The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-14
JOURNEY OF THE BESlEGED
FROM PICKING TO TIENTSIN.
Story Of the Trip Of the First Party to Leave the Chinese
Capital With Incidents Of the Voyage by Boat
Down the River Through Hostile
Territory to Coast
Territory to Coast.

ing in her wfthered old face. She started
20 run after us and followed quite . dis
lance, but I waved her back for fear
the trotting mules behind Us would tram
pie her to death. and so We left old
Chang Mai Mai. the most faithful of serv-
ants, who had deserted her husband, fam
lily and soldier sons 10 serve us in the
Siege. because she had been with us In
happier and safer days.
We soon left Legation street, with its
terrific bumps Of torn-down barbados.
turned south and passed through CHEN
gate into the southern city. The United
states boys quartered on top Of the CHEN
Men wall waved US good-by and we waved
In return. Some marines were in
that company OF army boys who had de-
Tended US with their lives in the siege
and seven Of their comrades
lay in their graves In the Russian lega-
ton. Many were wounded or malmed for
lIfe Their gallant Capt Myers lay in
the hospital battling with typhoid fever.
Young DR.. Tippett. bound In his bed with
the terrible thigh wound which shortens
bis leg by four inches. cripple for life.
The newly arrived troops we're there.
who had marched under the blaze of tho
Eastern sun. battled with shot and shell
boys who had seen their comrades shot
by their sides or drop from exhaustion
by the way.
Ten or twelve had already given up
their lives forcing their way through Pc
kings gates, and Just few days before
We had seen their beloved Capt Riley
wrapped IN his rubber shroud upon the
Chen Men wall. awaiting his burial in
the United States legation. 1t was with
sympathy for and gratitude to our brave
boys that we waved them farewell.
Our train was long one; II seemed TO
lengthen as we proceeded. Now and
then new wagon Joined us-telegraph
men and reporters on horseback. Then
regiment Of japanese met US and
marched afoot In our sight for over
mile. These whitehead. sturdy little SOL
diers, that have now the admiration and
respect Of the other nations Of the world,
looked up smiIinGiy. and their laughter,
when the heavy wagons nekriy threw US
out In humping over the stone road, was
not unfriendiy in the least
Destruction ON All sides.
In our passage through the Southern
city nothing but desolation met our eyes.
Now and then We ran BY dead dog or
horse. oftener by = dead Chinaman.
More srewsoms than those lying where
they fell were the ones tied, all but their
feet and ankles. In coarse mating; but
worse was to come. The terrible joiting
over the rough stone road. full OF holes
and great crevasses. was enough to take
ones mind from the most interesting sur
roundings. A We neared the Shahe Men,
the east gate OF the Southern city. the
way was guarded by Cossacks, whose
decdni OF cruelty and violation have been
~ horrffyin9 that no pen can describe
them. In passing through the gate We
were reminded by tho shell holes in the
great doors that II was through this gate
Gen. Gasalas marched with his officers
and Indian soldiers. Tho gate was an
old AFFAIR, practically unguarded. and the
British by choosing this particular ono
were enabled TO march through tho
Southern city with the loss OF only one
man wounded They soon reached the
Water gate. which IN now the dry bed
OF the canal running under the city walls
near the British legation. Through this
they crept and were the frat to enter
the Northern city 10 the British legation
and receive the wildly joyous and hys-
terical greeting Of those who had been
shut for eight weeks between four gray
walls. enduring most of that time the
Smelling. cannonadinx and rifle fnsillades
OF tho imperial Chinese troops.
The outside walls of the old city looked
much as OF old, except for tho different
flags dying from every gate visible The
great bulk OF wall had been pierced
by the hated foreigners. the empress fled
In beggar dress. her mobiles were fuwitives.
and all her boasted pride and glory were
humbed In the dust. A few DAYS be-
fore. rampant. bloodthirsty. valn--tho ,lst
OF August, a desoiafion. but on We went,
soon leaving the rough stone road and
winding over the old stone bridge and
around canal. where placid waters.
green slime. water lilies and many bodies
OF dad Chinese were floating about