The free press., 1894-12-27

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Therefore Mana Sahib must try some
other plan. Standing In a field not far from
the intrenchment OF the English was a
native Christian woman. Jacobes by name,
holding high up in her hand letter. IL
was evidently a communication from the
enemy, and General Wheeler ordered the
| woman brought in. She hande him pro-
nosed treaty. II General Wheeler and his
men would give up their weapons. Mana
| Sahib would conduct them into safety.
| They could march out unmolested, the men.
women and children. They could go down
tomorrow to the Oranges, where they
would find boats to take them In peace to
| Allahahad.
| There was some opposition to signing
this treaty, but General Wheeler's wife told
him he could trust the natives, and so he
the intrenchment that night. Without
mol estation they went out and got plenty OF
water to drink AMI water for gOoi wash.
The hunger and thirst and exposure from
the consuming sun, with the thermometer
from 12O to 149, would cease. Mothers re-
ioiced mt the prospect OF saving their chill
dren The young ladies OF the intrench-
ment would escape the wild beasts in human
form. On the morrow. truo to the promise,
carts were ready to transport those who
we're too much exhausted TO walk.
"Get into the carriage" said Mr.. Lee.
"and we will ride to the banks of the
Ganges, for which the liberated combatantss
and dnon-combatants started from this place.
On our way Mr.. Lee pointed out monu-
ment over the burial place which Was opened
for General Wheeler's intrenchment, the
we'll into which every night the dert hal
been dropped. Around 1t is curious
memorial. There are five crosses, one at
each corner Of the garden and ons at the
centre, from which inscription to-day read
my text. Riding on we came to the Memoir
ial Church built to the memory OF those
fallen in Cawnpur. The walls are covered
with tablets and epitaphs. | copied two or
three Of the inscriptions: "These are they
who come out of great tribulations !" also.
"The dead shall be raise1 incorruptible !
also, "In the world ye shall have tribuation
but be of good cheer. / have overcome the
world; !" also, 1.-THE Lord gave. The Lord
hath taken away = Also "Cone unto Me, all
ye that labor and are heavy laden"
sect into the carriage" said Mr.. Lee. AMI
we role on to the Ganees and got out at
Hjndoo temple standing on the banks
'Now," said Mr.. Lee, there is the place to
which General Wheeler and his people came
under the escort Of Mana Sahib." I went
down the steps to the margin OF the river.
Down these steps went General Wheeler and
the men, women and children under his
care They stood on one side Of the steps,
other side. As the women were getting into
the boats NanaSahib objected that only the
aged and inf1rm women and children should
go on board ths boats. The young and at
tractive women were kept out. Twenty
eight boats were filed with men. women and
children and floated out into the river. Each
boat contained ten armed natives. Then
three boats fastened together were brought
up, and General Wheeler and his staff got in.
Although orders were given to start, the
three boats were somehow detained. AT this
juncture boy Of twelve years of age hoiste1
on the top of the Hindoo temple on the
banks two flags, a Hndoo and Moham-
medan flag, at which signal the boatmen and
armed natives jumped from the boats and
swan for the shore, and from innumerable
guns the natives on the bank fred on the
boats, and masked batteries above and below
roared with destruction, and the boats sank
with their precious cargo, and all went down
save three strong swimmers, who got to the
opposite shore. Those who struggled out
near by were dashed to death. Mana Sahib
and his staff with their swords slashed to
pieces General Wheeler and his staff, who
had not got well away from the shore.
said that the young and attractive wo-
men were not allowed to get into the boats
These were marched away under the guard
of the sepoys.
you," said Mr.. Lee. Again we took seats In
the carriage and started Tor the climax OF
and diabolism. Now we are on
the way to a summer house. called the as
sembly rooms, which had been built for rec
reation and pleasure. 1t had two rooms,
each twenty-nine by ten. and some window
less closets, and here were imprisonei 206
helpless people 1t was to become the prl-
son of these women and children. Some OF
= tbaco uOt rorO,iacinp 0f Gohih
to take one or more OF these ladies to their
own place on the promise they should be
brought back to the summer garden next
morning. A daughter Of General Wheeler
was so taken and did not return. She after
ward married the Mohammedan who had
taken her to his tent. Some sepoys amused
themselves by thrusting children through
with bayonets and holding them up beiore
their mothers in the summer house. All the
doors closed and the sepoys standing guard.
the crowded women and children waited
their doom for eighteen days and nigats
amid sickness and flies and stencil IA
starvation.
Tho butchers came out exhausted, think
ing they had done their WORK, and the doors
were closed. but when they were again
opened three women and three boys we're
still alive. All these were soon dispatched,
and not Christian or European was let in
cents for each lady slain. The Mohamme-
dan assassins dragged by the hair the dead
bodies out OF the summer houss and threw
them into we'll, by which l stood with such
feelings as you cannot imagine. But after
the mutilated bodies had been thrown into
we'll the record Of the scene remained in
hieroglyphics of crimson on the floor and
wall Of the slaughter house. An eyewitness
says that as he walked In the blood was shoe
deep, and on this blood were tufts of hair,
pieces OF muslin, broken combs. fragments
of pinafores, children's straw hats, q card
case containing curl with the inscription,
'Ned's hair. with love; !" few leaves o. an
Episcopal prayer book also book entitled
Preparation for Death :" a Bible on the fly
leaf on which was written, "For darling
mamma, from her affectionate daughter,
Isabella Blair" both the one who presented
it and the one to whom it was presented de-
parted forever.
Then Mana Sahib heard that Havelock
was coming, and his name was terror to
the sepoys. Lest the women and children
imprisoned in the summer house. or ass ,in
bly, rooms should be liberated, he oriere
that their throats should be cut. The ofa-
GERS were commanded to do the work and
attempted it, but failed because the law oi
caste would not allow the Hindoo to hold
the victims while they were being slain.
Then 100 men we're ordered to fra through
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