1 82 AN INSTANCE OF BAD FAITH. A. D. 1810
2 youthful victim of this insidious policy. The surviving
3 widow of Bhugaeel Singh, RaueeRAM-KooNWUR,
4 was at the same time expelled from Buhadurpoor, which
5 she held as a Jageer for subsistence. She took refuge at
6 Loodeeana, and obtained a few villages which had belong-
7 ed to her husband, on the protected side of the Sutlej.
8 After the Dussera, in the month of October following,
9 RuNJEET Singh moved in person to Ramnugur, on the
10 Chunab, and summoned to his presence Nidhan Singh
11 of Huttoo. The Chief refused attendance, except under
12 guarantee of a Sodee, or Sikh priest, whereupon his fort
13 of Dushut was invested on the 17th October. Runjeet
14 Singh's batteries, however, opened against the place
15 without avail in producing a surrender, and an attempt
16 made to influence the garrison, by severities, and ill usage
17 of their wives and families, who fell into the besieger's
18 power, was equally ineffective. The Sikh Priest Bydee
19 JuMEEYUT Singh was then employed to mediate for
20 the submission of this spirited Chief, and upon bis
21 guarantee and the promise of a Jageer, the Sirdar waited
22 onRuNJEET Singh, who regardless of the solemnity
23 of the engagement he had contracted, put him in irons
24 on the 30th October. In the beginning of Novem-
25 ber, Bagh Singh Huloowala, with his son Soobha
26 Singh, who were in camp with their followers, fell under
27 the displeasure of the Labor Chief, and were placed
28 under restraint, and all their territorial possessions
29 confiscated; after which RuNJEET Singh returned to
30 his capital, and detached Mohkum-Chund Dewan to
31 enforce the collection of tribute, and to complete arrange-
32 ments in the hills, where the Rajas of Bhimbhur and
33 Rajaoree, and the tribe of Chibh-Bhtlo, were refractory.