The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-09

ment house. There were a great many
others there who had been brought in
ana they took us all and fined the bath
house with MS all together.
SO It was In this way that | was saved
But I do not know what became Of my
brother BoghOs, Afterwards it was said
that he had been shot. oh, God, what can
| say? Al home the girls and the little
boys, all six of them were taken by Meh-
med Agha to the church Grandfather
and my mother were left alone IN thc
house. My mother spread bed I'm our
courtyard and lay down upon IL and God
kept her safe. Thanks to God. graudtath-
did what seemed good to Him. oh. what
horrible days Such numbers killed Such
numbers Of houses Destroyed can not
write all that took place.
In those five or six days all the Armcn-
ian houses IN Gurun were well cleaned
out by the villagers and the Circassiaus.
Even to the wood and coal they took oV-
erythug. ON Sunday they brought out
the women from the church and the men
from the bath houses, and diNod them
about I'm the market place. god prese rye
MS. In no house Is there either covering
or food. They took us also to a house.
Afterwards we came to our own house
and found mother comfortably IN bed.
We have now moved into Us near
our house. We are all together, mother
and the girls and all. We have got some
beds made Of grass, and we nav. iEn
somehow in ks house. k aud
his son had run away and no ono knows
what has become Of them, and so we have
taken the two coVctlet' to our house,
They have carried off our safe, and they
broke opcn mine and carried OF all 'lat
was in it,
Although they I'D not burn orr house,
we did not 20 there Now IL IS lnh "l
teen families in IT Wher We hrst went To-
ON house We found that they had omi'itd
out the -four and had carried OF the l"Ss.
We gathered UP the four and are now
s.f & Cnptpn for MS 10 eat LOT
seven or eight day. If We can manage It
we shall set some food from Mehhltu
ANNA Uhe TurlO l}.u he docs not lei US
Ito mach with him. for on that Gay to
cNpectcd MS to give him Sometdinsl nu'
We could give nothing, II you can i,.i'"'
il right with him II VIII he a soou ,Hliil.
They did not take the coal from our pou5''
20 we have been and brought that wv, 4,
ami we have cut the mblneiry lfers w.
our large vineyard aud nave hionsHl III
the wood ii we only had llitt iool VIC
should bc very com rortuplc What was "a
bo has taken place; God so wilied IL lot
had a little food We should want for noun
ma IL YOU. my father. only can eyer.
yourself about money, 1T Is enough: io If
speak Of GGmlinG 70 % as lttIe " etomfortable.
I'm this hard time, You better be pateht
about us and stay where you are W 81"
now sufficiently well on ana We M nuist
rot forget to ada that last week we re- -
telegram from my brother Thomas H' }"
| at Haj.keuy.
and. father. you wrote a letter adore $50
10 several Of the gentlemen mere 10
saved only two out of item all-nA "intt
and the pastor-and they don't shoN, I'm I'm
much respect We gave them tne n,u,t',
nnd they read II ana gave il back LIN
| have taken a room IN a khan M VIII
| thcv live. because their house WAS pul i'.i,.
They are all alive only lbors rve OF M ~
men are left in our quarter: four or mfv
| houses were burned. The Terlar aGai lr ~,
is nothing but ruins. They kllieI Sni,a5
| Effendi. They cut to pieces ttampIt ~"
Agha Marounian ard burned ms no r.,
! tiarabod Agha is alive, They k.lleu 1 VI.
| threa Kochounians. We are nov a 70
| family. A few things in the way OF thr ,,t,
and cloth got left In Garahed AEha smol
and we have got piece of cloth ana some
| thread TO make clothes. ,, 900 sboi
DO not grieve about us; later on we sun
! ana some way TO get alolg-, ~ zen a. =
nov i'm equality here. and TINS w.htei ",
rhall pass In This way. God Is mere VI
! and am working as much as i 'an ~, nv
my dear brother, don't yol irel hpp.t t,a
from th.s on we shall get or soIile lll.,',
/ NV mother says this. too; we arv COM
/ Portable; let them not worry about u.s.