Rendel J. Harris and Helen B. Harris
LETTERS FROM ARMENIA
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CONTENTS
The cover and pages 1-4 (the half-title, title
page, etc.)
Preface
Table of contents (as in the book)
Turkish Armenia with Route of J.R. & H.B.
Harris (a map)
LETTER I.
ARRIVAL AT CONSTANTINOPLE — VISIT TO THE BRITISH
EMBASSY
LETTER II.
VISIT TO JUDGE TARRING — A FRIENDS' MEETING
IN STAMBOUL — ROBERT COLLEGE — VISIT TO THE PATRIARCH IZMIRLIAN
— FRIENDS OF THE SUFFERING ARMENIANS AT CHALCEDON, ETC.
LETTER III.
ARRIVAL OF THE " TESKEREH " — THE
NEWLY DISCOVERED SIXTH-CENTURY GOSPELS
LETTER IV.
PROJECTED DEPARTURE FROM SMYRNA TO ALEXANDRETTA —
AN AMERICAN LADY MISSIONARY FROM THE INTERIOR — POSSIBILITY OF ARMENIAN
EMIGRATION
LETTER V.
ARRIVAL AT ALEXANDRETTA — START FOR THE INTERIOR
LETTER VI.
JOURNEY TO AINTAB — TROUBLES AT KILLIS —
AN EARLY START BAULKED — A HARD NIGHT — ARRIVAL AT AINTAB
LETTER VII.
AMERICAN BRAVERY — OFFICIAL HYPOCRISY AND FATALISM
— DETAILS OF THE GREAT MASSACRE — INSULTS TO ENGLAND — OCCUPATIONS
OF ARMENIAN WOMEN — SOME COMPASSIONATE TURKS, ETC
LETTER VIII.
AMERICAN CIVILISATION IN THE MIDST OF TURKISH DESOLATION
— REVIVAL OF RELIGION IN AINTAB — REMARKABLE SERVICES IN THE OLD
GREGORIAN AND PROTESTANT CHURCHES
LETTER IX.
CROSSING THE EUPHRATES — DRYING UP OF THE GREAT
RIVER — DIFFUSION OF THE KURDS — MISS SHATTUCK, THE HEROINE OF
OURFA, ETC
LETTER X.
A MORNING WITH MISS SHATTUCK AT OURFA
LETTER XI.
HOUSE HIRED IN OURFA — ANCIENT LEGENDS OF EDESSA
— RELIEF WORK IN THE CITY — AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUZZLE, ETC
LETTER XII.
VISIT TO THE BURNED CHURCH — A CALL UPON THE
PASHA'S WIFE — HER WARM SYMPATHY WITH THE SUFFERING PEOPLE, ETC
LETTER XIII.
A COMMUNICATION FROM SOME LEADING EDESSANS
LETTER XIV.
SCHEMES OF RELIEF AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION —
ORPHANS, WIDOWS, AND SCHOOLS
LETTER XV.
OUR FOURTH SUNDAY IN OURFA — WOMEN'S MEETING
IN THE PROTESTANT CHURCH — AN ARMENIAN BETROTHAL — LETTERS FROM
MISSIONARIES
LETTER XVI.
WE LEAVE OURFA AND VISIT GARMOUSH AND SEVERER —
A NIGHT IN A HOVEL — MASSACRE IN SEVBREK — OUR SERVANT CLAPPED
IN PRISON — A NIGHT IN A KURDISH TENT — ARRIVAL AT DIARBEKIR
LETTER XVII.
DIFFICULTIES AT DIARBEKIR — A ROUGH RIDE TO
MARDIN — EXCURSION IN SEARCH OF MSS. — ALEXANDER IN TROUBLE AGAIN
LETTER XVIII.
CLOSING OF THE HIGH SCHOOL — IMPOSING CEREMONIES
— VISIT TO THE JACOBITE SCHOOLS, ETC
LETTER XIX.
FIRST RUMOURS OF THE VAN MASSACRE
LETTER XX.
A MODERN SIMEON STYLITES — BRIEF ACCOUNT OF
A VISIT TO THE TUR ABDIN — VISIT TO A TURKISH PRISON, ETC.
LETTER XXI.
JOURNEY FROM MARDIN TO DIARBEKIR — FORDING THE
TIGRIS RIVER — INCIDENT AT A DESOLATED VILLAGE — NATURE AND EFFECTS
OF THE MASSACRE AT DIARBEKIR — THE FRENCH CONSUL — PLANS FOR FUTURE
MOVEMENTS
LETTER XXII.
ATTEMPTS AT RELIEF IN DIARBEKIR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD
— A REVIEW OF HAMIDIYEH CAVALRY, ETC. — A SAD LETTER FROM AINTAB
LETTER XXIII.
JOURNEY FROM DIARBEKIR TO HARPOOT — TAURUS MOUNTAINS
— SOURCE OF THE TIGRIS — HEROIC BAND OF MISSIONARIES AT HARPOOT
: STORY OF THEIR PRESERVATION DURING THE MASSACRE AND IN THE PRESENCE OF DEATH
LETTER XXIV.
HOW TO HELP THE DESOLATED VILLAGES ? — CONDITION
AROUND HARPOOT — DESPAIR OF THE VILLAGERS — PETITION FROM HOO-I-LOO
FOR REBUILDING OF PROTESTANT CHURCH — VISIT TO THE VILLAGE IN RUINS
— MEAL IN AN ORCHARD — ASSESSING THE TAXES OF THE DEAD UPON THE
SURVIVORS — PLANS FOR FUTURE WORK — VAN, MALATIA, ETC.
LETTER XXV.
VIGOROUS PROTESTS AGAINST WESTERN SCEPTICISM —
DIFFICULTIES OF RELIEF WORK — REBUILDING OF VILLAGES, ETC
LETTER XXVI.
DETENTION AT HARPOOT OWING TO DIFFICULTIES OF TRANSIT
STORY OF A YOUNG ARMENIAN, JUST RECOVERED FROM HIS WOUNDS, NOW PUT IN PRISON
— QUESTION OF THE RELEASE OF THE MANY IMPRISONED ARMENIANS ; IS BRIBERY
LAWFUL ? — A HARD CASE — EXAMPLE OF THE EARLY CHURCH — THE
MISSIONARIES' DECISION — LETTER FROM OURFA — TEACHING THE WOMEN
AND GIRLS — WORK FOR THE ORPHANS — "HARRIS HOME" IN
FULL OPERATION — ONLY THOSE ENTIRELY ORPHANED CAN BE HELPED
LETTER XXVII.
ARRIVAL AT MALATIA — EXTENSIVE DISTRESS THERE
— A PARADISE CITY — ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE — THE RUINS
TO-DAY — HOW TO HELP THE PEOPLE — THE REFORM COMMISSIONER —
LARGE MEETING IN A GARDEN — DEPARTURE OF J. R. H. — PASSPORTS
FOR THE TWO SERVANTS — INTERVIEW WITH SHAKIR PASHA, AND WITH THE PASHA'S
WIFE IN THE HAREM — A FRIENDLY BEY WHO HELPED THE ARMENIANS —
EMBROIDERY WORK — BOARDING OUT THE ORPHANS: FIVE POUNDS FOR ONE YEAR
— THE PRESS OF TEARFUL WOMEN — CONFISCATING THE FRUIT IN THE GARDENS
— PERSECUTION OF KURDS WHO REFUSED TO MASSACRE — MISS BUSH AND
DR. GATES
LETTER XXVIII.
OUR LAST DAY IN MALATIA : A BUSY CROWD — SELECTING
FIFTY ORPHANS OUT OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED — DEPARTURE — GOODNESS OF
SOME MOSLEMS — THE ZAPTIEHS — JOURNEY BACK TO HARPOOT BEGUILED
BY HYMNS — WELCOME AT HARPOOT — PLANS FOR VAN
MEMORANDUM : NOTES OF INFORMATION FROM J. R. H.
LETTER XXIX.
PRIVATE LETTER OF THANKS FOR UNEXPECTED CONTRIBUTION
— BUILDING OF SCHOOLS, ETC., AT MALATIA — THE PEOPLE SET CHURCH
BEFORE HOUSES — ONE THOUSAND CHILDREN TO BE ACCOMMODATED — A JOINT
SCHOOL BOARD — UNION OF THE CHURCHES
LETTER XXX.
JOURNEY TO VAN PUT ASIDE FOR THE PRESENT — HEMMED
IN AT HARPOOT — SIGNS OF TROUBLE AROUND — PRESENCE OF H. B. H.
" A SAFEGUARD TO THE TOWN" — COLLEGE FLOURISHING — H.
B. H. ILL WITH MALARIAL FEVER — THE GREAT NEED OF HELP FOR THE ORPHANS
LETTER XXXI.
SUMMARY BY R. H. F. OF PRIVATE LETTER FROM H. B. H
— SYMPTOMS OF FURTHER MASSACRES — THE BLOW FELL AT EGHIN —
HARPOOT THREATENED — STATE OF TERROR — THE PROTESTANTS TO BE SUPPRESSED
— REPORT OF THE EGHIN MASSACRE
LETTER XXXII.
INTENDED VISIT TO EGHIN — FURTHER REPORT OF
THE MASSACRE THERE — TWO LETTERS FROM PROTESTANT ARMENIANS IN NEIGHBOURING
TOWNS
LETTER XXXIII.
LETTER FROM J. R. H., NARRATING HIS JOURNEY OUT OF
ARMENIA IN AUGUST, VISITING KHANGAL, SIVAS : MARTYRDOM OF PASTOR — TOKAT
: TOMB OF HENRY MARTYN — MARSOVAN — AMASIA : CLIMATE OF PONTUS
: TERTULLIAN ON MARCION — SAMSOUN — REPORT ON REBUILDING VILLAGES
— FURTHER REPORT ON EGHIN MASSACRE
LETTER XXXIV.
ON THE EVE OF SETTING OUT FROM HARPOOT FOR ARABKIR
AND EGHIN — THE LATE PANIC : MASSACRE AVERTED — THAT AT EGHIN
CARRIED OUT BY THE CITIZENS : ALLEGED REVOLUTIONARY CAUSE FALSE — AT
ARABKIR, THE PEOPLE STARVING — THE REPAIRED SCHOOLHOUSE AT HARPOOT WELL
FILLED — COLLEGE DOING EXCELLENT WORK
LETTER XXXV.
DEPARTURE FROM HARPOOT — DELAYS, FAREWELLS —
TOILSOME JOURNEY — ARABKIR — A FINE CITY, IN RUINS — THE
BETTER CLASSES IN POVERTY — VISITS FROM THE WOMEN TILL STOPPED BY THE
GOVERNOR — A HEROIC TURKISH ZAPTIEH : VISIT TO HIS SICK-BED
LETTER XXXVI.
LETTER FROM H. B. H. — VISITING THE WOMEN AT
ARABKIR: A MEETING WITH THEM — DISORDER HARSHLY QUELLED BY THE SEXTON
— JOURNEY TO EGHIN : A ROMANTIC LITTLE CITY, RUINS OF BEAUTIFUL HOUSES
: SAD TALES OF THE MASSACRE THERE, AND AT FIVE NEAR VILLAGES — THE BEREAVED
WOMEN IN THEIR HOMES — PROVISION OF WHEAT, BEDDING, ETC., FOR WINTER
NEEDS — LETTER FROM MISS BUSH, EGHIN — LETTER FROM MISS SHATTUCK,
OURFA
LETTER XXXVII.
JOURNEY FROM SIVAS TO MARSOVAN VIA TOKAT — HARD
TRAVEL — WELCOME AT MARSOVAN — 'AN IDEAL MISSION THERE —
TOILSOME JOURNEY TO SAMSOUN — LETTER FROM HARPOOT, STATING PRESENT DIFFICULTIES
AND THE APPARENT INTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO CLOSE THE MISSION SCHOOLS,
ETC. — RELIEF WORK IN EGHIN
Acknowledgements: |
Source:
J. Rendel Harris & B. Helen Harris. Letters from the Scenes of
the Recent Massacres in Armenia. London, James Nisbet & Co.,
Limited, 1897
Provided by: Aram Arkun, Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information
Center
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