Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-10
SLAUGHTER of Christians in the East.

: portion of the Ottoman Empire. Many thou
: sands, of all ages, sexes, conditions, and na
tions have been, as at one fell swoop, inhu
manly slaughtered, simply because they pro
fessed the Christian faith. Whole towns and
villages have been devastated the massacre
! has. in short, been of wholesale character
The latest reported slaughter occurred at Zah
lab, a town containing ten thousand inhabit
ants. Il was desperately defended by its
Christian inhabitants for over week but
the besiegers finally conquered, and most
savage termination TO the conflict ensued.-
The same steamer that brought this intelli
gence gives also the particulars of massacre
at Hasbelya. OF the 5000 Christians inhab-
iting this village but thirty-three escaped. In
Ike manner was the village Of Rashciya de-
stroyed, only about one-third of the 20O0 in
habitants escaping The utmost terror pre-
walls among the Christians in the Turkish pos
sessions, from Aleppo TO GAIA
OF the fendish perpetrators of these atroci-
ties but little is known. They are religious
sect of Syria, known as the Druses They take
their name from Drusi, whom they regard as a
pupil of Hamsa, the Messiah of their sys-
TEN. Hanlsa induced Hakem, an Egyptian
| Caliph, to declare himself as did Mahomet, to
to be messenger from Cod and at once be-
gan to inculcate the new faith among the peo-
pie. He further wrote out its doctrines en-
joining the closest secrecy upon the writings,
their character to be withheld from all but in
itiated Druses This was in the year A. D.
1920. These writings of Hamsa have, how
ever, been published and portions of them can
now be found in libraries in Europe.
| Tbo vrbila M to n oorto,r
extent With the Crusaders, in their opposition
to the Mahommedaus, still recsgnize Mahomet
as one of their law-givers, and are, really, "a
species Of Mahommedans, although they claim
to be pure Unitarians. They believe firmly in
the unity of Gods being. He is supreme, in
visible, pure, and can only be comprehended
by his children through human manifestations
They believe Hakem, the Egyptian Caliph
| was the last manifestation of God in human
form and expect no other. Missionaries say
the DTuses number about seventy thousand,
while other authorities estimate the number to
be still greater.
En- gland and France it is said-have de-
eared their intention to interfere for the pro-
lection Of Christians in Turkey. How very
Jealous III the cause of Christianity these civil
they really been as much concerned for the
safety Of defenceIess Christians i'll Syria, six
years ago, they profess TO be now, the hor
rors Of the Zah;h, Hasbeiya, and Rasheiya
slaughters would probably never been known.
When the Gar Of Russia demanded protec-
ton to the Christian subjects Of the Ottoman
Empire, and WAS about to enforce that demand
it was this same Christian England and France
that struck ia.lds in an alliance against his
audabe eff,;rt, and pouring oet treasure and
blood in the Crinea, purchased he privilege
thees savage hortlas of Syria have exercised
the privilege of s,aughtering by thousands the
innocent ami defunceless Christians of that
country. And now, should these two great
civilized powers Of Europe send their combin-
ed fleets to Beyrout and should the heights of
Lebanon bc made to bristle with English and
Freuch b;syonets would it be the cause OF
Christianity and humanity that would prompt
the demonstration Or rather would it not
he the interest of The Western Allies ina
king protection to Christianity preteXt for
mammoth liilibustering operations.
CannipaIisrn in the gelkirk Settlement.
The Red River Nor-W ester gives "details OF
Indian boy Of apparently ten or twelve years
managed to kill six persons, and had eaten
tic most desirable portions of the bodies
The Nor Wester says that, incredible as it
may appear, The tale has been confirmed by
too many parties to leave any doubt as to lis
truth. The story is told as follows:
About the beginning of March Saulteaux,
named Re-wa-k -kia-sie, who was wintering near
Lab de Rescaux, went short distance south
of Dawson's track to hunt m0ose. On his
way, he noticed in the snow the trail Of Indi-
ans, who appeared to have been catching rab
bits and while following alone to visit them,
he was startled By finding an Indian woman
lying dead near the track. Her remains were
so horribly mutilated as to lead him at once
to suspect cannibalism. To all appearances
she had been sitting snarring rabbits, when ,
she was killed by being shot through the back +
of the head. The skin of her arms had been .
torn off by the murderer to be devoured. A
short distance further on the hunter saw boy |
named She-way -gonish sitting by little fire /
He was about 10 or l 2 years of age. and had
been cooking something which had the appear
ance of human flesh. After brief cenversa-
ton, the hunter was convinced that the young |
wretch was the cannibal, and would at once
have tomahawked him, but forebore, least in
that event he should be accused Of cannibalism. |
Leaving the boy at the fire, therefore, Ke- |
wa-kie-sie proceeded to tent close by, and |
here a still more frightful scene met his gaze |
Inside lay the bodies of an elderly Indian and I
four of his children, all Of whom had been |
murdered The father had evidently been |
shot while sitting in the tent, and it is suppos-
ed that he must have been the first VICTIM |
Portions of some Of the bodies were out way
from their decayed appearance the hunter con-
cluded that the murders had been perpetrated /
several days previously, and in the meantime
the boy had been living on the human flesh
That boy so young should thus be able to !
butcher so many persons can only be account |
ed for by the superstitious dread with which |
the Indians regard Windigoo, or man eater.
In the present case the murderer could not |
have been urged to the commission of his
crime by starvation. When the atrocity be-
came noised among the tribes, She-way-go-
nish was hunted from place, and at length, |
being found at the Lake of the Woods he
was chased into the woods and shot by his un
cle
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