Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-03-29
TIE DEAD sen FNPEDlrION-INTER
ING LETTER.

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he1 leave. through your columns to redeem promise
hhye made
y neh the small party jnst received from the Dead
5" tint e'Fd 'Pol III waters, III members came. onc
ahn a Y Mn cnhc'u~lh' taaI having taken Nat Others
''l'u = drt'h'P9N' tne ho'pF q ne American name
was al SahF' aug maj were better to die IKE them than
ie'uI" "l'nc'eS7l"i.
On lie evening OF the 9h day, however, on the
o"t'n s'a' we Were Pr'S'2'ed ov the not blast OF =
s'oh' sweeping i""l tne desert OF ARABIA, winch was
I"IIoNtu oy I'VE Gays 81 intense and sal ny heat On
me Afternoon OF me I'm day. on the co1St Of Moab, e
onf surprise. we We're greeted nV depu'aon "t Chris
tahS ifoh h'fAK. the heJith MOAB q !he Bible.
m y n ihiS people Al meeting NJ wa unbou7ded
lheV caTtS7ed ls' brought " water and leban (sour
mix ali thry nag ahd some o then spent nearly thr
Mholr hl!ht hNli- "lll mar, Wir1eWh Oragain u.
" zen n IL lai our IorEs Z" worship N Amcrlca were
d!htTenl rom iheir5 lhey REPLIED W hat matte il.
onfSt d'ed Tor an 10 yon MOI believe In hn}' When
"iu i'' we G'u' '.ey S''iu men what are urin5 be
i'Ie 90! lie LOOKS 10 Inc he3Tu We are brj'he1s!'
ana brothers they continued 10 call rs 10 the last.
we couiu MOI race lher origin. but concluded that
'hey are eher me deSehdlnS OF one Of the LOST tribes
converted 70 christianity, VINO. " the Businesses ot th
mountains, had escaped me Mohommedan alt r,atye VI
the hofIn or the sword Or the crusaders under the
christian i-ord o h1rak They number about 50 FAM
lies, and I've IN the town, the only now lef IN TN,
once popnous country Of Moab. Within the walls are
also the NUS q lUo Musl!n a'nes and outside the
black tents Of the fierce tribe hera keyeh numbering
10 lighting men.
The Christians gave us invitation 10 visit their
town about seventeen miles distant in the mountains;
but, while hoSfaby urging US to q, they did con
ceai the pes u the vSil; for they confessed they Were
onnumbeTel and overawed and III an emergency would
not dare openly to assist rs.
deiermoed however to cept their invitation !. 1
hazards for was evident that unless recruited ~ !
more bracing atmosphere we mus Inevitably Perish -
In this opinion The Iameuted Mr. Dale concurfed Will,
me.
will not tire YOU with an account of The visit
of the treachery with which we were threatened and
our return in bae-arrav With the hostile seith a.
prlsoner-but simply express nv convirion that h~,
for the timely information given by the Christians we
should never Il, ve saao ,,,r b,,ts o,: y"
These poor Christians are much tyr,nn;zed over ~
their Nuslin naiIhh,rs J.be,r ,rr Ioo Il .. Iii II
threalened with violence. il thcr il4 ce II cnrcb
which can scarcely MIA twenty families VIVA;
which II III narraIio, bore tha ir,rra.. III ,,,,h '
confirmed III tlo ciro,,,. ,o,- It'll N; ,I . '.7
Ir,Ia iE ,, t 'l,'' /" Hill t'l'''s II "eii
water until tbair ,r,,Is;,,s IA a>-h,.,LI i Il 7"
,ro - tt; y " ~ I'S.irN9
object Of all the,r homes i f., bnild cbnr
I,roe IN hold all thait wives and cb;Ii,. E ,;t =
tLai, intrrana ,b. NIlis ro, 49, '" II an
whom thew call .Isla Ibe proao, af ,1 u i,n'
tains, u ''0 inns
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