Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1896 — The Natives Were Puzzled. [ARTICLE]

The Natives Were Puzzled.

During the Chitral campaign Sir Robert Low attempted to stretch telegraph wires over the country. The natives objected as they thought the wires were intended to divide the country for the soldiers when told that messages were to be sent on the wires they agreed to guard them. They watched for the messages until they were tired, and as they had not seen any they cut a section of the wire out and took It to their camp, where they could observe It, with more comfort |