Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
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ever, deem it prudent to leave our
work to investigate, and 1T was we'll we
did not The outbreak occurred early
in the forenoon, just as planned, ana
the Colonel was the first victim. lie
was shot down by some Of the native
officers of the cavalry, and he had no
sooner fallen than they turned upon
their English Captain. Strogan was the
third man killed He was shot in front
OF his own bungalow, as was also ahoth-
err civil officer who was with him. The
anxiety of the mutineers to secure plum
der permitted the women and chlldroe
TO find place of safety, and all event
ually escaped to Bella, and from thence
TO Cawnpoor. 1t was toward evening ei
Tuesday before squad set out in search
Of u.s. Our servants were anxious to
see us murdered for the sake OF the
loot TO be divided. About dark,
while we were wondering If one OF AS
had not better go ont after information.
we heard voice calling us, and recos-
nized it as that of my syce or groom.
We climbed out of our fort ant
went to the edge of the thicket ana
answered him, and he soon appeared.
Matters had changed. The slave hac
exchanged places with the master. Ihr
fellow was as cool and impudent as yoN
please. When we asked what had be
come of the horses he promptly ac'
knowledged 10 having stolen mine, an
further informed me that had ought II
be very thankful that he did not TAX
my life as we'll He informed MS of al
that had occurred at the barracks am
sta ted that "a party had .ome out to make
terms with US. Being that we wer'
Americans, and had had nothing to d.
with their oppression, they did no
thirst for our blood II we would sur
render every thing we had we could e
where we pleased II not they woul'
kill us and take what they wanted.
We soon sent the fellow away with al
answer. II we escaped from this gang
it would be to fall into the hands OF an
other We should be defenseless and
penniless, and what could we do? We
told him we had decided to fight it out
and as soon as he disappeared we re-
turned to the fort. The two other mem
bers OF the party we're Henry W1lds
a Massachusetts, man, and George Fish
or. of Ohio. We had then been in India
together for year, and had stood
! back to back in many tight places
/ Wilds was "a typical Yankee, good-nat
ured but courageous, and his long arm
1 had the strength of horses leg. The
thicl<et was so dense that our fort could
not be seen unless one penetrated IL q
few yards The natives simply sup
posed that we we're lying close in the
center Of the Jungle, and half an hour
after the groom left us about thirty mus
kets began blazing awayat our position
Some of the balls whistled over us
others entered the earth, and now and
then one struck the heavy blocks o
stone with duh ring We took turn
rs sentinel, while the other two slept
and soon after midnight all was quiet.
1t was ten o'clock next morning be
Tore we were troubled again. Then th'
members of the old gang seemed to have
aeen added 10, and fifty or more mus
<ets kept up pretty steady fire unit
three o'clock in the afternoon. by Thu
time we ought to have been all shot t
pieces, as the bullets had cut through
sveey foot of the Jungle The native
believed it was time to advance am
see. We could locate them by thei
ioud talk and constant Discussions, an
when we found that all had gath
red on the eastern edge of the thicke
md were about to advance, we climbe'
nut, crept forward, and lay down behin
/, big block of stone to receive them
rhey entered the thicket as a mo
would have done, and the first tire
men sighted were dropped in thei
tracks This caused a panic, and the
withdrew and aside from a few stra
hots fired to let Us know that we wer
, still besieged, we We're not annoyed Ut
I'll next morning. Then we heard
great hurrah, and after u little wer
given the information that they ha
brought down the two pieces of artiller
from the station to she'll us out The
we're very slow in getting to work, an
, when they began firing it was plai
= enough that they knew nothing abol
!. artillery. or the first four shells hre'
all went too high and burst far beyon
rs. The fifth one burt short and thre
= the dirt over our walls Then we d
, 'ided to cool thor ardor bit "
climbed over tho walls got out of u
. line of fire and crept to the edge of IL
- thicllet There We saw mob of over
hundred natives with the two gu1
' planted within pistol shot. One of the
. had become disabled 10y ramming IL
y ball down before the cartridge, and I'll
other was about to be fired We sele,
ed three OF the gonnerS, fired togetht
and they fell dead on the grass, Refo