The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-10-19
AFTER THE
Horrible scenes Witnessed After the Rus
sian Assault on Geok.Teee,

Following IL an extract from verest.
clagih's "At Home and in War; /
descend from the wall a. a run, leap
across pits, overturned tents, sacks Of
wheat, millet, and maize, and finally
overtake the Apsherpn men. They ara
walking in q chain, exactly AS though
engaged in stalking wild animals. On
their way they peer into the tents md
mud-hnts. They t,trn over thu huge
sacks flied With various kinds of pro
visions, Bread and grain, and seek for
living beings everywhere.
On one side, behind Il large, perfect.
ly new. white kibitka, the figures ct
two soldiers, with blue cap bands, ayc
seen. They ntr an~atreiihg Over 4
TekinetA lad, ! years of age. One
Wishes to transfix tho child; the other
will not permit it, grasps the bayonet,
and cries:
drop it! What are you touching
That boy fors--it's q sin!'
"Why should he be spared? The
whole rae must be eNterminated;
haven't they killed enough of us?" cx-
claims the soldier, and brandishcs his
bayonct. On catching sight of us they
both hide among the kabitkas and the
little boy crawls inio some hole In the
ear.h. Of such opening, OF lnirs l after
Ward found q multitWie all over the
fortress. Toward tho end Of the SIEGE
the Tekinetzi had begun totake rrfugs
from our ~bomharlicrs in earth hut
like those which moles build.
From the top OF the mound one
could see for y very long distance. In
the cast, over the desert. the entire
population of Gcok-Tcpe has dispcrsed,
like Il vast ant hill. They are fleeing,
abandoning in their flight not only
their goods but their little children al
SO. But Skobclcf is no daw,r1er; viii,
\ detachment of dragons and a few
companies nj Cossacks he is already
gallopiny closn on the heels of the
fug'tivcs. He p%ulsues them for about
iwe,r" vcrsssi he Cussacks stab and
he" and shoot. No mercy is shown
to any one. Hundreds Of cor1ses
sharply Indicate the road which, the
Toe has taken across the sandy, Mellow
PLAIN. As on the mrunu SO also
around it, in the fortress, look where
you will, everywhere d multitude of
different bodies are to be seen. Some
d them have evidently lain here n long
time and have already begun to de-
compose. Tho air is so i%mprcgnatcd
with a peculiar sitting smell of burn
ing that it turns ones stomach.
| dA;ccGd from the mound. pass
several kabitkas, and halt. No pen
can describe the scene that prcsclitui
itself to me there. Heaps of dead and
dying men were mingled with animal.
aud barred my way. Throngs of wo.
me and children were calling for us:
%sistancc. My heart stood still at the
sight aud turned back quite over
whelmed, entirely forgcttingthe horse.
All at once. before my very eyes,
five soldiers rush into n large smoke.
~blackened kabitka, wound around with
a sort of wooden braid. An aged Te-
kinetz of lofty stature, with a small
srayish beard, spraug out of the ten,
to meet them. Beneath his unfasten ed
yellow gown a dirty shirt is seen.
The old man, armed with Il naked
saber. tlings himself so tiercely upon
The soldiers that they disperse in al!
directions and stand in anazcment fol
some time. Bat II who must be the
most daring. rusilcs forward and
pr.cks the old man in the side with !;
sharp hayonct attached to II heavy gun.
Pain and terror for an instant make
their appearance in the old mans pale
face. His mouth opens convulsivcly
and displays n row OF white teeth. The
did man whimpers, stammcrs some
thing in his own tongue, and lourishe,
his sabcr as tierrely as eve AT that
moment the rest of the soldiers fling
themselves upon him and tlanslix him
With their bayoncts in any spot tina,
chance offers.
The Tekinctz falls back dead. His
heavy white hat rolls from his head.
and lands near by.