Kirista Davies

**Christian Davies** (1667 - 7 ga Yuli 1739), an haife ta **Christian Cavanagh**, wanda aka fi sani da **Kit Cavanagh** ko **Mother Ross**, 'yar Ireland ce wadda ta shiga Rundunar Sojan Ingila a shekarar 1693 tana ɓoye a matsayin namiji. Ta yi yaƙi da sojojin ƙasa a Flanders a lokacin Yaƙin Shekaru Tara har zuwa 1697, sannan ta yi yaƙi da Sojojin Scotland a cikin Sojojin Ruwa na 4, daga baya kuma ta zama Sojojin Birtaniyya na 2 na Royal North, sannan daga ƙarshe ta zama Sojojin Scotland a Yaƙin Succession na Spain daga 1701 zuwa 1706. Marubucin Daniel Defoe ya haɗu da ita a lokacin da take ɗan fansho na Chelsea kuma ya mayar da labarinta zuwa littafi mai suna *Rayuwa da Kasadar Mrs. Christian Davies* .

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi "Kit" na Kirista Cavanagh a shekara ta 1667 a Dublin, Ireland . A tsawon rayuwarta, tana amfani da sunayen sunaye kamar Welsh, Welch, Ross, Jones, da Davies. Ita 'yar wani mai yin giya ne na gida. Duk da cewa iyayenta Furotesta ne, sun goyi bayan Sarki James na Biyu a lokacin yakin neman zabensa a Ireland. Mahaifinta ya yi aiki tare da rundunar sojojin Jacobite, inda ya mutu sakamakon raunuka a Yaƙin Aughrim .  An kwace kadarorin iyalinta sakamakon goyon bayan da suka bai wa manufar Jacobite . 

Tun tana matashiya, ta fara hulɗa da wani dangin mahaifiyarta. [1] Ba ta iya kula da ita ba—wasu labaran sun nuna cewa ta gudu daga mahaifiyarta—Kit Cavanagh ta tafi ta zauna da goggonta wacce ke kula da gidan gwamnati a Dublin. [1] Ba da daɗewa ba, ta haɗu ta auri Richard Welsh (wasu majiyoyi sun ce an ɗauke shi a matsayin Richard Walsh), wani bawan goggonta. Bayan mutuwar goggonta, ta gaji gidan giya. Duk da ƙuruciyarta, ta gudanar da gidan giya a matsayin nata, inda Richard yake ɗaya daga cikin masu hidima. [2] Sun haifi 'ya'ya biyu, kuma tana da juna biyu da na uku lokacin da, ba zato ba tsammani, Richard ya ɓace a 1691. [1]

## Neman mijinta da ya ɓace

### Ɗan Sanda
A cikin yanayi mara tabbas, mijinta ya ƙare a cikin Sojojin Ingila ko na Scotland. Wasu bayanai sun nuna cewa yana yin aikin sa kai  yayin da wasu kuma sun ce ana matsa masa lamba a cikin soja .  A kowane hali, da alama ya yi ƙoƙarin rubuta mata wasiƙa don sanar da ita halin da yake ciki. Daga ƙarshe, ɗaya daga cikin wasiƙun ya isa gare ta, yana gaya wa Cavanagh cewa yana cikin Sojojin da ke aiki a Holland.  Ba tare da son kawai ta rasa mijinta ba, Cavanagh ta sanya 'ya'yanta a hannun mahaifiyarta, ta aske gashinta, ta kuma ɓoye kanta a matsayin namiji don shiga Rundunar Sojojin Ingila don nemo mijinta da ya ɓace. 

Da farko, Cavanagh ta shiga ƙungiyar ƙafa ta Kyaftin Tichborne da sunan Christopher Welch.  A matsayinta na sojan ƙasa, ta yi yaƙi a Yaƙin Landen . A can ta ji rauni kuma Faransa ta kama ta.  A shekara ta 1694, an yi musayarta aka mayar da ita cikin rundunar sojojin Ingila, waɗanda har yanzu ba su san ainihin jinsinta ba.

Bayan an yi musayar, ta ci gaba da aikin soja a cikin Soja, har yanzu tana neman mijinta. Ta ci gaba da kasancewa memba na kamfanin Tichborne har sai da ta shiga cikin takaddama da wani sajen na kamfanin, wanda ta kashe a cikin faɗa kan wata mace.  Bayan faɗan, kuma wataƙila sakamakonsa, an bar Welch ya bar rundunar.

### Dragon
Da zarar an sallame ta, nan take ta shiga rundunar sojojin Scotland, a wannan karon a cikin rundunar sojojin Birtaniya ta biyu ta Royal North Dragoons (wanda aka sani a lokacin [da kuma daga baya] a matsayin Scots Greys) a 1697. A matsayinta na dodo, ta shiga cikin yaƙin har zuwa zaman lafiya na Ryswick . Bayan ta wargaje a ƙarshen yaƙin, har yanzu ba ta sami mijinta ba.  Duk da haka tana nemansa, daga ƙarshe ta sake shiga cikin rundunar sojojin Scotland lokacin da Yaƙin Succession na Spain ya fara a 1701.

Ta wata hanya, ta sami damar ɓoye gaskiyar cewa ita mace ce. Kamar yadda Marian Broderick ta lura, "Abin mamaki, ta sami nasarar yin hakan ba tare da an gano ta ba: ta ci abinci tare da su, ta sha tare da su, ta kwana da su, ta yi wasa da su, har ma ta yi fitsari tare da su ta hanyar amfani da abin da ta bayyana a matsayin 'bututun azurfa mai madaurin fata'. Babu wanda ya taɓa yin hikima."  Ta yi nasara sosai wajen bayyana kanta a matsayin namiji har wata karuwa ta yi iƙirarin cewa ita ce uban ɗanta. Maimakon ta ba da shaida cewa wannan ba zai yiwu ba, Cavanagh ta biya wa matar tallafin yara. 

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