Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-12-14

garden Of exquisite and fragrant
flowers Surrounds the scene. Mr.. Lee
pointed out to us some 10 mounds con-
tanning bodies or portions Of bodies Of
those not thrown into the well. a SOL
der stands on guard to keep the foliage
and flowers from being ruthlessly pulled.
asked q soldier if l might take a rose
as memcnto, and he handed mo a
cluster Of roses, red and white, 10th
colcrs suggestive to me-the red typical
Of the carnage there enacted and the
white for the purity Of those who from
that spot assembled.
But of course the most absorbing in
terest concentrated at the well, into
which hundreds of women and children
were flung or lowered 4 circular wall
of white marble ineloses this well. The
wall is about 20 feet high. Inside this
wall there is a marble pavement l
paced it and found it 81 PAGES around.
In the center Of this Enclosure and i'm
mediately above the well Of the dead
is a sculptured angel Of resurrection,
with illumined face, and two palm
branches, meaning victory. This angel
is looking down toward the slumberers
beneath, but the two wings suggest the
rising Of the last day. Mighty consoia-
ton in marblel They went down under
the hatchets Of the sepoys. They shall
como up under tho trumpet that shall
wake tho dead. I felt weak and all
a-tremble as l stood reading these words
On the stone that covers the well:
Sacred to the perpetual memory Of
a great company Of Christian people
chiefly women and children, cruelty
massacred near this spot by the rebel,
Mana Sahib, and thrown, the dying
with the dead, into the well beneath on
the 10Th day of July, 1851" On the
arch of the mausoloum were cut the
words, "These are they who came out
Of great tribulation.
The Fate Of the Rebel.
The sun was sinking beneath the hori-
zon rs l came down the seven or eight
steps Of that palace Of a sepulcher, and
bethought myself: 'No emperor, MI
less it was Napoleon, ever had more
elories around his pillow of dust, and
no queen, unless it were the one of IaJ
Mahal, had reared for her grander ceno-
taph than crowns the resting places Of
the martyrs Of Cawnpur. But where
rest the bones Of the Herod Of the nine
tenth century, Mana Sahib: No one
can tell. Two men sent out to find the
whereabouts Of the daughter Of General
Wheeler tracked Mana Sahib during a
weeks ride into the wilderness, and
they wero told that for awhile after the
mutiny Mana Sahib set up little pomp
in tho junglcs. Among few thousand
Hindoos and Mohammodans he took for
himself the only two tents thencishbors
had. while they lived in the rain and
mud. Mana Sahib, with one servant
carving an umbrella, would 90 every
day to battle, and people would 90 and
stare. For some reason, after awhile he
forsook even that small attention, and
disappeared among the rayines Of the
Himalayan mountains. He took with
him in his fight that which he always
took with him-a ruby Of vast value.
He wore it as some wear an amulet.
Ho wore it rs some wear a life pre-
server He wore it on his bosom. The
Hindoo priest told him as long as he
wore that ruby his fortunes would bt
good, but both the ruby and the prince
who wore it have vanished. Not a
treasure on the outside Of the bosom,
but a treasure inside the heart, Is the
best protection. Solomon, who had
rubies in the hilt Of swords, and rubics
in the lin Of the tankards, and rubies IN
his crown, declared that which Mana
Sahib did not find out in time, wis
dom is better than rubies. When the
forests Of India are cleared by the axes
of another civilization, the lost ruby Of
this Cawnpur monster may be picked
I'D and be brought back again to blaze
among the worlds jewels. But who
shall reclaim for decent sepulture the
remains Of Mana Sahib: Ask the yrl-
lures! Ask the reptiles! ASK the J2chals
Ask tho midnight Himalayas!
Cruelty Matched Cruelty.
Much criticism has been made Of Sin
Henry Hayolock and Sir Colin Campbell
because Of the discriminating work they
did with these sepoys. Indeed it was
awful. Ny escort, Mr.. Lee, has told me
that he saw the sepoys fastened to the
mouths Of cannon, and then the guns
would fire, and for a few seconds there
would be nothing but smoke, and as the
smoke began to lift fragments Of fesh
would be found flying through tho air,
You may do your own criticism. l here
express no opinion. There can be No
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