Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . r named Rujjab Ali, who had sold his honor for hislife, and a young officer named Lieutenant Macdurall, came tothe tomb. Inside of the inclosure were 3,000 Mussulmans, allarmed ; outside, 3,000 more. Hodson demanded the uncondi-tional surrender of the princes. The armed men asked to beled aga
Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . r named Rujjab Ali, who had sold his honor for hislife, and a young officer named Lieutenant Macdurall, came tothe tomb. Inside of the inclosure were 3,000 Mussulmans, allarmed ; outside, 3,000 more. Hodson demanded the uncondi-tional surrender of the princes. The armed men asked to beled against the English officers and their hundred men. Butthe princes, hoping against hope, supposing that the father hav-ing been spared there would be an extension of mercy, would DELHI. 59 not strike a blow. They came out in time in a small bullockcart, followed by two or three thousand Mussulmans. Hodsonthen entered the tomb, ascended the steps, and called on themob to lay down their arms. The command was obeyed, andfor two hours the two Englishmen and the hundred natives re-mained collecting the arms of men whose profession was war. The crowd having been disarmed and the arms piled incarts, Hodson rode on and joined his command, who were tak-ing the princes in the bullock cart into Delhi. They were. THE JUMNA MESJin. then within a mile of the town, followed by the imagined that there would be a rescue—really believedthat men who, with arms in their hands, would see their kingsurrender without a blow, and who would lay down their armsat the command of two English officers, had spirit enough leftto attempt the rescue. Accordingly he halted his men, put aguard of five horsemen across the road, ordered the princes todescend and strip and then mount the cart. He made a shortaddress to his men, saying who these men were, and why theyshould die. Having done so he shot them with his own hand, 6o INDIA. the Sikhs shouting with delight. The princes who werekilled were
Size: 1911px × 1308px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury180, bookdecade1870, booksubjectvoyagesaroundtheworld
