The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-06

wished. answered. YOU may tear on
our skins and we shall feel 10 PAIN aud
| shall not lie. ! was dragged away
and they still continued Using the lash
on Chanden Sing. who behaved heroical-
ly, hiding his pain as much as possible
.For two days and night was
without food and heard no more OF
my servants. On the third afternoon a
huge coarse soldier came in and slapped
me on the shoulder, saying that | was
Ito be tortured before sunset You are
to be nogged, your eyes burned out,
YOUR legs broken and your head cut of.
Some time later a man entered the tent
and signaled TO my guard to lead me
out. My bonds were tightened ard |
was taken to the mud hut, where there
was a mob of people and soldiers, Not
long after | entered the hut squad OF
soldiers entered with Chanden Sing IN
their midst tightly bound.
"Chanden Sing cried to me from an
other room of the hut, Sahib, Sahib, |
am diving | turned toward him and
saw that he certainly was in great dis
tress. We are going TO Taklakot,
said. and you will follow The soldiers
now brought ponies TO the hut Chan
den Sing was tied to bare backed pony
and I was thrown UP into saddle on
which there were FIVE sharp spikes
which caught me in the small of the
back and penetrated my flesh at every
movement of the pony. We were now
surrounded by an armed cavalcade, and
NV horse was led by soldier AT q
signal we all started of at gsllop. As
nv hands were manacled behind me
could not ease myself from the spikes
in the pack OF the saddle. and | coulc
feel them working deeper and deeper
into me as the blood ran down my legs
! At different places along the route sol
diers with their machlocks fred at mt
sometimes at only few yards, but
was never hit.
Towards suuset we arrived at OIL
destination - Gyatsho = and dismounteC
at the foot Of hill on which stood
fortress and Lamastrv | was hustled
amid the insults and jcers Of the moi
to tie execution ground
Here | was placed on az lnstrumen
of torture, a prism shaped log aud M
legs were stretched out by five men a
far as they would 60. | was then Sc
cnrelv tied with ropes. The brute whit
had shot at me. Nerba. same ~ shine
me and seized my long hair Be- , me
near the governors hut. stood row 0
the most vicious looking human brute
I lad ever seen. Each had in his han'
an instrument OF torture One held
large headed nallet 70 break bones.
second lad a two handed sword. thr'
carried a bow and a set Of arrows. sn'
Ia number OF others had variety Of ter
rible instruments Of torture,
Blinded by Hot Irons.
"Bv this time thc crowd was evident
becoming impatient, and showed It b
remarks and gestures. The musician
with their crude instruments set up
din. and an executioner commence
heating an iron bar with wooden har
Idle in a 'hrasier.' When it was red he
II was handed TO the 'Pombo, who wa
chewing something to make artiIlcls
froth in his mouth lie then worke
himself into frenzy and holding tn
hot iron before him. advanced towar
, me. stared at him and he avoided m
eyes showing some reluctance to per
, form his task. The Lamas cried. Or
] with his ewes he has come to see OF
country. Out with his eyes that wi
be his punishment lie now held tn
hot iron close to my ewes. and | close
ihem as tight as I could The heat wa
! 50 intense that il burned my nose an
seemed to dry OUT my eyes. the left on
= especially. The iron could not hav
been before my eyes more than thirt
s-conds. but it seemed an intermnabl
time When I felt the iron taken ava
opened my ewes. One was blind an
from the other everything looked ret
The pain throbbed and iumned throuo
my brain On the damn ground besid
~'c the hot iron sizzled and steamed
| The din from the musicians increase
and the neoole scat on me as Nerb
: tore handfu's Of hair from my head.
matchbox was placed against nv hea
and fred BY r. p---t~ IN an upwar
direction He was 80 nervous that
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