The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-12-28

II q day march from ka-
~ lyvan, several versts be-
"A yond tho town of Dia-
Il chinks, stretches n wide
Ffssuse<s ysrfSV plain. planted here and
tS1St%-pE there with great trees,
principally pines and CO.
dars. There stood heTartarte tents. There
Fe0far- Khan. the terrible emir Of Box
hara, was cncamped, and there on the
following day, the 18th Of August. were
brought the prisoners taken at Kaly-
van after the humiliation of the Rus
sian force, which had vainly attempted
to oppose the progress OF the invaders.
or the 1000 men who had engaged
with the two columns Of the enemy.
the bases Of which rested on Tomsk
and Omsk, only n few hundred re-
manned. Thus events were going bad
ly, and the imperial government APP
peared TO have lost It's power beyond
the frontiers OF the Ural, for a time at
least. for the Russians could not fail
eventually TO defeat the savage hordes
OF the invaders. But in the meantime
the invasion had reached the center Of
~
the revolted country both 10 the east
ern and the western provinces. If the
troops OF the Amur and the province
OF Takutsk did not arrive ia time TO
occupy II. this capital Of Asiatic Rus
STA. being insuiliciently garrisoned,
would fall into the hands of the Tar
tars. and before il could be retaken the
grand duke, brother OF the emperor,
would be sacrificed TO the vengeance OF
Ivan Ogareff.
Feofar's camp presented n magnifi-
cent spectacle Numberless tents of
skin or silk glistened in the rays OF
the sun. The lofty plumes which sur
mounted their conical tops waved amid
banners, flags and pennons OF every
color. The richest OF these tents be
longed to the Seides and Khodjas. who
are the principal personages of the
khanate. A special pavilion, ornament
ed with a horses tail issuing from
sheaf OF red and white sticks artistlcal-
ly nterlaced, indicated the high rank
OF these Tartar chiefs. Then In the
distance rose several thousand OF the
Turcoman tents, which had been car
ried on the backs OF camels.
The camp contained at least n hum
dred and fifty thousand soldiers, as
many foot as horse soldiers, collected
under the name OF Alamanes. Among
them and as the principal types OF Tur-
kestan would have been remarked the
Tadjiks from their regular features,
white skin. tail forms and black eyes
and hair. They formed the bulk OF the
Tartar army, and Of them the khanates
OF Khokhand and Koundough had fur
nished contingent nearly equal TO
that of Bokhara. With the Tadjiks
were mirg rpcciIens OF different
races who either reside in Turkestan
or whose native countries border on IL.
| There were Usbecks. red bearded small
In stature. similar 10 those who had
pursued Michael. Here were Kirghis,
with fiat faces like the kalmuc,.
dressed In coats OF mail. Some car
ried the lance bows and arrows OF Ash
attic manufacture, some the saber,
matchbox gun and n little short han
died AK, the wounds from which inva-
riably prove fatal. There were Mon
gols, OF middle height, with black hair
plated into pigtalls. which hung down
their backs, round faces, swarthy COM
plcxions. lively deep set eyes, scanty
boards. dressed In blue nankecn trim
med with black plush, sword belts OF
leather with silver buckles, boots gayly
brnided and silk caps edged with fur
and three ribbons nutterlng behind.
Brown skinned Afghans, too might
have been seen. Arabs, having the
primitive type OF the beautiful Semitic
races. and Turcomans, with eyes which
looked as II they had lost the pupll--all
enrolled under the emir's flag. the flag
OF incendiaries and devastators.
When the prisoners were brought into |
the camp. the emir was In his tent. He
did not show himself This was for.
tunatc no doubt. A sign, word. from |
him might have been the signal for \
some bloody execution. But he in /
trenched himself In that isolation 1
which constitutes In part the majesty
OF eastern kings. He who does not
show himself Is admired and. above
all. feared.
As TO the prisoners, they we're 20 be
penned up in some Enclosure where, III
treated, poorly fed and exposed to ail
the inciemnrgca n the weather.. thpy
would await Feolar's plea ere
The most dccile ana patient Of them
all was undoubtedly Michael Strcg .d.
He allowed ElmsC,f TO be l~I Tor