1 AjeetSingh in
2 his attempt at
3 flight is slain.
4 Heera Singh
5 rots posses-
6 sion of the
7 Fort.
8 ‘The Rance’s
9 house is pil-
10 laged.
11 Outrages com-
12 mitted in
13 Lahore.
14 Hecra Singh
15 acknowledges
16 Dhuleep
17 Singh.
18 His revenge
19 on the Scin-
20 dinwalas.
21 20 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
22 requesting him to spare his life; but to this he
23 would not listen, and slew Ajeet Singh, cutting off
24 his head with which he hurried to Heera Singh.
25 The latter ordered the body to be brought also.
26 At the sight of the lifeless corpse of the murderer
27 of their king and prime minister, the. rage of the
28 soldiery knew no bounds, and they begged of Heera
29 Singh to lead them forthwith to the fort. In the
30 course of an hour all within the fort were either
31 killed or had fled; among the former wasGoormukh
32 Singh, who had advised Aject Singh to kill the
33 Rajah Dhyan Singh. ;
34 The Rance’s house was pillaged by the soldiery,
35 and vast quantities of clothes, shawls, jewels, in short
36 every thing that could be met with, were carrried
37 away. The merchants in the city left their shops,
38 and fled, leaving every thing to the infuriated Sikhs,
39 who committed all kinds of outrages on the inhabi-
40 tants, cutting off the noses of the common women
41 in the streets! When the fort was completely in
42 the hands of Heera Singh, he first went and kissed
43 the young Maharajah Dhuleep Singh’s feet in token
44 of submission. He next went to the royal garden,
45 and ordered every relative and follower of the
46 Scindinwala to be murdered. One of them, who
47 had concealed himself in a ditch or drain, was
48 dragged out, and his belly ripped up. Heera
49 Singh ordered the corpse of Lena Singh Scindin-
50 wala to be brought before him. It was dragged
51 through the city, and afterwards cut into pieces,
52 which were hung up on the different gateways.