The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-15
DEATH NO TERROR.
Riffians Not Considered Men Untii The,
Have shed Humaa Blood.

Rihans Not Considered Men Until They
Have Shed Human blood.
| Although Spain has found il easy to
| stir up strife ON the Moorish coast, if
trouble is allowed to progress much
further she will End that she has
/ caught more than one Tartar.
/ The people with whom she has 10
| deal-R -Rifiians-though an nncouth, un-
guage absolutely unknown outside of
their own country, but akin TO those
spoken east and west of them by men
of their own stock. are hardy, daring
and wideawal<e.s TheS are sons of the
mountains; and the plainsmen who
venture within. their borders must bide
the consequences.
Accustomed 10 powder and sword
from their childhood, death has no ter
ror for them and blood no horror. So
warlike are they that no member of
their tribes is considered a man who
has not saed human blood. The great
est taunt that can be hurled at one OF
their race Ia to swear that his father
died in bed or iron a wound IN the
back e.s.,-.e-s .as.s7- ---s r
s.
Some years ago, while resident in
Tangier. | determined to study the
RiHan language, in or on which no
! books We're then published, though
since that time the british and Foreign
Bible society has issued two Rifaian
editions of the gospel 30 engaged a
couple of servants Il man and boy.
from the Rif mountains and forth
with forbade the use OF Arabic Al the
household,
The boy was descended froEs Moham-
med in some way, and his father, as a
saint III consequence, kept a shrine
close by Alhucemas, another of tho
Spanish possessions On thai coast.
After awhile he returned to his houe
and lost sight of him. Some three
years later he hailed me joFfHlly on
the Tangier market place. and calling
me aside sought nv help IN the pur-
chase of half dozen guns.
On my inquiring the purpose he .cld
me in confidence .hst they were Tor
him and his two brothers TO shoot his
uncles with, for they had slain his
father, His father had GONE to Tan
gier 20 claim damages from Spain fer
the bonn barerucnt cs his mosque On the
occasion Of previoue attempt 10 raise
such a disturbance as NOW. Needless
TO say. the father obtained DO redress.
but on returning home found that his
brothers had divided bis property. On
his proposing TO return 20 Tapaicr 10
complain against them be was prompt
u shot and buried
NJ gnondam empioye. who had LETT
mv service az the age o. thirteen or
thercaboutS- no cne ia Barbary
reckons tisthdays- further Infornne.
the that slshcagh he had married stnee
] saw him last lie could hardy be cor
sisered 70 have. arrived a. mans estate,
10. having yet sheA tc1nsn blood, sus
here was hls opportunity Later he
earnestly ecrges walking sfick of
mine. With crnogea handle. which he
thought jus. shethfng On which 70 .esi
his gun IN ar1hush'
IN spitr u al ray dlssaasfon conn
ter pzianceVi even ~ shs PRAISES and
eaco1rz rrnent n .oor vsso had
'ir-1 n En4saad. 20 whom tsfned IN
vain for sc sfxtzD ce-s-t.5e Dor ~enx back
70 his work fdcub. 10: &c Is now "a
Taan
Tfs~s- pr~ke-s ar, not 20 ~ ccn-
with tfFe srzb. rho has. IN
migrated from The east ard asweei Ga
sorne - :he pizslaS speaking Arabsc.
toe ianTvs-e - tsssf- creed aus e4yayt.