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ern China. He passed season at
Bourtai at his side, and then he was
in the saddle again, intent upon queIl-
ing the desert clans of Hia forever.
This ne did. Marching In Winter
through frozen swamps, he found his
foes OF other days drawn up to receive
htm--remnants Of Cathayans, armies
of Western China, Turks and all the
forces Of Hia. The chronicle gives us a
glimpse Of the grim pageant Of destruc-
tion-fur clad Mongols fighting across
the ice OF river, the allies, seemingly
victorious. charging en- masse upon the
veterans OF the Khan's center, the heart
of the horde. Three hundred thousand
men may have perished here.
And then the aftermath. Tricked,
shaken, and hunted down, the remain
ing warriors of the allies fleeing. All
men capable Of bearing arms put to
death in the path of the horde. The
King of Hia, escaped to q mountain
sending his submission to the mex
orable Khan.
LIE then advanced upon the Sung.
When the horde entered a dense
Ar forest where the snow lay still in the
shadows. although the sun was warm,
he gave command to halt. He ordered
couriers TO ride swiftly to his nearest
son, Tuli, who was camped not far
O man grown, dismounted at the ylrt
of the Khan, he found his father lying
upon a carpet near the fire, wrapped In
felt and sable robes.
1T is clear to me-" the old Mongol
greeted the prince. that / must leave
everything and 60 hence from thee"
He mad been sick for some time, and
this sickness, he knew now, was drain
| ing away his life. Ho ordered to his
side the general officers of the horde,
and while they knelt with Tuli, listening
| intently to his words, he gave them
| clear directions how 10 carry on the
| war against the Sung that he had be-
gun but could not finish.
Like the nomad he was, he died un-
complaining. leaving to his sons the
greatest Of empires and the most de-
| strictive of armies, as II his possessions
| had been no more than tents and herds
| This was in the year 1927. the year OF
| the Mouse In the cycle OF the Twelve
| Beasts.
| Hc CHIOLllCIS JclS uS LLldt OeTSLlle
Khan made provision in his last Hines:
for the destruction Of the Hia King, his
| old foeman, who was then on his way
to the horde. The Khan commanded
that his death be kept secret until thil
could be done.
A spear was thrust. point In thu
earth. before the white yurt Of the con.
queror, which stood apart from the res
of the camp. The astrologers and sage
who came to wait upon the Khan werl
kept without by guards, and only tn,
high officers came and went through
the entrance. as II their leader were IN
disDoSed and giving orders from his bed
When the Hia monarch and his trail
reached the Mongols, the visitors wer'
invited to feast, given robes Of homo
and seated among the officers Of tn
horde. Then they were slain. to man
Deprived Of Genghis Khan, awe
struck at the death Of the seemingl,
inyincible man who had made then
masters Of all they could desire, tn
Orkhons and princes OF the hord
turned back to escort the body to tn.
Cobb Before burial it must be showr
to his people and carried to the abidinl
place Of Bourtai. the first wife.
1 Genghis Kahn had died In the land
OF the Sung, and TO prevent his foemer
from discovering the loss Of the Mon
gols. the warriors escorting the death
car cut down al the people they me-
untii they reached the edge Of the
desert. There the men Of the horde
the veterans Of long warfare. mournet
aloud as they rode beside the funera
car.
The conqueror was brought home, no
to Karakorum. but to the valleys whert
he had struggled for life as q boy. Il
the heritage that he would not desert
The couriers of the hordes mounted anC
galloped of into the prairies. bearine
word to the Orkhons and princes anC