1 142 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
2 effected his escape, and fled to Modi tan with the
3 Maha Singh intention of proceeding to CabuL He was advised
4 Grtiooi'am by Maha Singh to return with him to Wit tala,
5 where he promised to re-establish Ghooiam Ghous,
6 Maha Singh soon found out a pretext lor quarrelling
7 with Jye Singh, and several contests took place'
8 between them outside the walls of Umritsir.
9 wittak at- During the absence of Jye Singh, Jussa. Singh sur-
10 Ra!ogiiura!% rounded Wittala, then governed by his son Goory
11 buLf singfi buksh Singh. The Ramghurcea were successful at
12 killed. evcry point. During a severe fight between Jussa
13 Singh and Goorbuksh, the latter was killed, and
14 Grief of Jye his troops immediately fled. On learning the
15 Kfhlton. death of his son, Jye Singh dismounted from liis
16 horse, and emptying his quiver of its arrows, ex¬
17 posed himself to the fire of the enemy. Thfe Ram-
18 ghureea, though thus victorious, respected the
19 grief of the sirdar for the death of his brave son,
20 and drew their forces off the field with a view of
21 seizing on Reearkee.
22 Jye Singh, returning to Wittala, erected a tomb
23 on the north of the city, near a nullah, over the
24 Sudn Koon- remains of his son. Being pressed by the Ram-
25 fr«“m l '\vuuu. ghureea, Jye Singh left Wittala and went to Fathart
26 Kote, taking Juemul Singh and Tara Singh along
27 with him. His daughter-in-law, Suda Koomvur,
28 the widow of Goorbuksh Singh, remained behind
29 at Wittala ; but becoming alarmed at the ap¬
30 proach of Jussa Singh, she collected tier followers,
31 mid made her escape bare-footed to Saeean. Hear¬
32 ing that the city had been thus deserted, Jussa