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last journeys and death of our brother adolphe.
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the remains of Mr. Schlagintweit in charge of Murad, for safe custody, and proceeded
to Kokand.
I have been eight months in Kokand; and as the way to Kashgar remained
blockaded during that time, and no traveller could pass to and fro, I could send no
message to you; however, lately envoys have been sent to, and received from, Kashgar,
and peace restored; and the Khan of Kokand has deputed a man, named Aka Sikal,
to Kashgar to bring about the state of affairs on the old footing. I shall, therefore,
shortly leave for Kashgar and proceed to Peshaur with the remains of my unfortunate
master.
12. Concluding Eemarks.
The latest news which we have received from India about Adolphe, is contained
in a letter of the 27th November, 1859, from the Eev. H. Jaschke, missionary at Lahol.
He derived his information from a man, recently returned, whom he had prevailed
upon Hari Ohand to despatch in August, 1858, to Yarkand, for the purpose of making
inquiries about our brother's fate. This man confirms most positively the general
correctness of the former sad intelligence. He found out that our name had been
transformed by the Turkistanis into Sdladin.
Mr. Jaschke's communication allows us also to hope, that we may still receive
some of our brother's manuscripts, instruments, and collections.
From Russia we hear quite recently (end of April), through the kind exertions
of the Imperial Geographical Society of St. Petersburgh, that the son of a Kirghis
chief, by name Vanikoff, has just returned to St. Petersburgh from Kashgar, and
given an account of his journeys to the Society. He most positively confirms the
accounts as to Adolphe's sad fate, who, according to his statement, was killed by Haji
Misser.
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the remains of Mr. Schlagintweit in charge of Murad, for safe custody, and proceeded
to Kokand.
I have been eight months in Kokand; and as the way to Kashgar remained
blockaded during that time, and no traveller could pass to and fro, I could send no
message to you; however, lately envoys have been sent to, and received from, Kashgar,
and peace restored; and the Khan of Kokand has deputed a man, named Aka Sikal,
to Kashgar to bring about the state of affairs on the old footing. I shall, therefore,
shortly leave for Kashgar and proceed to Peshaur with the remains of my unfortunate
master.
12. Concluding Eemarks.
The latest news which we have received from India about Adolphe, is contained
in a letter of the 27th November, 1859, from the Eev. H. Jaschke, missionary at Lahol.
He derived his information from a man, recently returned, whom he had prevailed
upon Hari Ohand to despatch in August, 1858, to Yarkand, for the purpose of making
inquiries about our brother's fate. This man confirms most positively the general
correctness of the former sad intelligence. He found out that our name had been
transformed by the Turkistanis into Sdladin.
Mr. Jaschke's communication allows us also to hope, that we may still receive
some of our brother's manuscripts, instruments, and collections.
From Russia we hear quite recently (end of April), through the kind exertions
of the Imperial Geographical Society of St. Petersburgh, that the son of a Kirghis
chief, by name Vanikoff, has just returned to St. Petersburgh from Kashgar, and
given an account of his journeys to the Society. He most positively confirms the
accounts as to Adolphe's sad fate, who, according to his statement, was killed by Haji
Misser.
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