. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . ts. Incredible as it may seem, thesuperior position of the Armenians behind the rocks ofTurfurkar, coupled with their indomitable courage,made them more than a match for their adversaries ; foronly six Armenians fell, while over a hundred Kurdswere slain. Such an unlooked-for result so disheart-ened the Kurds that they retreated, and perhapswould never again have lifted their hands to strike thebrave Armenians of Dalvorig, had it not been for theTurkish government, which at this point hastened t
. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . ts. Incredible as it may seem, thesuperior position of the Armenians behind the rocks ofTurfurkar, coupled with their indomitable courage,made them more than a match for their adversaries ; foronly six Armenians fell, while over a hundred Kurdswere slain. Such an unlooked-for result so disheart-ened the Kurds that they retreated, and perhapswould never again have lifted their hands to strike thebrave Armenians of Dalvorig, had it not been for theTurkish government, which at this point hastened tothe support and defense of the Kurds. The gov-ernor general of the province set out with his regulartroops and field-pieces, and occupied the region aboutDalvorig, but made no attack at the time. In an in-terview with some of the leading Armenians hequestioned them as to why they did not submit tothe government and pay their taxes. To this theArmenians replied that they were not disloyal to thegovernment, but that they could not pay taxes bothto the Kurds and to the government, and that if the. MOSLEM ROBBERS DIVIDING SPOILS.(^From a Painting.) 374 THE TURK AND THE LAND OF HAIG. government would afford them protection they wouldnot decHne to pay the taxes. The siege continued throughout the winter. Uponthe advent of the spring of 1894 the Kurdish tribeswere ordered to attack the entire Sassoun district,which included over forty vilhiges. It is needless tosay that they responded, coming, to the number oftwenty thousand, from every direction. In a few pre-liminary skirmishes several Kurds fell. The Kurdssecured the bodies of two of their slain countrymen,and, after mutilating the corpses, carried them to theheadquarters of the provincial government at Bitlisand showed them to the vali. See what theChristians are doing to us ! they exclaimed, meanwhilereporting that the entire province was in armed revolu-tion. The local government of Moush telegraphedthe Sultan of the alleged up
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