. Christian herald. ring a quarrel the Kurds filled up thetunnel with bags of wool. Since then the lake hasrisen one hundred and fifty feet. The villages alongits shores have been covered. Old churches, the oldestin Armenia, stand beneath the waters. The high placesformed islands, and the waters are rising above them. Mil-lions of acres of farm lands have been lost, and the very bestof Armenia is now submerged. Still the waters are rising, andthey must rise six hundred feet more before they can find a naturaloutlet. Before then the old city of Van and even its high castlerock with its inscript
. Christian herald. ring a quarrel the Kurds filled up thetunnel with bags of wool. Since then the lake hasrisen one hundred and fifty feet. The villages alongits shores have been covered. Old churches, the oldestin Armenia, stand beneath the waters. The high placesformed islands, and the waters are rising above them. Mil-lions of acres of farm lands have been lost, and the very bestof Armenia is now submerged. Still the waters are rising, andthey must rise six hundred feet more before they can find a naturaloutlet. Before then the old city of Van and even its high castlerock with its inscriptions and palaces, will ultimately be Ussher is now trying to persuade the Turkish Government to tunnelthrough the rocks to form a new outlet below the present level. If he succeeds,the old Armenian city will be saved. It is a beautiful ride of ten hours acrossthe lake to Tadwan, a little Armenian village where life in all its simplicity Continued on page 894- THE CHRISTIAN HERALD, October 1, 1913 Page 883. SHAN K I V E THE CURIOUS MIDSUMMER RFIE OF THE COLORADO INDIANSBY FELIX J . KOCH i^m A SQUAW AND PAPPOOSE ON THE WAY TO THE SHAN KIVE VERY year the Ute Indians are broughtto the Pikes Peak region from theirreservation to dance at the SacredSprings of the Manitou, among the redrocks of the Garden of the Gods. During theShan Kive, as the celebration is called, somenotable event of Indian history is commemo-rated along with the parade and the carnivalfeatures. Last year the Indians and some oldpioneers, marshaled for the purpose, dedicated the Ute Trail, the oldest Indianhighway in the United States. This year they united in placing a stone andtablet on Cascade Avenue, in Colorado Springs, to mark the spot where, onSeptember 3, 1868, the last big massacre of the whites by Indians began. .Another event of this years Shan Kive was a great Marathon race up PikesPeak, in which Indians and cowboys competed. The plainsman and the pio-neer fraternize with their old foe, the
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