Thug; Or, A Million Murders

afterwards approvers arrested arrived assassins assisted Aylmer Hunter-Weston Bhowani bodies booty Brahman British Government British rule brought buried Captain Sleeman Captain W. H. Sleeman captured Cawnpore Colonel Sleeman committed confessed crime Dacoits death Deccan district Dorgha encamped escape evidence fakir fell Feringeea four gang of Thugs gaol goddess graves groves hands honour hundred Hyderabad India Indore James Sleeman Jemadar Jubbulpore jungle killed King's evidence later Lord Dalhousie Lucknow Major-General Makhun morning murder Mussulman Nasir neck Nerbudda never night notorious Thug officer omen Oomrao organisation Oudh party of Thugs persons plunder police pony prisoner proved Rajah record religion of murder Resident returned river road ruhmal rupees Sahib Khan Saugor secret seized sent sepoys Singh Sir William Sleeman strangled stranglers Subahdar suppression of Thuggee suspicion Thuggee expedition to-day told took travellers treasure-bearers victims village William Henry Sleeman women