The Red Cloud chief., 1878-12-19


ssvsp~s fp~saspoa rrveahly The, srv
- oGAAcss ssnn the inacE arcyssn
sAmfly a N&rfrtA vhsch crigss teA
, sssoss the northern All. Que ~ thc.s
superuss con4aering rscr. ~hleh .,
dtasrvnt sy-schs As'e leh their Goa
tsrrvn wastes tor rtrh-r elinar.. Neat
In ~imprftAnce to th~ ruakiAneh are N.
|! Tsdlik. ~ho inkssit the v~sssra die.
ss,css n~ar the Rr.sAs bcstes Aeuord.
ING % tksiT ovn snsoani they vesv
originally frum The nelghtof bod "a
Hsgdaa, an ~a.srstion msintain~i bs 50.
vAns W be insami.isl.. WIZ II should
b. lsaamt.sihle | cAnnot .ss, .,c.pt
that ssyan gv~1crAliy are un~ lllieg IA
admit anything which 10 based up~pn
common uadi,boh and nj tr proved
mathsmsticsiiy, However. whether
they be ifzniAn of Arsh. they are .
quiet. orderly raoe. srsshed Ia their
native soil. and entirely oscupi-i With
Agriculture. their lame indssi. slgui.
tying 'p~assnts." Rather lcoird du~n
upon by their more ,urbaicni nsighb~nrs.
who consider them Incapable ~ rom.
manding. these among them ~ho have
served IN the British army have s%l~a,s
.huwn both courage and energy fheit
language il = diairct ~ Persian 9th an
adulis,nrc II maaN Arab words In tol.
,rable amity with the fouktansh and
the Tadilks arv half . dos-n less ma.
ms. rvas trttcs. waits and strs,s truta
ancient nerthern in,asions The To
h~cks. from the sandy tshlc.lsnds u
Turkestnn. arc Ia the north. along the
banks 81 the Osus.
By turns c~onqucrors and cungucr-d.
thcy have abandoned their original
| idiom Tor that IL their former subjects
The Hcgarohs srr the Descendant. ~
loo Tartar families impaired into the
country b, nmour, aorordlng Ia the
custom ~ Asiaiie despots, trAnsplah,ed
nomsds. they have retained their no
msdic procivitiss. and may he seen In
all the csutsrs Of population. Offering
their labors by the dsy. apparently
unable to settle themselves to ANY hscd
place OF residence. or to any pcrms.
nent occupAtion. The SiApsch. az
kahrs-thr Impure. inhabi, the almost
unknown mountain chain which emp.
ties It's streams into the CAbul and In.
dus. pagAns. aud GA that ocoun de-.
spised tr their Mo.lem n,ighbors the
Sispoch are u people 81 mysterious
origin. among whom are found white
faces, blue eyes. and fair hair. with n
language evidently ~ Aryan parsntagc,
which some suthor, have argued inii.
Gates n descent from Macedonian dc.
sertcrs Of the army II Alexander tho
Great The Arabs. the Hiudoos. and
the kirkllbash are mostly In Cabulistan
.nI 80. ia. .auN.Vn fNARFA.Na Hnul1N
th.rc are the Djats. an aboriginal tfihv
who reside cVoryw here, mingling
among the other natives. but, unlike
them. without individuality III. ma
jority Of the people profess the tcnrts
Of the Mussulman sect IL the Simnitcs.
~henc" an irreconcilable hatred for
the Persians. who. being Shiitcs, gloriiy
Hnssein and Hassan. aud consider
Dmcr m impostor and an assassin.
All this grouping of people constitutes
= population vnriously estimated nj
from 10000 to Cocoon souls.
Most probably the latter IL ncarcs, the
truth. although In reality all elements
are wanting for even an approximate
valuation-a meagre contingent for n
tssvitory of more than 100000
acres.
The political constitution 81 Afghan.
Isean IL n species of fcudal confederacy.
The Emir Is the suEerain. more or less
| efficient. Of the other chiefs. who rule
sorth add south VI Hindoo koosh. al.
thosAgh In reality the link between the
s.cpudsry powers and the central gov
crnment u usually very feeble. How.
ever, accepting the official division oi
the country as real. Afghanistan l.
composed Of tive provinces -Cabulis-
tan. with It's dependencies ~ Ka6ri.-
tan. In the mountains near IN. Indus.
HexArch, commanding the upper basin
II the Hclmund, k~horAsssn. which
bounds the last named on the ives, and
south. from Herai to kandahar. and
Is only separsted BY n conventional lie
from Persisn khorassan; Afghan Turk.
cstsn. situated between the northern
slope u the Hindoo Kp,sb and the
upper waters OF tho Anon -Daria; final
~ Seis,an, which surrounds the Ha.
moon Lake. This federation IL. how.
ever. anything but bindings several Of
the kbana,es. particularly Herai. ar.
virtually independent, and could be cas-
lily detached from the Afghan agglom.
GRAFTON, while the plains and cities IL
Turkc.tsn seem fatally destined 10 be.
come Russian appanAgcs. Besides
this. the social organization by tribes
or clans. accustomed through ages Ia
self-government. ~eakens greatly the
action NJ the centrsl power. 40 that.
II anything ran give 20 Afghanis,an
the strength Ia resist the shock II a
European army. IL will be- the force 81
cohesion. resulting from 3 common
sentiment 81 hatred for the invader. -
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