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 settle
13 for an annual tribute of 120,000 rupees. Before, however,
14 this negotiation could be brought to a conclusion, Runjeet
15 Singh was recalled by intelligence of the near approach of
16 Juswant Rao Holkar and Ameer Khan from the east, pur-
17 sued by the British army under Lord Lake. Futteh Singh
18 Aloowala was accordingly left to make arrangements with
19 the chiefs of the west, and Runjeet hastening back in person
20 to Umritzur, met there the fugitive Mahratta, with whom he
21 had no easy part to play. Juswant Rao threatened to con-
22 tinue his flight westward towards the Caubul dominions.
23 Lord Lake, however, had arrived on the Bean or Beas, and
24 was prepared to follow, and it was neither convenient nor
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