The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-03
MASSACRES IN BULGARIA..
WHOLEsAJE BUTCHERY or YOUNG
WOMEN AND CHILDREH.
What Eueeue Schuyler raw at Batak-Terri-
bic Fate OF Two Hundred Girls Whole
Families NJ ordered by the ia zouks.

BILE Fate OF Two Hundred Girls Whole
Families Murdered by the Ba-bi-Baz ouks.
oOyvspOnd,rce orne Fio,tda Dniv Ne,os
At last we came to kind of little plat
teau or shell on the h llside where the ground
was nearly level, with the exception OF little
indenta'ion wnere the head ~ hollow broke
through. We rode toward this, with the tnten-
ton Of crossing II, out all suddenly drew rein
with AN exclamation u horror, for riRnt tefOre
us, almost beneath our horses feet. was sight
that made US shudder. IL wis heap Of skulls,
intermingled with bones from all parts OF the
human body, skeletons nearly entire Iottlng.
clothing, human mir ana putrd nesh wing
there IN one foul heap. around wilton the grass
was growing luxuriantls.
In the midst Of this heap coulf distinguish
one slight skeleton form still enclosed In n
ohem,se. the skull wrapped about with col
ored handkerchief, aud the bony ankles encased
In the EN- uroidered footless stockings worn ~
the BULGARIAN girls. We looked about us. The
ground was strs we'd with bones In every direo-
ton, where the dogs had carried them on to
gnaw them at their leisure. At the distance Of
hundred yards beneath US " the town.
There was not u roof lett. not a whole wall
standing; all was mass OF ruins. from VIII ich
sro-e as We listened q low plaintlve wall, like
tue "keening" OF the lrsn over their dead, that
nlled the little valley AMI gave IL voice. We
looked again at tue heap Of skulls and skele.
tons before us. and we observed That they we're
all small, and that the articles OF clothing inter.
mingled with them anu lying about were all
women and girls. From my saddle counted
about a hundred skulls, not including those
that were hidden beneath the others In the
RhF silly heap, nor those that were scattered Tar
aud wide through the fields. The skulls were
nearly all seuar ted from the rest OF The bones;
the skeletons we're nearly all beadlcss. These
women had all been Deheaded. We descended
into The town. Within the shattered walls Of
the hrst house came to woman
sitting on a heap Of rubbish, rocking her
self to and fro. waiting a Kind OF monutonous
without n wild discVrdant melody. III her lap
she neld a babe. and another child sat behind
her patiently and silently, nd looked at us IA
we passed with wondering e1es. Sue pad no
attention to us; but we bent our ear To hear
what she was saying aud our interpreter said it
was as follows; INV home. my home, my poor
home, my sweet home my husband, my hus-
band, my poor husband, my dear husOand my
home, my sweet bOme," and 80 on, repeating
the same words over and over az 10 "a thous nd
times. In the next house were two, engaged III
the same way one old, the Other young. repeat
Ing words ne Ilv Identical " had "a home and
now nave none; had a husband AMI now
am widow had son aud now nave none
had hve CHILDREN aud now have one, while
rocking themselves To ana fro, beating
their heads ana wrIneing their hands.
| Here In Ddtak tue Dasni bazouks, IN or1er To
swell tue count, ripped open PREGNANT women,
aud killed tue unOurn infants. There was not u
house beneath the ruins OF winch did not
perceive human remains, atu the street besides
was sttewn WITH them. Before many ut tue
waiting their funeral chant. One OF them caught
me 10y tue arm and led me inside OF toe VOLS,
aud there la one corner half covered with stones
ana mortar. were the remains OF another young
Rirl. with her long hair hDwIna wildly about
among the stones and du-t. And .ne motner
mauly agail st the wall A iews steus further on
| sat woman on Il dOOr-tsp, rocking nerssif TO
|
yOnd any hing could have imagiued. Her mead
was buried IN her hands, while her nngerS we're
| uncOnsctuusiy missing aud te.ring her hair as
she gsLed into her 2, Mbere laN three httlo
skulls with the nair stu ciingiDe To them.
We were told there were 900 people lying
here In the little churchyard lone. ano We could
! well believe II. IL was a ieatlni sisht-a sigut
to haunt one through life. tnere were little
curly d. there IA IN I fostering nas,, crushed
| down by neavy stones ht1ie feet not ~ loug a.
your finger, Vn which tue dean wtus dried hard
by the ardent neat b fore Il Ia td tune to decp uI
| pose ttle baby uspds stretched out 80 II for
! help; babes that ma died wondering at the
| bright CLEAN Of = bres aud the red name OF tuc
neics-eyed men wno welded them; children
| VINO hai died shrinking with fright ana terror
! young giri- " no nau died Weeping aud suoolus
| and begging Tor IN re, mothers wnu dieu try
Ing g. saleid kneir n't,e ones ,, WIN Their own
| In one norrld mas. They are silent enough
| now. Ibers are 40 tears nor cries no weeping,
| no shtieks OF terror nor PRAYERS for mercy. The
barvests re rottng IN the hel1s, aud the reapers
are rottng here III the cnufchyard.
or the eight or nine thousand people who
made up the population az the vi ise. there are
| only twelve or nfteen hundred left, and they
| have neither tools - dis graves With nor
| strength 10 use sp len II tney had tuem. % alt
! the cruel. brutal, frrOcious thugs the Turks
ever d!d. the massacre Of Batak is among tue
One old woman came to us, wringing her
| hands, and crSIug in that bard teIrcss auner
could get her sufficiently calmed TO tell u, her
story. she SAID sue tad three tall handsome
sons. Ghiorehy. lvintchu ana Stoyan, and thcy
were all married 10 good anu dutifui wives. aud
they had between them twelve beautiful ohiid =
rem, SO tnat me family counted all told nineteen
persons living under the same roof. OF all this
| large nOurisning family, the tall handsome sons,
the Culitul wives. hnd the twelve beAutti ul
| children, there remained only this poor Oh
Grandmother They we're all btutdlly slaugh-
tered To tue last one. OF this hpursning family
tree there remained only tni, iiieieSs, witnered
| trunk. and tue poor old woman sat down and
beat her head against the ground. and fairly
screamed out her despair.
We were told that any mum Der ~ children and
young girls had been carried OF That II was
known Ia what turkish villages they were kept,
. IA alf4afl g faf IN
them to their parents. Mr.. SCHUYLER efterward
obtained "A list, with the names and of
eight, seven girls md hoys that had been car
ri "a, with tue name OF the village IN winch
eacn Was Kept.
We asked about the skulls and bones we had
seen 40 on tie hill upon hrst arriving IN the vat
| LACE wnere the aoxs bad bstkeu at u. These we
were iOld were tue Doues Of about Two nun red
young girls, VINO had first been captured aud
u rticul.rlv resetv FIR worse fate than
death. 1hey h q ueen kept till the LIST; they
had been IN tho h nds Of their captors for sew
eral uuys-fir tue OIruiug and the IiN tging nai
| not All been accnu plisnsd In siugIe day
aud daring thus tin they had suffered al II
was uOssinle tnat poor, weak, trembling girls
could suffer at the hands II brutal savages
| Then. when the town mad been pilaHed aud
burnt, wnen All their friends han been slaugh-
tered these poor young thiurs, whose very
wrongs should have insured them safety. whose
very ouir Ces should iva sured them pro-
lection. were ken, M tho broad light of day
beneath the smiling canory OF heaven, cOoiy
behe Aded, then thrown IN heap there, and left