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74 தமிழர் வீரம் எடுத்துச் சென்று காப்பாற்று. நம்மெல்லோருக்கும் நலம் உண்டு" என்று கைகூப்பித் தொழுதான்." தியாகத் தாயும் சேயும் அது கேட்ட வீரத்தாய் முகமலர்ந்தாள், ஊக்கமுற்று எழுந்தாள் சிறிது தூரத்தில் ஊமைத்துரை குருதியாடிக் கிடக்கக் கண்டாள். தாய்மார் எல்லோரும் சேர்ந்து Reminiscences of the Dumb Brother 4. "I have already" says General Welsh, "rnade mention, but i cannot close this account of horrors. Without a few words, in memory of one of the most extra-ordinary mortals I ever knew. A near relation of Kattabomma Nayaka, who was both deaf and dumb, was well known by the English under the appellation of dumby or dumb brother. "On the 24th May when the fort was wrenched from them and the whole army were retreating, pursued by our cavalry, poor Umai fell covered with wounds, near a small village, about three miles from Panjalamkurichi. As soon as our troops had returned from the pursuit. Colonel Agnew instantly ordered the Ettiapureans to follow them till night, offering rewards for any men of consequence, dead or alive. Our allies, consequently set out with great glee, somewhat late in the evening; and in the meantime an appearance of quiet induced some women of the village to proceed to the field of carnage, in the hope of finding some of the sufferers capable of receiving succour. Amongst the heaps of slain, they discovered the son of one of the party still breathing, and after weeping over him they began to raise him up, when exerting his little remaining strength, he exclaimed, "O ! Mother, let me die, but try to save the life of Swamy, who lies wounded near me." The word he used fully justifies my assertion of their adoration, as its literal meaning is a deity. The woman, animated by the same feelings, immediately obeyed her dying son, and speedily found Umai weltering in his blood, but still alive; and these extraordinary matrons immediately lifted and carried him to the mother's house." - (History of Tinnevelly, Dr. Caldwell - p. 206.}