Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-18
GEOGRAPHIC.
FLED FROM KUlDS.
a,r ori Young Armenian Escaped
ncn his Country
eve, OF ClnSAGE Described
shawn 10 None-nen, Women
'''' w, ,hildren Moved Down Like
g,,w Before the scyIhc'

,o,pos, March 1.-THE following
'y NJ, been received from the
w. W., correspondent Of the Aseoclnted
g''. sbo /, examining into the Ar
L,.I ,lroellics. The letter. which
n'l.' 5,,s Of Ilan, February 18th,
nyi ..,,,.o has Inst A.
- h,,s after many dangers and
Nv -,,.n.slbce biz escape from his
80 sa.souu. His name is Marc.
5 a,.s,,b,photd, 20 years Of age He
nIh ,s,..,.., o,, t.,,t.
: ,,llsd Nelko, the name Of our
~. h Axhbi. In my neiFhbJf.
Va mere were also the village, el
gtt.i Hetlng ami Guebafas. My
hs s, AYbb, copdisted Of 200, aud
w., ,l,asH ,'rsina not single man, not
W. boust-iho people nTe oil klllou
IN iIx antilles ,--.,--.
y.sihef was Tue most considerable
M ibe village. There were In all
men in our family. My father
~ tbe most courageous snd was az
w,bai Of the hHng, AZ the order
gts Mali Knlamadani Sais3un was
.s,stsd by very great number 81
r~,i, The Klfds hasniled ~ like
I've. but they could not conquer 10,
~, not only We men took part In Ihe
sssting. tut ali the wJmcu-even tho
IN snss-as my mother did, tucked up
t,,if clothes, armed themselves with
s.sy,r md helped us fight kutds.
Trssty.lne days continued our battle.
Ne beat and were buateu.
aBat We showed no sign Of defeat or
irts,lon 10 retire from tho battle.
Wb5n We had succeeded In killing
rms Of The Kuris, Vail Pashn anu
San Kahmadan eeut many regular
if5.s-how many there were l do nos
fs,s. maybe five, maybe twenty
fb5satd. one thing d. very certain,
remained no place without some
HllsL They placed cannon and
llltu 70 ilr.
Inc women tainted and tho shells
cfsl,sd much terror, death Rnd dos.
iuc,lou. They wbhod 70 show mercy
luobldy 20. 10 the children, not 10
He Oh ueu, not 10 tho women. The
tht.n moved down all before them aA
ruu be0e 0 tcythe. We fed aud
tsgan 20 iytk uiagu In our rocks and
eaytInh 10, lht cAungn continued 20
sweep tsay every thiug-stoues and
msl. Toe fimos aud smoke Of our
tgnlng h,mn reached US In our
ciFsfnL
"fhe commanders Of the Hamadie
irregular eiValry) pitched their teuta
% enc ofiho heights, and, with field
glass 10 heir hands, they observed
ihe hslasIaccH u tho hunted, ana u
ihyftfclycl behind . stone tho head
u amza ihty Immediately wentthefo.
Toe Dllltfs cut u pieces all they
ilaad there, Without distinction Of age
uit1. The heads of the victims were
l'sgaim trophies 10 the commanders.
"Ihose who found refuge In the cav
the'ali leave only In the night. The
Agfii committed all kinds Of atroci.
w. They found no pleasure IN killing
t9a.l mem they hunted Tor children,
llitH lhtm on tue ground ana plunged
tisstii into their bodies. After this
lly pitched them into the nit and
llilsl The daggtrs In their bodlor, then
llitH them against stone, saying;
hhtn yeu are grown up you would
iia1ua Better 10 10 hell.' Then they
uinFei the bodies under foot.
"lhe kutds concluded 20 XIII me be,
cue was neither lazy nor sleepy IN
iIlltg them. We decided, aud my
Ne companions, 70 ny 10 Russia. VIZ
t,l li9m hassoun anu reached the for,
~ EmtrgIng,we heard hOAyy and
ltAitltuding sound. Going 10 IN,
tual we found Miro, from KhRlan, q
saiAieoul Sass0un man, from whos,
l.llh nowed blood.We took Miro anl
aitel him secretly, but when ",
hlsaei The wheat field the Kurls saw,
llad puuued. Then each OF US CAV,
W. 70 our dying compatriot aud iied
'ls hurds took Miro, dragged him In