Military Reminscences; Extracted From a Journal of Nearly Forty Years' Active Service in the East Indies 1
Military Reminscences; Extracted From a Journal of Nearly Forty Years' Active Service in the East Indies 1
Welsh, James, 1775-1861. [from Old Catalog]
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On the 22nd of December we arrived at Serai, eight miles distant, and ill as I then was, as a part of my mission was to meet and conciliate the Bheel chief, Teghee Cawn, in order to secure our supplies from future molestation, I invited him to come out to my tent, which he did accor- dingly, accompanied by his brother, Anwar Cawn, and two nephews on horseback, with two hundred armed men, much superior in appearance to the generality of Bheels. We saluted one another in the eastern style ; I the...n pre- sented the letter, with which I had been entrusted, ex- 248 MILITARY [A.D. plaining my powers to treat amicably with him, and all the Bheels. With extreme civility of language, but looks of the deepest treachery, he acceded to every thing de- manded, and gave me a written assurance of his peaceful and friendly conduct for the future. Illness obliged me to be very short with him, and I was unable to return his visit, which would have given me a better opportunity of judging of his way of living, the strength of his citadel, 8cc.
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