Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-12-21

| signed the treaty. There was great Joy IN
| the intrenchment that night. Without
| mol estation they went Oft and got plenty oil
water to drink ana water for goo wash.
| The hunger and thirst and exposure from
| the consuming sun, with the thermometer
from 120 to 14O, would cease. Mothers re'
Ioiced at 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, true to the promise,
| carts were ready to transport thosJ who
| were too much exhausted to walk,
"Get into the carriage" sai Mr.. Ice,
"and we will ride to the banks OF the
Ganges, for which the liberated co nb1tant9
and non-combatants started from this place,"
On our way Mr.. Lee pointed out O monu.
ment over the burial place which was open I'd
for General Wheeer's intrenchment, the
we'll into which every night the dead had
been dropped. Around 1t Is a curious
memorial. There are hvs crosses, one nc
zach corner OF tho glrIen and ons at tha
centre, from which inscription today rer
my text Riding on We came to the Momoc-
lal Church built to the memory OF thos5
fallen in Cawnpur. Tls walls ate dovet51
with tablets and e2itapls. l copied two or
three o! the Inscriptions "These are they
who come ont Of great tribulations ! also;
1.-THE dead shall be raissl ihcorruptlble !"
also, sin the world We shall have tribdlatoh;
but be Of gool cheer: 1 have overcome the
world )" also, 1.-The Lori gave. The Lori
hath taken away" also, aeon unto Ne, all
SO that labor and are heavy laden"
"Get into tho carriage" said Mr.. Lea. an
we rode on to the Glngas an got out at Il
Hlndoo temple standilg on the banks.
hNow," said Mr.. Lee, "hers Is tho place to
which General Wheeler an / his people cams
under the escort Of Mana Salib." went
down the steps TO the margin OF the river.
Down these steps went General Wheeler nd
the men, women aud Children unler Ills
care. Tney stool on one side Of the s, %,
AMI Mana Sahb AMI his staff stool on he
other side. AS the women were gettin into
the boats Mana Sahib objected that only the
aged an infrm women AMI children should
20 on board the boats. The young and AT.
tractive women were kept out Twenty
eight boats were filed with men, women an !
children and hoate1 out into the river. Z lc1
boat contained ten armed natives. Then
three boats fastened together were brought
up, AMI General Wheeler an his staff got in.
Although orders vera given to start, thu
three boats were somehow detained. at this
juncture n boy Of twelve years OF age hoistel
on the top of the Hindoo temple on the
banks two flags, Hn1oo AMI NOLAN.
medan flag, at which signal the boatmen and
arms natives jumped from the boats and
swan for the shore, and from innumerLble
guns the natives on the bank flrsl Oh the
boats, AMI masked batteries above AMI below
toarel with destruction, an the boats INK
with their precious cargo, and all went down
save three strong swimmers, wh0 got to the
opposite shore. Those WAC struggled out
hear by were dashed to death. Mana Sahib
and his staff with their sworls slashe1 to
pieces General Wheeler AMI his staff, WHO
had not got we'll away from the shore.
said that the young AMI attractive wo-
men were not allowed to get into the boats.
These were marched away under the guard
OF the sepoys.
(which way?" 1 inquired. 81 will show
you," said Mr.. Lee. Again VIC took seats in
the carriage and started for thu climlx OF
desperation and diabolism. Now Wa are on
the way 20 summer house, calleI the as
sembly rooms, which hal bssn built for res
reation an pleasure. 1t hal two rooms,
each twenty-nine by ten. an | some win low
less closets, and here were imprlsone 20i
helpless people. II was to become tho pri-
son Of these women aud children. Some OF
these sepoys got permission OF Nina SahiO
10 take one or more OF thgs5 ladies TO their
own place on the promise they should be
brought back to the summer garden next
morning. A daughter of General VIII 3eler
was SO taken an did not return. She after
ward married tho NOLAN neian who hal
taken her to his tent. Some sapoy5 amused
themselves By thrusting children through
with bayonets and holding them up before
their mothers in the sumner house. All the
doors closed and the sepoyS standing guard,
the crowded women aud children wate1
their doom for eighteen days AMI niglts
amid sickness AMI flies AMI stem II aal
starvation.
The 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 were
still alive. All these were soon dispatche ],
and not q Christian or European was left in
Cawnpur. The murderers were paid fifty
cents for each lady slain. The Mohamme-
dan assassins dragged by the hair the dead
bodies out OF the summer house and threw
them into well, by which l stood with such
feelings as you cannot imagine. But after
the mutilated bodies had been thrown into
well the record Of the scene remained in
hieroglyphics OF crimson on the floor and
wall of the slaughter house. An eyewitness
SAYS that rs 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, card
case containing curl, with the inscription,
"Neds hair with loves" few leaves OF 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 affectiongte daughter,
Isabella Blair" both the one WHO presented
it and the one to whom 1t was presented de-
parted forever.
Then Mana Sahib heard that Havelock
was coming, aud his name was terror to
the sepoys. Lest the women an children
imprisoned In the summer house, or assem-
bly, rooms, should be liberated, he orlerei
that their throats SHOULD be cut. Tde off,
ceT were commanded to do the WORK aud
attempted it, but failed because the law of
caste would not allow the Hindoo to hold
the victims while they were being slain.
Then 100 men were ordOrel to fire through
the windows, but they fired over the heads
Of the imprisoned ones, and only u few were
killed. Then Mana Sabib was in a rage and
ordered professional butchers from among
the lowest Of the gypsles to go at the work.
Five OF them, with hatchets and swords AMI
knives. began the work, but three Of them
collapsed an tainted under the ghastIiness,
and it was left to two butchers to complete
the slaughter. The struggle, the sharp cut,
the binding blow, the cleavlng through
scalp AMI skull, the begging for life the
death agony OF hour after hour. the tangled
limbs OF the corpses, the pile up dead
only God and those who were inside the
summer house can ever know.
said "Mr. Lee, have hearl that in
delicate things were found written on the