 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1901 - 878 pages
...them yet livin*. were flung into that dreadful grave. One native witness, quoted by Trevelyan, says, ' There was a great crowd looking on ; they were standing...the compound. They were principally city people and villager^. Yes. there were also Sepoys. Three boys were alive. They wer<fair children. The eldest,... | |
 | J. J. Higginbotham - 1874 - 558 pages
...for the sake of God that an end might be put to their sufferings. I remarked one very stout woman, an halfcaste who was severely wounded in both arms, who...fair children. The eldest, I think, must have been eix or seven, and the youngest five years. They were running round the well, (where else could they... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1879 - 612 pages
...I know that I am on my oath ; but I swear that I saw all this. I was about HO paces from the well ; there was a great crowd looking on ; they were standing along the walls of the compound — principally city people and villagers, but there were also sepoys there. The children that were... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1897 - 780 pages
...present throughout, ' were dragged out, most of them by the hair of the head. Those who had clothing worth taking were stripped. Some of the women were...and villagers. Yes : there were also sepoys. Three bogs were alive. They were fair children. The eldest, I think, must have been six or seven, and the... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1899 - 438 pages
...present throughout, "were dragged out, most of them by the hair of the head. Those who had clothing worth taking were stripped. Some of the women were...villagers. Yes: there were also sepoys. Three boys vere alive. They were fair children. The eldest, I think, must have been six or seven, and the youngest... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1899 - 428 pages
...present throughout, ' were dragged out, most of them by the hair of the head. Those who had clothing worth taking were stripped. Some of the women were...people and villagers. Yes : there were also sepoys. Thret boys were alive. They were fair children. The eldest, I think, must have been six or seven, and... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1899 - 442 pages
...present throughout, 'were dragged out, most of them by the hair of the head. Those who had clothing worth taking were stripped. Some of the women were...compound. They were principally city people and villagers. Ves : there were also sepoys. Three boys were alive. They were fair children. The eldest, I think,... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1899 - 432 pages
...of God that an end might be put to their sufferings. I remarked one very stout woman, a hall-caste, who was severely wounded in both arms, who entreated...fair children. The eldest, I think, must have been sin or seven, and the youngest five years. They were running around the well (where else could they... | |
 | G.W. Forrest - 1997 - 898 pages
...paces. Yes, I saw this, and I know I am on my oath. QueUion — Were there many people present ? Answer Yes, there was a great crowd looking on ; they were...people and villagers. Yes, there were also sepoys. Question — How old were the boys that you saw the next morning alive, and were they Europeans ? r... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 2006 - 388 pages
...the sake of " God that an end might be put to their sufferings. " I remarked one very stout woman, an half-caste, " who was severely wounded in both arms,...alive. They were fair " children. The eldest, I think, muat have been six " or seven, and the youngest five years: They were " running round the well, (where... | |
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I remarked one very stout woman, a half-caste, who was severely wounded in both arms, who entreated to be killed. She and two or three others were placed against the bank of the cut by which bullocks go down in drawing water. The dead were first thrown... 