. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . acre, and werefound distributed among the murderous crowds. The next day the Turks spread reports to the effectthat the Armenians from the adjoining village, thor-oughly organized, were advancing to attack the truth of the matter was that the massacre was ex-tendine to the village, thoucjh the Turks endeavored tomake it appear that they were qnelHng an the massacre those Armenians who escaped werethrown into prison for no cause, while perpetrators ofthe horrible outraofes
. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . acre, and werefound distributed among the murderous crowds. The next day the Turks spread reports to the effectthat the Armenians from the adjoining village, thor-oughly organized, were advancing to attack the truth of the matter was that the massacre was ex-tendine to the village, thoucjh the Turks endeavored tomake it appear that they were qnelHng an the massacre those Armenians who escaped werethrown into prison for no cause, while perpetrators ofthe horrible outraofes were let loose to continue theirwork to their hearts content. The wave of murder anddespoliation spread southward from Trebizond along aroad that had been built to Erzrum in former yearswith a view to retaining the commercial importanceof Trebizond, which was fading because of the diver-sion of trade to Batoum after the Treaty of Berlin andthe occupation of Batoum by the Russians. The cityof Sumushkhane, famous for its silver mines, whence itsname, was the first place raided. As in most mining. THE COSTUME OF A TURKISH HIGHWAYMAN. 392 THE TURK AND THE LAND OF HAIG. towns, the population was easily excited and quicklyaroused. Christians were murdered in their places withas much heartlessness as at Trebizond, and the town inwhich they lived was practically destroyed. At Bai-burt, a prosperous city of about fifteen thousand inhab-itants, famous for their intense national feeling andvigor of character, the black cloud of rapine and de-struction next fell. Upon this most-hated communityof Armenians, with a ferocity that beggars description,the Turks fell, flushed with the excitement of their mur-derous work which had begun at Trebizond five daysearlier. Authorities differ as to the number of personskilled, but the most reliable estimate is placed at onethousand. The carnage was terrible ; and, when theTurks had finished their bloody work, Baiburt wasbut a forlorn and barely recogni
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