1 APPENDIX.
2 As, in the event of a rupture with the present rulers (if
3 the word may be used) of the Punjaub, a violation of treaties
4 will probably form the basis and justification of the quarrel,
5 the republication of the following history of the British con-
6 nection with Runjeet Singh, and of the various compacts
7 entered into with him, may not be considered inopportune :—~
8 It was in 1805, that our first connection with Runjeet
9 arose, and it was in the following way :—“ After the Dusserah
10 of 1805, the Sikh army was led by Runjeet Singh into the
11 Mahomedan Territory between the Chunab and the Indus,
12 and the chief of a tract called Jungh was called upon to
13 settle for an annual tribute of 120,000 rupees. Before, how-
14 ever, this negotiation could be brought to a conclusion, Run-
15 jeet Singh was recalled by intelligence of the near approach
16 of Juswant Rao Holkar and Ameer Khan from the east,
17 pursued by the British army under Lord Lake. Futteh
18 Singh Aloowala was accordingly left to make arrangements
19 with the chiefs of the west, and Runjeet, hastening back in
20 person to Umritzur, met there the fugitive Mahratta, with
21 whom he had no easy part to play. Juswant Rao threatened
22 to continue his flight westwards towards the Cabool domi-
23 nions. Lord Lake, however, had arrived on the Bean or
24 Beas, and was prepared to follow, and it was neither con-