The Red Cloud chief., 1883-11-02

.i,,oa ,o s.sume ihss disess srvops
must have hsd someshsng TO do St0
the rec~nt defeat Of the frsneh IN Ioor
guis. Il may b. - veil 20 stsso 0a3
such q vi-w 70 cppos~d % The facsL md
TIA, the French hare thus Gar hsa oaly
to encounter - o~ppooents IN 1oo3yto
the Annamese and The SDfres q The
black and yellow fsxs- nerv vri b
some curiosity io asc~rtsin Who ts~ss
latter arc. and. ~ they are Chipese By
rac~ md In appearance. 10 may BE- vel
% de-crit~ :heir political sessss hefoss
they are oonfounaed with the regular
Chinese army.
The Topping reb~iisoo broke oui Ia
the Province u kvang,i. and after en-
tending across China 10 within sight at
the Capital IL was finally ovrrcorne BY
the Join, efforts Of the Imperial com
manden and Of General Gordon. ln
1855 those 81 the rsbeis ~bo hai either
remained in Kwangsi OF Who had had
the good fortune To escao there were
expelled the Provinces by the Emperor
L~ieu;~nan,s and driven aeross The Dor
der into Tonquin- They found secure
place OF refuge Ia the mountains On
either side Il b Sangkoi valley. but,
far from willing Ia eIaspera;e the Chi
nese authorities. they showed . DISPOSE
ton 10 act in obedience 10 their behes'.
and 10 carry out their proi~cts- In
numbers their fighting men were
n this period computed .; i've
thousand. Al first ws,song. said 20
have been one % the principal Ut Tse-
rs.~ yEan-f. f.ft,-- go sk~ 1870.
nized chief OF thi. band Of exiles, who
were accompanied BY their wives snd
families. Tho Annamese troops were
repeatedly sent against these trouble
some and self-invi.~d guests. but Only
TO experience defeat. and In 1855 these
Chinese rebels were In un1ues'ioned
possession Of the night bank Of The
Sangkoi above III. capital The assist
auce Of the Chinese viceroy OF the Two
kwang Was invoked and accorded With
such good results that these assallanss
were expelled from the low-lying coun-
try and confined Ia the upper course Of
the river. A division in the chiefship
Of the band came almost al the same
moment ,o give increased effect 70 the
interference Of the Chinese authorities.
Watson died. and two chiefs wers elect
ed in his stead. one of the original fol
lowers Of the Tapping. the others by
those who had joined Watsong Ia the
hope Of plumber or from the desire TO
elud- the pursuit OF ju:ice. The break
ing up Of the association Was made the
more complete by the adoption of diff
f-rcnt ensigns. and. while those in favor
Of an adventurous life retained the
black flag" the rest. anxious for the
safety Of their families. aud willing 10
come to terms with the authorities both
Of AMMAN and China. adopted 1.-The
yellow fay" n their token.
The division was Of a more serious
character than the mere change Of
name, for the black ilags were com
posed OF the worst characters and
most dangerous marauders 81 q dis
iurb,d border and n troubled period.
Their leader. Lin luen Fou. had been
the most famous freebooter 81 kwangsi.
from which position il Was an cay
passage for him TO become the most
trusted officer Of Waisong. Hut the
yellow flags were much more disposed
to settle down, and To lead n peaceful
life. Some of them had neither SYM
pa,hized with. nor taken part, In tho
operation Of the Taepings; and their
chief. Hwang Tsong In. had been .
soldier in the army OF Kwangski. The
principal settlement Of the black nsg Is
at LaOkai. on the Sangkoi. while that
Of the yellow flag is Mt lIaglang. some
distance east and inland Of that place.
Although tho black flags werc the
i~icrccsi. the yellow flags were the moro
numerous. and enjoyed . superiority
in this respect which the former
could not ignore. BY subs!diz-
ing the latter the Annamcse au-
thoritics were able to feel that they
had done something toward insurinG
the good behavior Of the former. They
did mol refuse. however. To avail them
selves Of the military service Of the ons
or the other, a suited their convenience.
anil when NJ. GARNER made himself
master Of Hanoi in 1879. it was with ~
army largely composed Of the black flag
that the Anamcsc returned To attack
him. The French officer did no, make
sufficient allowance for their superior
courage, and while making an attack on
their position was cut, down and killed.
The Annamesc have in the presence Of
the same enemy now appealed o the
same allies. and both the black and yell
low flags are again arrayed under the
banner OF Tuduc in Tonquin. Their
numbers. it need only be stated in con
clusion. have very considerably increased
since their arrival i'm Annamcsc territory.
for whereas the whole band IL Watsong
the black flags alone now muster that
numb r, and the yellow flags perhaps
twice aS many more.-London Times.