text: Indian troops were trained to bite the cartridges before loading their rifles , but some were greased with animal fat and the Indians felt they were ingesting either fat from the cow , sacred to the Hindus , or lard from the pig , abomination to the Muslims .
  
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  Indian troops were trained to bite cartridges , but since some were greased with lots and lots of animal fat they felt they were ingesting substances against their religions tenements .