The Mutinies and the People, Or, Statements of Native Fidelity, Exhibited During the Outbreak of 1857-58 |
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1st Class 2nd Class 3rd Class 6th Company ACTS OF LOYALTY Agra assistance Baboo BAHADOOR Battalion Benares Bengal Bengal Police Battalion Bombay Brahmin British Government British India Calcutta Captain Cawnpore Class Order conduct Corps Delhi Ditto as Havildar Ditto as Jemadar Ditto as Naick Ditto as Subadar ditto ditto Duffadar Englishman escape European faithful fugitives Fyzabad Governor Gwalior Hindoo Holkar horse Hurkaru Ibid instances Irregular Cavalry July Khan Lieutenant LIST OF PERSONS loyal Maharajah Mahomed Mahomedan Meerut ment Mhow mutiny NATIVE FIDELITY EXHIBITED Nature of Reward night Nizam North Western Provinces Order of British Order of Merit Oude party PERSONS REWARDED Promoted as Jemadar protection Punjab Rajah rebels Regiment Native Infantry Regt Resident Ressaldar revolt Rewah REWARDED FOR ACTS Rupees Scindia Sepoys Sing Singh Sirdar Sirdar Bahadur Sowars STATEMENTS OF NATIVE Subadar Major title of Bahadur title of Sirdar troopers troops village Zemindars
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Page 121 - ... or principal street of the city of Lucknow, which was not illuminated as much as it used to be previous to the siege, nor was it so crowded. I jostled against several armed men in the street without being spoken to, and only met one guard of seven sepoys, who were amusing themselves with some women of pleasure, " When issuing from the city into the country we were challenged by a chowkeedar or watchman, who, without stopping us, merely asked us who we were. The part of the city traversed that...
Page 123 - Umroula, a village two miles this side of the chief's camp, to inform a friend of the death of his brother by a shot from the British entrenchment at Lucknow, and they told us the road. They appeared to be greatly relieved on discovering that it was not their terrible foe, who was only a few miles in advance of them. We went in the direction indicated by them, and after walking for half an hour we got into a jheel or swamp, which are numerous and large in Oude.
Page 124 - Lai for the courage and intelligence with which he had conducted himself during this trying night. When we were questioned he let me speak as little as possible. He always had a ready answer; and I feel that I am indebted to him in a great measure more than to myself for my escape. It will give me great satisfaction to hear that he has been suitably rewarded.
Page 122 - Park, which was occupied by the enemy. I went within twenty yards of two guns to see what strength they were, and returned to the guide, who was in great alarm, and begged I would not distrust him because of the mistake, as it was caused by his anxiety to take me away from the piquets of the enemy.
Page 131 - ... no sympathy, countenance, or support, from the bulk of the civil population of that part of the country, or from any reputable or influential classes among them. The Committee of the Association record without hesitation their conviction of the utter groundlessness of the reports...
Page 120 - Sir James did not encourage me to undertake the journey, declaring that he thought it so dangerous that he would not himself have asked any officer to attempt it. I, however, spoke so confidently of success, and treated the dangers so lightly, that he at last yielded, and did me the honour of adding that if I succeeded in reaching the Commander-in-Chief, my knowledge would be a great help to him.
Page 98 - Maharajah Scindia, attended by the Governor-General's Agent for Central India, and Sir Hugh Rose, and escorted by British troops, was restored to the palace of his ancestors, and was welcomed by his subjects with every mark of loyalty and attachment. It was on the 1st...
Page 119 - Bagh in his company. He hesitated a great deal at acting as my guide, but made no attempt to exaggerate the dangers of the road. He merely urged that there was more chance of detection by our going together, and proposed that we should take different roads and meet outside of the city to which I objected.
Page 122 - I was not annoyed, as such accidents were not unfrequent even when there was no danger to be avoided. It was now about midnight. We endeavoured to persuade a cultivator who was watching his crop to show us the way for a short distance, but he urged old age and lameness, and another whom I peremptorily told to come with us ran off screaming, and alarmed the whole village. We next walked quickly away into the canal, running under the Charbagh, in which I fell several times, owing to my shoes being...
Page 119 - While passing through the entrenchment of Lucknow about ten o'clock AM on the 9th instant, I learnt that a spy had come in from Cawnpore, and that he was going back in the night as far as...