1 150 SECRET HISTORY OF THE LAHORE DURBAR.
2 diery of Court's division, and the mahout was compelled to make
3 the elephant kneel. The fierce crowd of armed men now
4 roughly demanded the boy Dulleep from the arms of his
5 uncle, who reluctantly gave up what he had doubtless con-
6 sidered his best protection. Stretching forth his hands in
7 deprecation of violence, Jewahir Sing implored them to hear
8 him for a moment. But not a word would they listen to.
9 He received a stab with a bavonet on the left side, which
10 made him lean over to the right j and immediately a bullet was
11 sent through his brain by a man who placed the muzzle of
12 a matchlock to his forehead. He fell from the howdah, and
13 was dragged off the elephant a corpse, but still his body,
14 was hacked and mangled by the swords and bayonets of his
15 murderers, while a running fire of muskets was kept up for
16 some minutes, for the purpose of terrifying all who might be
17 disposed to assist him or avenge his death. Baba Ruttun Sing
18 and Bii Chetta, who were in attendance on the Wuzzeer, were
19 killed, the former a few yards from the spot on which his patron
20 fell, the latter was cut down by a horseman when attempting
21 to save his life by flight. While this tragedy was being per-
22 formed, the crowd of Seik soldiers were engaged in a scramble
23 for the money and valuables which Jewahir Sing, his sister, and
24 their now dispersed attendants, had with them. The Ranee and
25 her slave-girls were then compelled to enter the tents which
26 had been prepared for their reception, while the young Maha-
27 rajh was kept among the soldiery for some time, when in order
28 to quiet her alarm, he was given into the hands of his mother.
29 The sentries placed around her Highness's tents received
30 strict orders to see that in her rage and grief at the loss
31 of her brother, she did not attempt to destroy herself and her
32 son. With fearful vehemence, the Ranee upbraided and execrat-
33 ed the whole Khalsa, swearing that she would have her
34 revenge upon them. Early next morning she was permitted
35 to see the mangled body of her murdered brother, on which