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had been on several such expeditions himself, and possessed five 

 stands of fire-arms, therefore, when the Turks attacked him, he 

 hid his men behind rocks and opened fire, killing five of the 

 assailants with as many shots. The Turks retreated, but on the 

 way back captured a beautiful young girl whom they put in 

 chains, intending to make her a slave. On the next day her 



THE DANCE IN HONOR OF THE RETURN. 



father came into camp to ransom his child, as is customary 

 among these people. As soon as he appeared, his daughter 

 rushed to him, and throwing her arms around his neck in the 

 most affectionate manner, cried, "Father?" as lovingly and 

 earnestly as any civilized child could have done. But the brutal 

 Turks tore him from her arms, tied him to a tree and inhumanly 

 buthered him before her eyes. 



