The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-12-12

with execration Others with the dance
Of the gay, this with the dance of death.
The infantry and cavalry and artillery of
Mana SahiO made on that day one grand
assault, but the few guns OF the English
and Scotch put % flight these HindOo
tigers. The courage of the fiends broke
against that mud wall as the waves of the
sea against a lighthouse. The cavalry
horses returned full run without their
riders. The Lord looked out from the
heavens, and on that anniversary day gave
the victory to His people.
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, Jacobee by
name holdilg high up in her hand a let
ter IT was evidently a communication
I from the enemy, and Gen. Wheeler or
dered the woman brought in. She handed
him proposed treaty. II Gen. Wheeler
and his men would give up their weapons,
Mana Sahi0 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 10 Allahabad.
There was some opposition TO signing this
! treaty, but Gen. Wheeler's wife told him
he could trust the natives. and so he
signed the treaty. There was great joy in
the intrenchnent that night Without mo-
iastauon they went out and got plenty OF
water 70 drink and water for "A good wash.
The hunger and thirst and exposure from
the consuming sun, with the thermometer
from 10 - 40, would cease. Mothers re-
1Olced at the prospect Of saving their chill
dren. The young ladies Of the intrench-
mcnt would escape the wild beasts in
human form. On the morrow, true to the
promise carts were ready 70 transport
! those who were too much exhausted to
Inscriptions.
Get in the carriage" said Mr.. Lee.
land we viii ride to the banks Of the
| Gauges. for which the liberated combat
ants and nonc1mbatants started from this
place On our way Mr.. Lee pointed out
a monument over the burial pllce which
/ was opened for Cen. Wheeler's intrench-
mcnr, the well into which every night the
| dead had been dropped. Around 1t is a
curious - en1rial. There are i've crosses.
one at each corner of tle garden, and one
/ today Rad ms text Riding on. we came
TO the Memorial church. built To the mem
| DRY Of those fallen i'm C3Wnpur. The walls
are covered with tablets and ep.taphs. 1
copied two or three of the inscriptions
| These are they who come out OF great
trbul3u0l;" also. The dead shall be raised
lnc1rrupdble;' also. IN the world ye
| shall have tribulation. but be- of good
c1ecr; ] have overcome the world also,
| The Lord give, the Lord hath taken
! away" also. come unto Me. all ye that
labor and are heavy laden"
Get into the carriage" said Mr.. Lee,
and we rode on to the Ganees and got ont
~ Hin3oo temple standing on the banks.
| Now said Ar. lee. here is the place
! to which Gen. Wheeler and his people
came under the escort of Mana Slhib" I
/ went down the steps to the margin OF the
river. Down these steps Went Gen.
Wheeler and the men, women and children
! under his care. They stood on one side of
Z nd Irf nm is 81 orr
stood on the other SIDE. AS the women
were getting n-O the boats Mana Sahib
objected that only the AGED and inrm
women and children should go on board
Che boats The young and attractive
women Were kept out Twenty-eight
boats were dile1 with mon, women aud
children and iiuated out into the river
Each boat contained ten armed natives
/ Then three bot-s- fastened together. were
brought up and Gen. Wheeler and his
staff got I'm. Although orders were given
% start the three boats were somehow de-
tanned. At this juuc-ure n boy twelve
years Of age hoisted on the top of the
Hindoo temple on the banks two flags
p IiindOo and q M0hammcdan dag-at
which signal the bJatmgn and armed
natives jumped from ,he boats and swan
for the shore. and from innumberable
suns the natives on the bank fired on the
! boats, and masked batteries above and
! below roared with destruction, and the
I
au went down save three strong SWIM
! mers. who got 90 the opposite shore
| Those VINO struggled out near by were
dashed TO death. Mana Sahb and his
staff, wiki their swords, slashed TO pieces
| Cen. Wheeler and his staff, who had not
got well away from the shore.
The Climax OF DiuboIIsm.
said that The young and attractive
women were moi allowed 10 get into the boat
These we're marched away under the guard
Of the seDoys.
(Which ways?' I inquired. Il will show
you," said MIR. Lee. Again we took seats
IN he carriage and started for the climax
Of desperation and diab0lism Now We are
on the way 10 summer house called the
assembly rooms. which had been built for
recreation and pleasure. Il had TWO rooms
each % by TO- and some winiOwless closets
and here We're Imprisoned POO helpless poO-
pie 70 was 10 become the prison of these
women and children. Some Of these seplys
got permission of Mana Sahib to take one
or more Of these ladies to their own place
on The promise they should be brought back
| % the summer garden next morning. A
daughter OF Gen. Wheeler was so taken
and did not return. she aftcrWard married
the Moh3mmedan who had taken her to his
tent. Some sepOys amused themselves By
thrustiug children through with b8yonets
and holding them up before 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 nights amid sickness and
fias and stencil and starvation
Then Mana Sahib heard that Havelock
was coming. and his name was a terror to
the sepoys. Lest the women and children
imprisoned in the summer house. or as
sembiy rooms, should be liberated, he or
dered that their rhroats should be cut
The officers were commanded to do the
work and attempted it, but failed because
the law Of caste would not allow the Hin
doc to hold the victims while they Were
being Slain. Then 100 men We're ordered
10 Gre through The windows, but they fired
over the heads Of the imprisoned ones, and
only a few We're killed. Then Mana Sahib
was H. a rage and ordered professional
butchers from among the lowest Of the
gypsies TO go at the work. Five of them
with hatchets and swords and knives be-
gan the work. but three OF them collapsed
and tainted under the ghastliness. and il
slaughter. The struggle, the sharp cut.
scalp and skull. the begging for life. the
death agony Of hour after hour, the tan
gled limbs Of the cOrpses, the piled up
dead-Only God and those who were inside
the summer house can ever know.
The butchers came out exhausted, think
ing they had done their work, and the
doors were closed. But when they were
I again opened three women and three boys
were sin alive. All these were soon dis
pitched and not a Christian or 2 European