The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-21
5eud Of Blood
British Garrison at PtSbaWar
Tn Cerrcr Of the HfridiS.

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New York, May 2O.-The World publish
es the following regarding the blood feud
between Afridis and British soldiers
which is said to be alarming the garri-
son Of Peshawar:
The fat white man is dead.
His clothing is awry upon him. Also
there IS much blood.
''Ye shall know who struck. 1t is the
Zakka-Kheyl The feud of the blood
brothers.
HE paled. The steel hushed him. He
rolled on his back. His eye is dull.
The eye that was big with terror"
His mouth was open, but the voice
was fed.
He was not the last. There is still the
Feud. Look to it. white men!
Let the women have no fear.
The feud is the feud of the men that
came 10 fight.
"oh. the poor. fat white man! Look
upon him.
And keep We guard yet a little.
1T Is the feud; the feudr'
This is the song of the Zakka- Kheyl.
This, or something like it, is the message
they sent TO the British garrison in Pesh-
awar, Northern India The subject of the
haunting song was a bandsman in the
Hampshire regiment. who was found muir
dered not long ago under circumstances
which could leave no doubt that he was
slain by a Chat. zealot sworn TO kill,
and to die. If need be, while killing
After the recent border war between the
British troops and the Afridis, most Of
the latter were pacifed and returned
calmly to their old duties as warders Of
the Khyber Pass, the narrow defile that
leads from India TO Afghanistan They
had fought and made peace. and All was
VII But the Zakka-Kheyl were not sat
isfied. They had lost more heavily than
any other tribe OF the Afridis, and had
not inflicted sufficient damage in return
Open warfare was impossible with the
other tribes pac;fied but there was stil
Il way 10 even the score. Men vowed to
kill could 81 down 70 Peshawar. tho
cork Of the Khyber,'' and Kill by ones
and tNos until the debt was paid and
the feud appeased. Il Is not A feud
against individuals. Any Christian wear
ing The queens uniform viii 90. Several
soldiers had been murdered before the
killing Of the musician called attention 10
the matter. Now men so 10 their daily
duty IN fear and trembling Battle Is one
7h'ng. Most men can face that. IN CON-
partnership and plenty OF noise 10 cheer
them or. But the lean Ghazi. sworn 70
KIN or die. craving through the COM
pound IN the darkness like venomous
snake. noiseless and cool and keen on
slaughter-the Ghazi with his knife gripp-
Cd between his teeth and his soul ticket
ed 20 Paradise by the promise of the
prophets a different AFFAIR.
Il = a most extraordinary situation.
English ladies. the wives and daughters
OF officers In the great Peshawar garrison.
or of the legion Of civil functionaries who
administer Northern India. may. and :,
with perfect safety, ride their BICYCLES
clear through the Khyber Pass into
Afghanastaa. The lean. brown rifleuan
that guard the pass VIII offer them no
disoourtesy: would be their defenders in
case OF need
But the feud OF the Zakka-Kheyl Is on
Peshawar IS a fashionable town. Its
European quarter Is like a section az
F@sth avenue and Newport all in oue-a
eewfldering medley OF gay carriages,