The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-09-23
|BILkINS m india
Massacre of the British Resi-.
dents at Cawnpore
in 1857.

in 1857.
THE MEMORIAL AT LUCKNOW
Bombay, Calcutta and Other Cities
Cawnpore, the Slaughter-House
Heathen Outbreaks and Resuits-
The Pearl Mosque and Other Won
derful Buildings In India-A War,
or Rather, Two Wars That Lasted
Thousand Years-Akbar and His
Castie-A Wonderful Tomb-shah
Jehau the Builder"
Calcutta. India. Sept. IL, 1903.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
| Enterprise.
India liz so great, If not in size. in
population, an in curious people an
strange sights. that 1 hardly know
when I hev told even the half. Bonn
bay an Calcutta furnish enough to
fill a book larger than heZ ever bin
printed an they air but two cities.
Agra an Delhi each claim notice to
say nothin' or Cawnpore, where the
British residents wuz massacred in
1857 by the enraged heather. The
number included the British garrison.
At Cawnpore stands wonderful me-
mortal, the gife ov wealthy English
people. 1t liz called "The Angel of
the Resurrection" an hit marks the
spot ov the massacre. The inscrip-
tion on this memorial reads: "Sa-
cred to the perpetual memory of a
great company of Christian people,
chiefly women an children, who near
this spot were cruelty murdered by
the followers of the rebel Mana
Dhundu Pant, of Bithur. and cast,
the dying with the dead, into the
well below. on the 18th day of July,
/ 1857" At Lucknow, not far way.
stands another memorial. The large
buildin' occupied at that time by the
British officials wuZ used az a fort
when the heather got wild. In this
buildin' wuz crowded nine hundred
English troops, one hundred and fifty
volunteers, seven hundred native
troops, six hundred women and chill
dren (English) an seven hundred
friendly natiyes-total, about three
] thousand. Against them wuZ awl
! hn lott ho n
J dia. The brave garrison held the
temporary fort from the first of July
until the 18th ov November when re-
lief came in the shape ov soldiers an
sailors from England, that bein' az
early az relief could reach them, fol
hit wuz some little time before Eng.
land found that rebellion wuz 60
in on. OF the three thousand who
sought refugee in the buildin', but
| about one thousand wuz saved. Sil
/ Colin Campbell ov the English army
r led the rescuin' party. Hit IL sec
that Scotch girl, one ov the impris
oned, dreamed the night before tha
t claim that the famous English song
t 1.-THE Campbells Are Coming" WI.
l inspired by this dream, though thi
IL disputed. At any rate, one-thirt
ov~ the beseiged people, mostly wo
;, men an children only, fer PRACTICAL.
y awl ov the soldiers and other mel
e had fallen, wuz saved. This and 9th
8 er outbreaks forced England to plac'
a greater number ov soldiers in In
dia to preserve order, an they maxi
4 the people ov India pay fer hit awl
:, which IL rite. I guess. The Englisl
y army in India liz now distributed s.
}. we'll an IL so large that the native
must behave, an they know hit
q / though hit IL a little child ov fort
8 millions controlin' the giant wit
Il three hundred millions.
II In India England governs by ar
through natives. Some ov them al
smart men. One ov the Judges o
q the Supreme Court in Bombay
l. called "The Honorable My Justic
= Badruddin Tyabji." would be gla
q to see this gentleman filing a plac
on the bench in North Carolina, o
the Supreme Court bench. fer ir
s. stance I think hit would do goot
l. In a recent letter I think I sal
le that this country contains many wor
al derful things, includin' some yer
D. remarkable buildin's. The Pea
Mosque at Dalhi liz worthy ov speci;
mention under this head. an thel
st air others. The Pearl Mosque stant
re in the macmillan Mohammedan sfyI
h Hit IL built entirely ov pearl, tn;
III liz, hit liz overlaid with pearl an
Of must hev cost vast sum, fer hit
beautiful beyond description.
India, like most foreign countrie
4. hez had war an some ov the resul
st air still visible. One ov these IL Il
is famous Kutah Minar. or tower, hui
a about seven hundred years ergo
hs one ov the Mohammedan eonquero
n after he captured Delhi. This towe
built ov stone, liz two hundred a
thirty-eight feet high. an liz fort
seven feet In diameter at the ba
- an nine feet at the top. The ca
"a. ture ov a city wuz important, but t
heather soldier must hev over-es
n mated hiz own Importance.
ed After the death ov Mohamme
which didn't cause much weepfn' q
wailin' outside ov India, fer hit W
=. not known fer several hundred yea
:. that they had bin sich a feller, {
:. Moslems made an attack upon Ind
This war lasted more than five hI
dred wears. stoD-watcheS not hav