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They were brought.
The straw was laid on each side of him in heaps, & Prisoner threaten’d that if he would not acknowledge where the boy was, he would set fire to the straw. This was only to frighten him into a Confession. He was not then beat. I was present. The sticks were put into the hands of the T:seway & Khalassies. – He was tied up before I went there. He was not beat in my presence but Chumar was. On being further threatened The Chumar was taken down, & I am sure that Munsa received no blows after the Chumar was taken down, but being further threatened he