Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-02

There WIS some opposition to signing
his treaty, but General Whesler's wife told
lin he could trust the natives, and so he
igned the treaty. There was great Joy in
he intrenchment that night. Without
mol estation they went out and got plenty OF
, water to drink AMI water for cool wash.
The hunger and thirst and exposure from
he consuming sun, with the Thermometer
RON 100 to III, would cease. Mothers re-
o!cad Mt the prospect OF saving their chill.
| Iren. The young ladies' OF the intrench-
nent would escape the wild beasts in human
orn. On the morrow, true to the promise,
| arts wsrs ready to transport those who
vnrs TOO much exhausted to walk.
sect into the carrage," sail Mr.. Lee,
| ami ", will ride TO the banks OF the
IAN res, for which the hbrritat coinbatants
u 1 non -.onbatan,s started fro n this place."
)a our way Mr.. Lss pointel out monu-
u nj ov.r the burial pace which W is opened
or General Whesler's intrenchnent, the
veil ii:b which every niRat the dead had
,een dropp-t. Around 1t is curious
memorial. n ira are five cross-s, one at
tich corner of the yIrieI and on, at the
.en re-. ron wlich inscription to- lay reai
ny text. Ri Ing on W, came to the Momor-
al ChUrch butt to the mhno-y OF those
allen in Cawlpur. Ths walls are covered
with tlplets an epitapiS. 1 cop.ai two or
hree o. the inscr ptio,s: "riiese are they
yho come ont OF great tribuatiOnS !; also.
'The dead snail be raisai incorruptibie :;
,lso, "Iu the world We slIll have tribulation.
,ut oe OF goo cheer. | have overco n tn,
gor. :" also. .'The Lori giv.. The Lori
iath taken away also, eco ne unto NJ, AL
~ that labo- an are hsivy Ia len"
"Get into the cirriag'." sail Mr.. Ler. an |
Sc role on to the GANGS AMI got OUT at 4
Iinfoo temple standils on the banks.
Now" sail Mr.. Lee. "l"ra is the placs TO
Shch General Wiee'r an / his people cama
Inierthe rscorI of Nina Salib." Invent
| la
Down these steps went G. n raj W l.eler an
,ls men. women AMI clIllren under his
,lre. Trey stool on one 81 "a OF the steps,
IN / Nlua Slhib AMI his st:f s oo on ine
,tn-r siis. As thu wo men were getting into
he ooaJs Slnt Sahib o jectei that only the
iy.i an iuiirn women an chiliren shoIld
20 on bOiri Ia bDltS. Tna Young an at
,!c;Ivs women were kept oit. Twenty
,ic, I boats were file with IN IN, women ant
,li! !rru an 1oeiai out into the river. E1ct
>OIt contained ten armel nitjves. Then
hrea boats fastened 10 yether were brought
y. an General Wheeler an his STAT got in.
though or ler5 wprs given TO start, the
.nree boats wrra so n nov dstlins |. At this
Iuncture a boy OF twelve years OF "A - hoiste
on the top of the Hindoo tempe on the
banks two llgs. H'n loo an IL Moh9m-
neian flag, ut which signal the bo 1t mel an
arm natives iumpai from the boats and
w Tor the slore. AMI IRON innumerlbls
guns the natives on the bank fire! on ths
coats, an 4 masked batteries above m below
roaret with destruction. an | the boi,s sank
Iitu Their precious c IrSo, AMI all W ,nt down
save three stron swimmers, who got to the
opposite shore. Tnose wIo struggled out
le n oy were dashed to death. Mana SahiI
and his stat with their -yp- IS siashei to
pieces General Wheeler AMI his staff, who
nat not got we'll away from the SHORE.
| said In1t the young an / attractive wo-
nen wera not allowed 10 get into the boats.
Ihess were marchel away un Ter the guar
oi the sspoys.
"Which wlyT' I inquired. "I will shoH
iou, sail Mr. Lee. Agti We took sests in
the caring, IA / stIr.ci ior IN, climlN OF
desperation IN ditbo.is n. Now We are on
the way TO summer house. clilel the as
ssmby rooms, wlich IA 0aan Quilt for req
reation an pleasure. Ii ha! two. rooms,
sacn twenty-nins Dy ten. an soma win iow-
| .esS C. .oSatS, an here were imprisoned 1 206
helpless pepp'e. Ii W - t. p..Jns ths pri-
son OF these No men an children. Some OF
mesa sepoys got psr,niSS on of NInt Sahil
| 20 take ols or more OF thrss ladies' 10 their
own pl tce on tde pronjs. they should be
orougnt back to the simmer Sarien next
morning A dHu -hJer OF General Wh ,alsr
was taken an did no- r.turn. she after
ward married the No IAN ne ian wac hal
AIKEN her TO his tent. som sspovS amused
themselves by tirus:ins childre"' through
with bavona,s aat hol ling the n up before
heir mothers in the su mr. hoJs.. All the
he crow led women ant chill lran waite 1
heir doom for eigltaan days an niy ITS
imit Sickness AMI dies AMI stea,l AMI
starvation.
The lu cherS came out exiausta1. think
IN, they nal done their WORK, au 1 the doors
wers closed. but whea thy wsrs again
opened three wo nen AMI three boys were
still alive. All theSs wsra soon dispatched,
and not Cnristian or European was left in
Cawnpur. The murierers were paid fifty
cents FOR each lady slain. The Molamme-
dan aSsass.ns dragged by the hair the dead
bo lies out OF the su inner houss and threw
them into u well, by which stood with such
feelings as you cannot im1Sine. But after
the muiiiatei 90 lies nal been thrown into
well the rccor OF the scsne remained in
heroglypi,s's of crimson on the floor an 4
wall OF tia slaughter house. An eyewitness
says thai is he walked in the blood was shoe
| deep. and on this blood were tufts of hair,
pieces of muslin, broken combs. fragments
OF pinafores, chiilren's straw hats, a card
case containing a curl, with the inscription,
| "Ned's hair. with love !" n few leaves OF an
Episcopal prayer book also 4 book entitled
'Preparation Tor Death = a Bible on the fly
Leaf on waica WIS written, "For darling
mamma, fro n her affectiouate daughter,
Isabella Bar both the one who presented
II and the one TO whom it was presented de-
parted forever.
Then Mana Sahib heard that Havelock
:he sepoys. Lest the women AMI children
Imprisoned in the summer house. or assem-
bly, rooms, should be liberated, he ordered
that their tnroats should be cut. The off,
| GERS were commanded to do the work and
attempted it, but failef because the law OF
raste would not allow the Hindoo to hold
the victims while they were being slain.
Then 100 men were ordered to fire through
the windows, but they fired over tho heads
pf the imprisoned ones, and only a few were
killed. Then Mana Sabib was in a rage and
brdere professional butchers from among
the 10 vest OF the gypses 70 90 at the WORK.
Five OF them, with hatclet5 and swords an |
knives, began the work, but three of them
collapsed an tainted under the ghastliness,
and 1t left two butchers o complete
the slaughter. The struS gle, the sharp cut,
the binding blow, the cleavins through
scalp AMI skull, the begging for life. the
death agony OF hour after hour. tho tangled
limbs of the corpses, the pilet up dead
only Col and those VINO wers inside the
summer house can ever know.
said "Mr. Lee, have nearl thas in
delicate things were found written on the
walls" He answered: mo, but these poor
creatures wrote in charcoal AMI scratched
on the wall the story OF the bru:alities they
had SUFFERED"
When the English and Scotch troops came
upon the scene, their wrath was so great
that General Neill had the butchers arrested,
and before being shot compelled them to
wipe up part of the floor of this place ol
massacre, this being the worst OF their pun
lshment, orthere is nothing that q Hindoo
70 hates as to touch blood.
When Havelock came upon the scene, h
had this order annullei. The well was now
not only iull OF hu7l,n 10 les. but corpses
piled cnt''" cCi- !. ris sol ,iers " r. Tor
man EoU-7 .'~ L --os r.ac IT, ,,ea !.
Twas about 5 o'cloc' il tia evening when
fclrla upon this pace in Cawnpur. The
lu:i ling III wh;cl the massacre took place
ils heen torn down. an | gar.:en of ex-
" sits nl,1 :r.!r=nt +oXerS surrounds the
! ,cnna. Mr.. Leo po ute ont to US some
| seventy raouads containing bodies or por-
| ions OF no lies OF those not thrown into the
| ve'i soldier stan is on guard to keep the
| oiiaga an / flowers from heinS ruthlessly
| ,uilei. ASKED sol iisr il I might take q
,ose as raemen'o, AMI he handed me a
,luster OF rosss, rel and white, both color5
:ug yeNtive to me-the red typical of the car
lrge there enacted, AMI the white for the
| ,urty of those who from that spot assembled.
nut OF course the most Absorbing a interest
| .oHcnntrltei Mt the well, into which hun
r''S women AMI children wPre dnnS or