1 208 MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES.
2 the Dogra brothers to repress them, that the hill tribes had been
3 induced to hope that they might by a vigorous effort shake off the
4 yoke which they so reluctantly bore. This hope was strength-
5 ened by the prevalence of another rumour which spoke of
6 Rajah Goolaub Sing as being badly, some even said mortally,
7 wounded, in one of the skirmishes with the Yuzoofzyes. Hence
8 it was that the tribes rose in rebellion, and being at first
9 but feebly opposed by the Seik garrisons, carried all before
10 them.
11 It happened that Shumass Khan, the former chief of the
12 Sudhun clan, and who, as has been related, had since the
13 subjugation of his tribe, continued in attendance on Dehan
14 Sing, had just before this time obtained leave to return for
15 a short time to his home in the hills. Goolaub Sing, as it
16 has been mentioned, held this man in bitter enmity, and
17 on hearing of the reports which were circulated in the hill
18 country, and which were exciting the people to rebellion, he
19 immediately wrote to Dehan Sing at Peshawar, informing him
20 that Shumass Khan was the treacherous enemy who was
21 spreading these rumours so prejudicial to their interest. He
22 furthermore strongly advised his brother to leave the supposed
23 traitor entirely in his hands, and not to interfere in any way
24 with the measures to which he should resort for punishing him
25 and restoring order in the country.
26 A short time after this, instructions were sent to some of
27 the Kardars and other dependants of Goolaub Sing, to have
28 Shumass Khan, with all his family, taken prisoners at his resi-
29 dence in the hills, where he then was. The chief, however,
30 received intelligence of the design for his capture, and knowing
31 the fate that would await him should he fall into the hands
32 of Goolaub, made his escape with all his family into the fast-
33 nesses of the hills, thus placing himself beyond the reach of the
34 Rajah's power.
35 This was the signal for the hitherto smouldering flame