The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-12-14

landed proprietors of every district t.
rejoice at the thought that the Chris
tians have been sent to hell, and boil
the Hindoo and Mohammedan religions
have been confirmed, and that they
should, as usual, be obedient to thu
authorities of the government and nevel
suffer any complaint against themselvel
to reach to the ears of the higher author
ity."
The Siege of Cawnpur.
'Mr. Lee, what is this?'' I said tc
our escort as the carriage halted by an
embanlyment. "Here," he said, "is the
intrenchment where the Christians OF
Cawnpur took refuge" 1t is the remains
of a wall which at the time of the mu-
tiny was only four feet high, behind
which, with no shelter from the sun,
the heat at 80 degrees, 440 men and $50
women and children dwelt nearly a
month. A handful of -four and split
peas was the daily ration. and only two
wells near by, the one in which they
buried their dead, because they had no
time to bury them in the earth, and the
other we'll the focus on which the artil-
lery of the enemy played, so that it was
a choice between death by thirst and
death by bullet or shell. Ten thousand
yelling Hindoos outside this frail wall
and 1000 suffering, dying people inside.
In addition to the army of the Hindoos
and Moslems, an invisible army of sick
nesses swooped upon them. Some went
raving mad under exposure. Others
dropped under apoplexy. A starving,
mutilated, fevered, sunstruok, CHASTITY
group waiting to diel Why did not the
heather dash down those mud walls and
the 10, 900 annihilate the now less than
1000? 1t was because they seemed SUI
pernaturally defended.
Mana Sahib resolved to celebrate an
anniversary. The 23d of June, 1857,
would be 100 years since the battle of
Plassy, when, under Lord Give, India
surrendered to England. That day the
last European in Cawnpur was to be
slaughtered. Other anniversaries have
been celebrated with wine This was to
be celebrated with blood. Other ami
versaries have been adorned with gar
lands. This with drawn swords. Others
have been kept with songs. This with
excavations. Others with the dance of
the gay. This with the dance of death.
The infantry and cavalry and artillery
of Mana Sahib made on that day one
grand assault, but the few guns Of the
English and Scotch put to flight these
Hindoo tigers. The courage of the fends
broke against that mud wall as the
waves of the sea against lighthouse.
The cavalry horses returned full run
without their riders. The Lord looked
out from the heavens, and on that ami
versary day gave the victory to his peo-
pie.
Therefore Mana Sahib must try some
other plan. Standing in field not far
from the intrenchment of the English
was native Christian woman, Jacobee
by name, holding high up in her hand
a letter. 1t was evidently communi-
cation from the enemy, and General
Wheeler ordered the woman brought in.
She handed him proposed treaty. If
General Wheeler and his men would
SlNO up WOapOho, 1Noha kuliD
would conduct them into safety. They
could march out unmolested, the men,
women and children. They could go
down tomorrow to the Ganges, where
they would find boats to take them in
peace to Allahabad.
The Treaty Signed.
There was some opposition to signing |
this treaty, but General Wheeler's wife
told him he could trust the natives, and |
so he signed the treaty. There was great
Joy in the intrenchment that night. |
molestation they went out and
got plenty of water to drink and water
Tor good wash. The hunger and thirst
and exposure from the consuming sun,
with the thermometer from 1870 to 140,
would cease. Mothers rejoiced at the
prospect of saving their children. The
7oung ladies of the intrenchment would
escape the wild beasts in human form.
IN the morrow, true to the promise,
,arts were ready to transport those who
we're too much exhausted to walk
"Get in the carriage" said Mr.. Lee,
and we will ride to the banks Of the
1anges. for which the liberated COM
,atants and noncom batants started from
his place" On our way Mr.. Lee point
d out a monument over the burial
lace which was opened for General
Eheeler's intrenchment, the well into
which every night the dead had been
ropped. Around it is curious memo
ial. There are five crosses, one at each
orner of the garden and one at the cen
Or, from which inscription today read
~ text. Riding ON, we came to the
Iemorial church built to the memory of
hose fallen in Cawnpur. The walls are
overed with tablets and epitaphs. l
opted two or three of the inscriptions:
These are they who come out of great
also, 1.-THE dead shall be
aised incompatible; also: I'm the
'orld ye shall have tribulation, but be
good cheer. have overcome the
'orld;" also: 1.-THE Lord gave. The
ord hath taken away" also, "Come
INTO me, all ye that labor and are heavy
Iden.
Get into the carriage" said Mr..
ee. and we rode ON to the Ganges and
OF out at Hindoo temple standing ON
he banks. Now" said Mr.. Lee, there
the place to which General Wheeler
1d his people came under the escort Of
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