.........Served First Sikh War {Met by Gen. Sir "Fighting Bob" Sale, Gen. Gough offers me a staff Galloper position; Recruited and sent by North-west Agent Maj. Broadfoot as Political & Advisor to the Punjab . Intimate of Jeendan, Maharani of Lahore & Mangla, her Durbar advisor & treasurer {Machiavelli's Prince's, Punjab Messalina's, exhausting work}, I escaped assassins & was helped by guard commander Col. Alexander Campbell "Gurdana Khan" Gardner {Yankee Freebooter, wore an all plaid Pathan rig & clamped an iron collar around his throat to swallow}. The Sikh's Khalsa mutiny's, captured, tortured{roasted over gridiron}& escaped with Dr. Josiah "Jassa" Harlan's help {Yankee on whom "the Man who would be King" is based}, we jumped out a window & I crocked an ankle. Taken to "Gurdana Khan" & was sent out with messages for Gen. "Mad Paddy" Gough dressed as a Gorracharra cavalryman with the advancing Khalsa; Gen. Gough's staff, Intelligence Aide {on the outs with Gov. Gen. Hardinge, as a Political far too junior, independent & over-zealous}. Early on in our clash with the Khalsa we lost "Fighting Bob" & Broadfoot, both while leading troops from the front, Shot through the hand & "Mad Paddy" wrapped it with his neckercher while riding with him at the front, Witnessed Col. "Mickey" White's decimated cavalry brigade flank attack & brake the charge of whole Sikh cavalry. Rode across the front lines with "Mad Paddy" {wearing his legendary White Fighting Tail Coat} deliberately drawing Sikh fire to bolster troop moral; New North-west Agent Henry Lawrence's staff, Intelligence Aide, secret negotiations with the Rani, fetched out the Prince & the Koh-i-Noor diamond after a mad ride leading remounts. Left the Prince with the King of Kashmir at Jupindar rocks. Detained Sutlej river & taken to the Sikh commander, escaped; Witnessed the Sikh's Khalsa defeat, in on surrender terms with the King of Kashmir negotiating for the Rani; Given a toast by "Mad Paddy", "the Gravedigger" & Hope Grant. Gave Hardinge his set-down much to his chagrin while leaving the negotiations for home, By stating to him, "the Koh-i-Noor the Sikhs are to hand over. Well, they can't do that if they haven't got it, can they? So perhaps you'd best give it back first - then they can present it to you all official-like, with proper ceremony…Here, catch!"; Lahore, Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Lahore, Sobraon.}