1 Doings at
2 Lahore.
3 346 HISTORY OF THE |SIKHS.
4 Sikh management, are considerable; and as the
5 rule of the British is already popular, there is no
6 doubt but the resources of the country will be
7 greatly increased in a few years. : :
8 Though the ryots, or cultivators’ of the soil, be
9 thus friendly to the British, the idle and unruly Sikhs
10 are still thirsty for revenge, and will threaten our
11 position when the rivers of the Punjab rise; but
12 with Sir John Littler’s force at Lahore, there is not
13 much to be apprehended. Nevertheless, it behoves
14 the Lahore force, and that in the Bist Jalindhur, to
15 be on their guard against any sudden outbreak.
16 Accounts from Lahore to the 21st May, are
17 to the effect that a party of officers belonging
18 to the garrison having crossed the Ravee for the
19 purpose of searching for game, their servants were
20 attacked on their return, and all their master’s
21 guns taken possession of by a body of Sikhs, armed
22 to the teeth! This outrage, for it surely deserves
23 such a name, was not probably perpetrated under
24 the sanction of the government; but it clearly
25 exhibits the feeling that prevails towards the British.
26 The party was conducted by some Sikhs to the
27 shooting ground! The plan was no doubt, a
28 concerted one, and with a view to prevent the
29 recurrence of it an order had been issued forbidding
30 parties crossing the river.
31 If the officers of the garrison of Lahore ever
32 suppose that the Sikhs will be on friendly terms
33 with them. they are much mistaken: a few there