The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-23

him 10 bepone for a miserable renegade,
and notwithstanding his brave appearance,
with his belt and Saber, and two pistols az
his waist. he skunk from the room cowed."
rNote'wA Mussulman under the influence
of bhang attacked the renegade that even
ing and slew hiny. saying as he did so: " We
want no Feringhee Qoreigner) dogs among
us"
The wife of Captain McClelland, who
was on the staff of the Commander-lp-chlef
and who was killed at the battle of Futteh-
poor, was prisoner in the same room with
Miss Wheeler, and she wrote on the same
wall, above and to the right Of the writing
by Miss Wheeler, as follows: My lovely, my
darling boy-This is your first anniversary,
and what a dreadful time and place 1t
occurs in. The wretched, scanty food they
give me, and the dreadful terroTs under
which am and have been living for some
time past, have dried up the sources OF life
for him, and | see him dying hourly. am
almost certain that he will not see the rising
of another sun" Note.-Nor did the poor
Again Miss Wheeler wrote: "In
letters quite obliterated by bloody finger,
marks can tell by the dreadful screams OF
! tile women and children in the other rooms
| and their heart-rending appeals for mercy
! that the murders have commenced On,
horror! ill-usage is being carried on as well
as murder They are upon us. Will make
| struggle. Fare" The writing breaks
| Oh al the worn anu We
| inc the rest. l went through the other
rooms, where the scenes were as horrible as
| those already written of. l left the building
WITH TEARS IN MY EYES
| And bitter feelings of hatred and revenge
| in my heart. On my way to camp L met the
! Provost Marshal, accompanied by strong
escort, and with them three OF the Filth
| Bengal Cavalry-Suwars-h andcuffed in
| their midst. | also noticed some twelve or
Northumberland who do
| duty as executioners-carrying wooden up
! rights, croSs-piecrs, portions OF tenn
| porary platform, ETC., in fact the en-,
tire paraphernalia OF gallows and
shall what it all meant, and he, told
me that since the slaughter house
and we'll had been discovered, a proclama-
| ton had been issued by the General setting
| forth that the Fifth Bengal Cavalry were
| to be omitted from all amnestes, and wnen-
ever caught, and the fact of their connection
| with that brutal regiment proven by drum
| head court martial, their execution was TO
follow as early as possible. and here was the
first example. He invited ME to go with him
| and witness the executions, but much as
| i loathed and detested the miserable
| wretches it was not this sort of vengeance
| | desired to wreak upon them. L should
| have wished to meet them in the 1eld and
cut them down TO a man. However, one Of
the prisoners decided my course OF action.
|
marched along. He was the left-hand M an
| of the three handsome young Mussulman,
and he turned around, and looking me
straight in the face, said in excellent En-
glish, Come along, Sergeant MAJOR. and
| see how men of the Fifth Bengal can mount
scatfold and die there, too" l was utterly
| surprised at hearing the man speak as he
| did, and | went with the party.
| The scafoid was erected about midway
| between the south entrance to the bun
4 a dfY,l. oil In Ia
| while, the three prisoners were marched
| into the human slaughter-house and the
! dreadful swork in which they had particl-
pated was pointed out to them. The Pro-
yost Marshal asked the man who spoke
| English TO repeat what lie had said before
the drum-head cOurt-martial,
THE WORDS WERE:
THAT the three of us, here present, Obeyed
our orders, and were here at the killing of
| the women and children, and helped to Kill
them as well as assisting to pull the bodies
to the well and throw them ill.," This was
sufficient. The Provost Marshal gave a
signal to a powerfully built tall negro
her-lOw-caste-wh produced wooden
| bucket with water and dish-cl0th in 1t, at
the same time dangling cat-o'-nine-tails
in his hand, the cords of which were
| thicker than any had ever seen
| before. Each cord of the nine had
| nine well sized knots. Two of the prs-
| oners were HindooS, aud they were stripped
| of their linen jackets. The bucket was then
handed to the young Mussulman referred to
| and he was ordered to wash up large pc oil
| of blood from the ho0r of the corridor. He
said, NO, he would not cOntaminate his
| hands by washing I'D the blood OF Fer
| inghee; he was 4 Mussulman and soldier
| and he was not meant Tor that KIND OF
work." At a slight signal from the Pro-
vost the negro stepped forward. The neat
and welcomed little figure of the
| native light cavalryman seemed to shrink
to smaller proportions beside the COLOSSAL
and towering figure of the Neither With
a wide and high sweep OF his arm the
negro brought down the terrible cat, with
kissing noise through the air, with dull
| and fearful thud upon the bare shoulders
| of the Mussulman. The nerves Of every
| one present were shaken except those OF
| the negro and the Provost The Mussul-
man gave piercing shrek and fell to his
| knees from the effects OF the powerful
| blow. He was allowed to regain his feet
| When the blow fell the flesh on his back
| was broken; the skin first turned OF llvid
color, then purple, and then the Dlood
| streamed out. The bucket was again hand
ed to him, and again lie refused it. The
| Neither made another sweep OF his arm
| preparatory TO making another blow, when
| suddenly the cavalryman rushed In upon
| him. The act brought with it its own pun
| ishment. The powerful negro thrust him
| from him as he would have thrown
A LIGHT PIECE OF WOOD,
And then rained shower of blows upon the
| neck. face, breast, shoulders, sides and back
| of the fallen man until he cried out Tor
| mercy He was then lifted to his feet, and
the cloth was handed him, and, after he had
| wiped up portion OF the blood, he was
marched out to the gallows. He mounted
the platform without any assistance, and
| died eursing the Feringhec dogs. The other
two were similarly served, but they dld not
undergo as much punishment us tho first.
| len. faH limo hai pnp mi S
and without the least seeming lear. Their
| only complaint was that their caste had
| been broken, and that 1t would be the de-
struction OF a happy hereafter for them;
| Dozens upon dozens OF the Filth Bengal
| Light Cavalry, whenever captured, were
sent to Cawupore and served in the same
| manner as were the miserable wretches
| above mentioned.
In the cool of the evening the whole of
the column was marched through the Dunga-
low and around the we'll, and upon black
board in white letters was painted the Iol-
lowing, which was hung. up against the
walls of the house: Here is the house
where your country women and their chill
dren were fOully murdered by the Filth
Bengal Native Cavalry, by orders OF the
ruffianly villain, Mana Sahib. Let youI
batt!e-cry for the future, whilst snppresslng
the rebellion and muliny, be Remember
CawnpOrer"
That night about ~ o'clock our outposts
| were dtLdChtu. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS were
sent out, but the fire grew hotter and iiercel
| every moment, aud the field officers III charge
of the outposts kept sending for re-enforce-
ments every twenty minutes or so. General
HayelOck, like q true Commander, wanted u
give his men as much rest as possible, and
only sent out as many as he thought would
repel night attack. This sparing Of hi,
men was not for love Of them, nor of hui
mainly in general. The motive was d gen
erals motiye-Save as much as possible
| THE SOLDIER,
For he it is that carries out the conceptions
places the laurel crown upon the brow, sup
ports and uphods the honor OF his country
and gets to fre, before many months fight
ing or engagements, that he helps to bear The
weight OF honor and responsi Utility as muca
as the highest in the field As 10 the attack
1t was soon made manifest that we were re-
ceiying blows from some eight or ten
thousand men, well disciplined, well
armed, and under the leadership of the
most talented, brave, energetic and polite
soldier that the mutiny and rebellion had
produced, Tautia Topi. This man was a
camel driver in his youth; then made chief