. A history of the Indian mutiny and of the disturbances which accompanied it among the civil population;. heir Begam, railed ather for not seizing the opportunity to strike a blow for theglory of Islam, and talked of raising a Holy War; and theready wit and the marvellous tact of that shrewd and loyalprincess hardly averted a mutiny, and put out the sparks ofreligious fanaticism. There was still hope, however, for the cause of civilisation in Central India. Hungerford, as his colonelSid^HoS ^^*^ perished, and Durand had been forced to flee, took upon himself the duties and responsi-bilities o
. A history of the Indian mutiny and of the disturbances which accompanied it among the civil population;. heir Begam, railed ather for not seizing the opportunity to strike a blow for theglory of Islam, and talked of raising a Holy War; and theready wit and the marvellous tact of that shrewd and loyalprincess hardly averted a mutiny, and put out the sparks ofreligious fanaticism. There was still hope, however, for the cause of civilisation in Central India. Hungerford, as his colonelSid^HoS ^^*^ perished, and Durand had been forced to flee, took upon himself the duties and responsi-bilities of Agent. He made up his mind to stand fast in thefort of Mhow, if he could do nothing else, and hold it as abreakwater against the lashing waves of rebellion. Proclaimingmartial law throughout Mhow, he laid in provisions, mountedguns on the bastions of the fort, and made every preparationto beat off attack. Nor was Holkar a whit behind him in loyal zeal. On the very day of the mutiny at Indore ^ he wrote to Durand, professing himself eager to do anything he could to prove his attachment to the British. I onAon MauniUan Sc C 1857 THE CENTRAL INDIAN AGENCY 483 power, and sent a deputation to communicate with the magis-trate of Mhow. The mutineers flocked round hispalace, and insisted on his delivering up the ^Christians to whom he had granted an asylum; but he bravedall their threats and clamours, and declared that he wouldhave nothing to do with them. Their departuretook a load off his mind, and left him free to ^ jDrove the sincerity of his professions by deeds. Three daysafterwards he sent out a force to rescue a numberof Europeans, who were wandering about the ^country in peril and distress, and despatched all the treasurethat had escaped the cupidity of the mutineers to Mhow.^Camel-loads of letters, arriving in Indore, were forwarded byhim to their destinations. So efliciently, in a word^ did heco-operate with Hungerford, that the latter found himself ableto re-establish pos
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