Mrs Mutlow's statement on the mutiny and subsequent massacre. I do not have a date for it, but it must have been after the fall of Jhansi. It was used in the official report of Pinckney and Scott of November 12th 1858.

4th June, about three o'clock in the evening, I ordered my ayah to get water ready to bathe my little boy, so she put everything ready and came to me. I took my child and undressed him to bathe, so I heard the sepoys were making a noise. I sent my ayah out to see. She told me the sepoys were running up to the magazine with their guns. As soon as I heard that, I took my boy quite naked to Mrs. Newton's house. Mr. and Mrs. Newton took their children to the dak bungalow. I was not able to keep up with them; I turned back to the post office, so the Baboo gave me a chair to sit down, and ordered his chaprassi to fan me. When I came to my senses he sent his chaprassi with me to my bungalow. As soon as I came to my place I sent my servant to the office to see where were Mr. M. Mutlow and brother. He saw no one there; he turned back and told me that everyone went up to the fort, and the sepoys were firing their guns at everyone they saw, so no one was killed that day, and I was still in my house with my child. Mr. A. Skene heard of me; he sent his two servants and chaprassis to take me up to the fort, so I got in the fort about six o'clock in the evening, and met with my husband and brother-in-law there and remained in Mrs. Blythe's room that night and the next morning. Mr. A. Skene and Mr. Gordon went to the Ranee, and got about fifty or sixty guns, and some powder and shot and balls, and she sent about fifty of her own sepoys in the fort to assist us; and about 12 o'clock during the day they killed those gentlemen who were with them, and commenced burning the bungalows and speared Mr. Taylor belonging to the cavalry. So he galloped his horse and came to the fort. When the Ranee heard of it she got all her sepoys down from the fort. The Ranee and her sepoys joined with the regiment, so we changed our clothes that night and wanted to get out of the fort, but was not able; the sowars were around the fort, so we kept there Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday. Monday, about eight o'clock in the morning, Mr. Gordon was shot, that regiment subadar wrote to Captain Skene to come out of the fort, saying, 'We will not kill any of you, we will send you all to your own country' so Captain Scene wrote to the Ranee to tell the sepoys to take their oath and to sign her name on the letter. All the Hindoos took their oath, "If any of us touch your people just as we eat beef;" and those Mussulmans took their oath, "if any of us touch you just as we eat pork;" and the Ranee signed her name on the top of the letter, and it was given to Captain Skene. As soon as he read the note everyone was agreed to it; some of us changed our dress, some were with their own dress. As we came out of the fort the sepoys came and put their guard around them. I was out of the guard with my ayah; they did not take notice of me. I told my ayah to take me to her house; she said they would kill her; she brought and left me in the Jokhun Bagh, where a Hindoo grave is made like a house. I remained there about a month. I gave my earring to that gardener to get something for me to eat; he brought chunna flour and made rotie, so I lived on mowah and chunna for some time, and Dowlutram came from Saugor and heard of me; he came to me that very evening, and prepared everything for me, and saved me from those sowars who came from Saugor. From the month of July this man gave me to eat; he used to get me wheat and rice, ghee, and when not able to go to the bazar, he used to give me ready money, and he gave me a female to do every business for me, and used to give her a rupee per month and four annas for house rent every month; and I sent Dowlutram twice to Saugor; he was caught twice on the road; those letters came to Jhansie to the Ranee, and she was looking out for me and Dowlutram. So Dowlutram hid himself and me and two children. It was the Ranee's order if anyone caught us going out of the town that she would give 100 rupees as a present in those days. Guneshee Lall used to write me to come out of Jhansie. I was very glad to leave the place, but there was a sentry on every gate. No one could go out without the Ranee's order, and no one was so brave as that to get an order for me to take me out. Guneshee Lall wrote to me to go to a Seth's place, that he would take me out with his family. As soon as I saw his letter, I was very glad and sent Dowlutram to go to the person and ask him if he would take me with his family. Dowlutram went and asked him, he was not willing; said he would be found out it he do so. So I tried my best to come out of Jhansie, but was not able to get out on account of the doors. I suffered a great deal in this Jhansie, lost my husband and brother-in-law, and all my property, and turned as a beggar, only to save my two children. Now its master's will to do some good for me and two children. I have no one in this world just now, except master. I have one sister in Rangoon in the 84th regiment, Mrs. Susan Leary, and one sister was in Nagode in the 3rd Native Infantry, Mrs. Agnes W. Karard. But l don't know where they are now. My father-in-law and mother-in-law is in Vellore, Queen's pensioner, Mr. Mark Mutlow.

The original was written down by the deponent herself.