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Title: The Independent
Year: 1849 (1840s)
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Publisher: New York : S.W. Benedict
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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THE ALLIES CONTROL BRINGS RELIEF IN THE STRIPED AREAS OF THIS MAP, BUT MILLIONS ARE BEINGSTARVED AND MASSACRED TODAY IN THE DOTTED PORTION, WHERE THE TURKS HOLD POWER many instances given time to pack uptheir belongings and even place themin carts. Guards were supplied, andthen the caravans started. As a rulethe men were left behind or other-wise separated from the women andchildren. So far as known few ofthese caravans reached their destina-tions. Individuals managed to escape,but the others suffered robbery, pollu-tion, exhaustion, starvation, death bythe roadside. After months the bleach-ing bones of these travelers may beseen along the main highways and the
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paths that leadto the wilder-nesses. Their suf-ferings may beimagined but notdescribed. Neverin the history ofthe world hasthere been any-thing like it. Thevery thought ofi t congeals theblood and arousesall the indigna-tion of whichmen are capable.From districtscontiguous tofriendly territo-ries — for exam-ple, that portionof Armenia - in -Turkey which liesnext to the Russian border—thousandsescaped, in some cases under the pro-tection of Russian soldiers who had cometo the rescue. But even in these in-stances there was untold suffering.Many died, children were born on theroad and, perhaps saddest of all, thou-sands of orphans are left to bear tes-timony to the sacrifice of mothers andfathers on the way. Gruesome as this recital has been,not half the story has been told. Let-ters, pamphlets, photographs, reportsand books by eye witnesses and inves-tigators lie before me inprofusion as I write. Butfurther draft upon thesesources is unnecessary. Thecase is established. Arme-nias ce

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