The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-01-24

as no trace of them is left in
these places, it is the duty OF
all the subjects and servants of the
government to rejoice at the delight
full intelligence, and carry on their re-
AS by the bounty of the glorious AL
mighty and the enemy-destroyingf for
tune of the emperor, the yellow-faced
and narrow-minded people have been
sent to hell, and Cawnpore has been
captured, it is necessary that all the
subjects and landowners and govern
ment servants should be as obe-
dent to the present government
as they have been to the former
of all the peasants and landed pro-
prietors of every district to rejoice at
the thought that the Christians have
been sent to hell, and both the Hindoo
and Mohammedan religions have been
confirmed, and that they should. as
usual, be obedienu to the authorities
of the government, and never suffer
any complaint against themselves to
reach to the ears of the higher author
ity." ...#-.
'Mr. Lee, what is this?" said to our
escort as the carriage halted by an en-
bankment. Here" he said, sis the
entrenchment where the Christians of
Cawnpore took refuge. 1t is the re-
mains of wall which at the time of
the mutiny was only four feet high,
behind which, with no shelter from
the sun, the heat at one hundred and
thirty degrees, four hundred and for
ty men and five hundred and sixty
women and children dwelt nearly
a month. A handful of flour 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 artillery of the enemy
played, so that it was choice between
| death by thirst and death by bullet or
shell. Ten thousand yelling Hin
docs outside this frail wall and
one thousand suffering, dying peo-
pie inside. In addition to the army
of the Hindoos and Moslems, an invisi-
BILE army of sickness swooped upon
them. Some went raving mad under
exposure; others dropped under apo
plexy. A starving, mutilated, fevered,
sunstruck, CHASTITY group waiting to
die. Why did not the heather dash
down those mud walls and the ten
thousand annihilate the now less than
one thousand? 1t was because they
seemed supernaturally defended.
| Mana Sahib res olved to celebrate an
anniversary. The 23d of June, 1857,
would be one hundred years since the
battle of Plassy. when under Lord
Give, India surrendered to England.
That day the last European in Gavin
pore was to be slaughtered. Other
anniversaries have been celebrated
with wine; this was to be celebrated
with blood. Other anniversaries have
been adorned with garlands; this
with drawn swords. Others have
been kept with songs; this
with execrations. 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 fight 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 field not far
from the intrenchment of the English
| was a native Christian woman, .Jaco-
bee by name, holding high up in her
hand letter. 1t was evidently com
munication from the enemy, aud Gen.
Wheeler ordered the woman brought
in. She handed him a proposed
treaty If Gen. Wheeler and his
men would give up their weap.
ons, Mana Sahib would conduct
them into safety; they could march
out upmolested, the men, women and
children; they could get down to-mor.
row to the Ganges, where they would
find boats to take them in peace to Al
lahabad. There was some opposition
to signing this treaty, but Gen. Wheel
ers wife told him he could trust the
natives, and SO he signed Che treaty
There was great joy in the intrench
ment that night. Without molestatior
they went out and got plenty of water
to drink, and water for good wash
The hunger and thirst and exposure
from the consuming sun, with the
thermometer from one hundred ant
twenty to one hundred and forty
| would cease. Mothers rejoiced at the
prospect of saving their children. Tn;
young ladies Of the intrenchmen1
would escape the wild beasts in hu
man form. On the morrow. true tt
the promise. carts were ready to trans
port those who were too much ex
hausted to walk.
"Get into the carriage" said Mr.
Lee, and we rode on to the Ganges
and got out at a Hindo temple stand
ing on the banks. ''Now," said Mr.
Lee, '.here is The place to which Gen
Wheeler and his people came undet
the escort of Mana Sahib." / web
down the steps to the margin of th