. He was
an intelligent, well educated Sepoy, who had
Travelled extensively with Europeans, and
who was well posted in the manners and Gus
toms of the natives He solemnly assured
me that the outbreaks at Delhi, Agra, Nus
seerabad and other places were owing en-
tirely TO local causes, and that no genera
disaffection existed. As | afterward came
to know, this fellow, while telling me this,
was not only acting as spy for the NAL
contents, but had carefully appraised my
personal property and made his calculations
to kill me and take possession.
There were over 5000 native soldiery in
camp at SeetapOre, and nothing in their con.
duct I'D to the LIST of June gave rise to the
slightest suspicion that an outbreak was In.
tended On the morning of the I'd revolt
was ripe The commandant was informed
that thu entire body of native soldiery haG
determined to throw off the yoke and join
the rebellion, but that all Europeans wOuiG
have an opportunity to leave the place in
safety. Lucknow was only fifty miles away,
ari all could reach that place. Strangel,
enough this warning was ridiculed by tn,
military, although discipline in the. canton
ment was at an end and one-third of the ma
tive soldery were intoxicated. | saw this "a
rode out to the camps from the town, and
although assured that there was not the
slightest cause to run away, returned &c
the house of my cousin, who was in the civil
service, and at once made preparations tC
leave NY servant used his utriost efforts to
prevent my going, but when | found tina
two-thirds of the citizens were also making
preparations to leave, determined to tax,
the safe side.
When set out from Seetapore on the high,
way for Lucknow it was in a carriage, il
which were my cousin, his wife, another civil
official named Roberts and his wife, and
young man named Chester, who was clerk
in Roberts employ. The driver was native
who had been in the service Of my cousin fol
fifteen years. We had our rifles and pistols
and plenty of ammunition, and all the small
valuables about the house were packed in the
carriage. Two miles out we overlook SIM
lar outfit, which contained three civil officials.
two of whom were married men and had
their wives and children along. As all werl
acquainted it was agreed to travel together
and the journey during the afternoon wal
entirely safe and pleasant We passed many
natives all headed for Seetapore, most o.
whom saluted us CourteOusly, and an hoU,
before shutdown, when we had made seven
teen miles and drew up at government hun
galow to refresh ourselves, We felt rather
cheap at having run away so soon. There
were no other travellers at the bungalow, and
after resting for an hour we were discussing
the idea of a return to Seetapore, when u
native woman, whose presence none of US haC
detected, showed herself to my cousins wife
She proved to be a woman who had been i'll
the lady'S employ for several years. and had
left her to get married, and now lived Real
the bungalow. She stated that the soldiery
al Seetapore would rebel on the morrow and
sack the town and slaughter all Europeans.
and that a body of natives over a hundred
strong had that afternoon rendezvOuSed with
in half a mile of the bungalow and then pro
ceeded to point three miles down the road
where they proposed to stop and slaughter all
FerinShees seeking to escape to lucknow
They had reached the spot selected by this
time and our escape by the highway was
thus cut off.
This native woman refused to see any OF
the men of the party or to speak with any OF
the other ladies besides my cousins wife, and
was gone before we knew of her warning
No one doubted her information, and for some
time we were unable to decide on a plan OF
action. 1t was finally decided to drive OF.
about two miles and there take a cross road
known to exist, and thus flank the force gath
cred for our destruction. 1t was dark whcl.
we left the bungalow, and we reached 81
cross road without adventure After passin.
up this road for Il mike or two we began t
look for an opportunity to head to the cas-,
again, bat we drove three miles before We
found it, Then it was blind road, leadiu,
through a heavy jungle and over very rough
ground. Had it not been a bright moonlight
night we could not have travelled ten rod
upon this route. With everything i'll ou
favor we made but slow progress, and, after
following the road for about two miles. ",
found that it ended at an old quarry, aEc
beyond this was jungle which ono could
scarcely penetrate on foot. Everybody a
once realized that we were in a fix 1t was
now midnight, and to return to the highway
was to place ourselves at the mercy of the
hrst band of marauders astir. We could not
60 ahead, and how were we to remain in that
deSolate spotl
As the Indian wars of America have fur
nlshed unnumbered instances of the heroisnl
of American women, so did that outbreak IL