1 tiered to Sheer Sing, Utter Sing took to tiight, ami solicited
2 protection from the English. It was natum! that H. era Sing
3 and his counsellor, Jellai. Pundit, should endeavour to catch
4 him, at ..ny price whatever; so they managed to bring him over
5 to the Paha Beer Sing, in order to implicate the l. >ly man in the
6 affair. I related before, that Jellah Pundit* through religious
7 fanaticism, hated the Baba for having given an asylum to the
8 two unfortunate princes, Cashmere Sing and Peshora Sing, after
9 having been driven, by Hetra, from the fortress of Seealkote,
10 which bad 1 'een allotted to them ns their property. Utter Sing
11 permitted himself to be deluded by fa'se promises, and repaired
12 to the appointed place, where directions were afterwards give;: to
13 capture him alive. The plot miscarried, it is true. Utter Sing
14 was overwhelmed by a superior force, but be shot at and killed
15 the general who was about to capture him, which caused the
16 ensuing battle.
17 The Sikh army having passed the Sutlej, the soldiers became
18 aware that their leaders were playing the part of traitors, not doing
19 anything they ought to have done. In the before-mentioned
20 history of Smyth, we find the following passage:—
21 “They gave vent to their alarm and indignation in fierce
22 reproach;. on the treachery of their leaders; but that was all
23 they coultl do. * We Knew,' they said to their leaders, ‘ that you
24 had leagued with the court to send ns against the British, and to
25 pen ns up here like sheep, for them to come and slaughter us at
26 their convenience; but remember, that in thus acting, you play
27 the part, not only of traitors to vonr country, but of ruthless
28 butchers and murderers. You destroy a whole army, which,
29 whatever its faults and crimes may have been, Ims always been
30 ready to obey the orders of the state and its officers. We might
31 even now punish you as you deserve; but we will leave you to
32 answer to your gooroo and your God; while we, deserted and
33 betrayed a- we are, will do what we can to preserve the inde¬
34 pendence of our country,”’ &c., &c.
35 During this war of the Sikhs against the English, the B.ijah
36 Gholab Sing remained neutral ■>.< Jumtnuo, in the mountains,