The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-11-17
ANCIENT HISTORY
Some Facts About Assyria
q Sron9 Little
Country.
MMR0D The MIGHTY HUNTER

Nj MROD The MIGHTY HUNTER
Female Soldier. Who
Counted Her Success In Arms hy
Her Escapes-An Army for Orna-
meat. only--A King Who Donned
Fenaaie Attire--The Israelites Were
Once Slaves for a Time.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.)
Biikinsvilie, N. c.. Nov. Il. 1910.
Assyria In one ov the most inter-
estin' little countries on earth. No
doubt you hev met with one or more
pedders rite here In North Carolina.
small, yellow-skinned fellers. They
air keen traders an air usually ener-
getic. These people leave their far
away homes for tradin' purposes only
and generally return to Assyria after
maxim some money.
Assyria liz sed to hev derived hits
name from Ashur, the second SON oy
Shem, and the grandson ov Noah.
Ashur liz believed to hev migrated
from the land ov Shimar and took
possession ov the new land about
2247 before Christ. About that date
Nimrod wuz creatin' some talk on
ccount ov the fact that he trained a
great many hunters in the use ov the
bow an arrow an other old-fashion-
ed weapons. Nimrod wuz a great
hunter, il reports be true, and he
made man fer himself. He wuz the
Buffalo Bill" ov that day an time.
Nimrod liz said to hev conquered the
colony ov Ashur. Nimrod founded
hiz kingdom at Babylon, an then
moved hiz forces into Assyria an
built Ninevah to be the capital ov
that country. Nimrod placed hiz son,
Minus, in charge ov affairs. But Min
us wuz even greaer sport than
Nimrod an he wuZ soon engaged in
a war that lasted seventeen years.
Minus had made a deal with Arabia
an the two united their forces an
whipped Babylon. Later he invaded
Armenia and Media and conquered
the inhabitants. At one time he wuz
at the head ov an army ov nearly
two millions of soldiers. In hiz war;
fare he wuz assisted by Semiramis, a
woman. She wuz natural-born
soldier. He later married this wo-
man. Minus didn't live long after
the marriage an hiz widow became
Queen. She amused herself for a
time in beautifyin' and enlargin' the
city. But that wuz too tame. She
finally made war upon India, direct
ing the campaign in person. Stabro-
bates, the ruler ov India, let the
Queen think she wuz maxim great
headway in war until she had pur-
country. Then he made real resist
ance and nearly destroyed her army.
She wuz obliged to retreat. But, wo-
man-like, she led her demoraliZed
forces back home, a portion ov her
army, at least, an seemed to think
she had made the other side run
run after her army-in pursuit But
her war wuZ a success in that she
got back home without bein' killed
or captured, regardless ov what be-
came ov her army.
This woman ruled Assyria for
about forty years an wuz succeeded
by her son, Ninyas. Strange to say,
the son wuz unlike either parent He
had no use for war, an though he
kept up large army, hit wuz purely
ornamental, for war never came. In
fact, Ninyas didn't hev energy ennuff
to get into war. Hiz chief occupa-
ton wuz to be ruler an draw hiz
salary check regular an hevs guide
time, hopin' hiz subjects were enjoy
in the same great blessings awl the
while. An fer some thirty genera
tions the rulers ov Assyria followed
the same rule. Ov course hit wuz
pity an the people suffered many
hardships on account ov the slack
rule, or, rather, the misrule.
At the end ov that period the gov
ernment went from bad to worse.
Twelve hundred years had passed. A
fellow by the name ov Sardanapalous
got elected an he WIZ the extreme
limit. Hit IL even said that Sarda-
napalous laid aside the dress usually
worn by men in that country an ap-
peared in publick. dressed AZ a wo-
man. Ov course this caused guide
deal ov talk among the society folks.
But what could be done? He WIZ
King an nothin' short ov revolution
could free the country ov such a ru1-
er. Arbaces Wuz Governor ov Me-
dia at the time. He wuz considered
guide man an he decided that q
change must be made. He had the
backing oV Beleces, viceroy ov Baby
lon. An army wuz raised an the
King wuz beseiged in hiz palaces. For
about two years he held out against
the rebel forces. At last, seein' that
hiz case wuz hopeless, he set the
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