St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-01
HOSTILE TRIBESMEN.
The Massacre OF Ghoorkas at
Nanipur, India, Fully
Confirmed.
The Fate Of a Number of Brit
ish Officers Still I'm
certain.
The Vieeroy Hurrying Troops
into the Province Of
: Assam.
The Bulgarians Offer a Large
Reward for Beltcheff's
Assassin.

CALCUTTA, March 31-Oficial dis
patches received here by the govern
ment officers confirm the report of the
massacre of GhOorkas at Manipur, in
the province of Assam, where about 40
of these native soldiers were slain by
hostile tribesmen of Assam. after two
days of desperate fighting. The fate of
the British officers who we're in COM
mand of the GhOorkas and of Chief
Commissioner James w. QuintOn, who
was conducting the negotiations at the
durbar for the arrest Of a prominent
chief who had been Instrumental in
deposng the raiah of Manipur, is still
UnSeTtain, but the viceroy of India, the
Marquis If LansdOwne, believes that
all the officers and officials have either
met death at the hands of the re-
belliOus uribesmen of Assam or
that they are held as prisoners.
In addition to the disaster at Manipur,
it is beloved that a force of British
troops. composed of a detachment of
POO soldiers of the Bengal infantry and
about 50 GhOCrkas, who were marching
from ShilIong to Manipur, IN ORDER to
reinforce the Forty-seeond and Forty
fourth GhOorka light infantry, which
composed the escort of Chief Commits
sioner Quinton. have also been attacked,
and have shared the
Fate of Their Comrades
at Manipur. The Bengaline infantry
detachment and the eighty GhoOrkaS. it
appears. were setupOn by the ASsameSe
as the native troops referred to were
passing through a difficult and danger
Gus pass. and though they fought gal
lantly against heavy odds, the
rebel tribesmen. from the advan-
cupied on the sides of the
pass and ahead and behind the British
force, poured such a destructive fire
into the Bengalese and GhOorkas that
the latter are said to have been killed
to a man. The viceroy is hurrying
troops into the province Of Assam in
order to punish the hostIles. Reinforce
ments of troops are also being sent into
states located in the proximity of
Assam. in order to prevent any posi-
bic disorder or warlike outbreak which
1t is thought might follow the spreading
OF the news of the massacre of the Brit
ish troops at Manipur.
Many Prisoners Captured.
SAmA, March 3L-Further particu-
lars received from the scene of the
Manipur massacre show that the In
Surgent tribes have captured a number
OF prisoners, including the Rajah Of
Manipur. whose deposition by power
ful chjeftain OF Assam was the cause of
all the present trouble. The insurgents
have also captured Chief Commissioner
QuntOn. Mr.. T. St. G.. GrimwoOd, the
British political agent at Manipur, and
Colonel Skene, who was in command
OF the detachmentS from the Forty-sec-
Oud and FOrty-fOurth Ghoorkas, which
defended the camp of the commissioner
pitched between kOhima and MaDipur.
Mrs. GrimwOOd. the wife of the pOlit-
zeal agent, two assistant commissioners
and one OF the officers of the GhoOrkas
escaped in the direction Of Silehar
when the insurgents made their final
Charge Upon the Camp,
and broke through the ranks of the
GhOOrkas. owing to the latter having
exhausted their supply Of ammunition
during the fOrty-eight hours fighting
which followed the midnight assault
upon their camp. The fate of the re-
naming officers is still unknown. Four
regiments have already started for
Mauipur with the object of etfecting
the release of the prisoners and pun
imeutS include two native regiments
which were in garrison at Assam. and
the Third Bengal infantry. Several
mountain batteries of artillery and a
force of cavalry are also being prepared
to take the field in Assam Immediately.
The general opinion seems TO be that
the military authorities will have to
punish the insurgent tribes severely
ana promptly in order to avert a
more serious revolt which might follow
any hesitancy or display Of weakness
upon the part of the British officials.
The seat OF the government of Assam Is
at ShiIlOng, which has a population OF
about 20C0 only. The population Of the
province of Assam, however. is eStimat-
ed at 100000. The hostile tribes are
composed of well-armed. brave and Gun
ming lighting men. and are liable to give
the British forces considerable trouble
before the revolt III Assam Is entirely
ended.
Fifteen fugitive Goorkhas who have
reached kOhima report that Mr. ana
Mrs GrimwoOd. Col. Skene and Mr.
Simpson escaped into Cachar. where the
natives are becoming restless. The
party included twelve Europeans. 1t is
surmiSed that MI QuintOn was seized
at Nj woods house, which was
four miles distant from the cantOnment
of the main GOOrkha guard at Langtha
bat. and that 10000 irregular Kuk
leVies in the service of the Manipur gov
eminent we're ordered to attack anC
massacre the troops.
BACK TO JAIL.