The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-03-26

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The Egyptian War.
a good many people in this country
dom know what the war in Egypt Is
about, and why an English army,has
been sent against Arab s.rebels. )" The
Egyptian Arabs have probably often
themselves asked the question: .s.Wh hat
has England to do with us that she
should declare us rebels ? i-%
The story OF the war can DO told in
few words. Some years ago.. the
Khedive, for the purpose, as he de-
clared; Of ciyilizing the snatives and
establishing%a trade with Equatorial
Africa, annexed that portion Of Africa
between Gondokora and the lake
sources south of the Nile river, and
appointed Sir Samuel Baker Cover
nor. In the meantime traders who
had gone to that region in search Of
ivory and other articles of commerce
found slave dealing much more pro-
ttable. They gave il their sole 5atten-
ton and in the COURSE of 9 few years
had become so powerful that they
were able with their large force q Of
armed Hdnaperst 10 defy the govern
ment. Baker eayored to deal with
them, bit could do. nothing, and in
1873 Chinese Cord on was requested by
the 5Khedive to; undertake the work.
TO this Gordon consented, and aftera
few, years had SO effectively cowed the:
slave trader that, had the Khedive
been as eager to suppress the trade as
he5was to still the Indignant voice of
civ ilization, the negroes would have
been permitted to abide at their homes
/ in peace. {3ffl $ 555 81
+ Gordon remained IN Southern Egypt,
with q brief interval, until 1881, a
large part Of the time engaged in an
effort to suppress q rebellion against
the Egyptian Gov rnment, led by
Suleiman Zebehr, son Of the leading
slave dealer of the country.
Soon after Cord Is return to Eng
land it was announced chat an insur-
reetion had taken place in the Soudan,
land had assumed formidable proper
lions, at the head Of this insurrection
l,Was: one Mohammed Ahmed, also
known 4 as Ell tMahdi and the False
Prophet Ell Mahdi was religious
teacher of the province of Dongola,
iWho, BY striking eccentricities of man
fner in life, impressed the natives as
being more than ordinary being. As
his Importance and influence increased
he !. married into the surrounding
tribes; and when about 1880 he de-
clared himself to be the. redeemer for
1 whom Islam had long been looking,
and whose coming Mohammed had
foretold, thousands Beloved him and
flocked to his standard. He claimed
to have been commissio of Allah
to reform Islam, to establish univer-
sal religion, and q community Of goods
These appeals stirred the hearts of the
fanatica natives and the Mahdi soon
found himself at the head of an army
of thousands, backed by whose power,
and also that Of the slave dealers
I'whom Gordon had been fighting, he
4 felt safe in levying taxes and perform
ling other acts which strictly belong
to organized government.
RAJ It soon became necessary for the
a Egyp tian government to take steps tc
!; suppress the Mahdi rebellion, every
armed force sent against him was de
4 feated. Finally, what was supposed
. to be an invincible army, under com
q mand Of Hicks Pasha, d distinguished
4 English General, was sent into the re
: bellion region in the spring and sum
4 merS of 1885, but in the following No
I,o,s q mo ofoty, Il a
j tloyed at Ell Obeid. "a q; "a
q The disaster at Ell Obeid put the en-
\ tire Soudan at the mercy Of Ell Mahdi
4 In order. to provide for the safety O.
4 the European inhabitants OF the threat
Tened city Of Khartoum, which was thu
4 commercial city of the country
E"C Chinese Gordon, by order Of tht
English Government, started for tina
city in February of last year. He hae
scarcely reached the city when. it was
surrounded by the forces of the Fals'
l Prophet Finding that escape boil
l forthimself and the Inhabitants of thu
city was imp ossible he appealed to thu
\ English Governments. With character
y istic 5procrastination Gladstone de
Z Elayed Sending "a force. until the people
I became SO aroused that further della,
& would be dangerous, when ord W oil
. sseley was sent with q small army t
1, rescue Gordon, the conquest Of tn
/ Mahdi and his army being Q secondar.
Eobject. How soon the purpose of th,
1 expedition will be accomplished it i
impossible to say, though under tn
. most favorable conditions it must b
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