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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. MONDAY, JULY 8, 1912.
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. KiaDorate entertainment was ex
tended to several hundred Elks and
their wives yesterday when the Oma-
ba special and one Idaho train were
kalted here long enough to permit the
La Grande Elks to extend the glad
Band of fellowship In the way of an
automobile ride. It was a hilarious
' crowd that piled off the trains and
about all the machines In the city
were pressed, Into service to get the
' Tlsltors out over the valley. This was
early In the day and the splendor of
the thing wa slightly dampened by
a downpour of ralu which ended In
time, however, to get the visitors bar k
to the train without much mud baths
The Omaha Elks declared that La
Crando was the only city en route that
had offered greetings to them since
they left their home state. Many oth
er tralus stopped here briefly, one
from Wichita, Kansas, being among
them.
La finiride Special 0ec
A special train with as fine appoint
ment as ever graced a special run out
of this city, carried about 200 from
La Grande at 8:30 last night. The La
Grande band preluded Its departure
with a short program at the depot.
A great portion of the many Elks will
. remain In Portland until the close of
the present week.
KNOUT AND NAME
About All That Now Remain of
the Original Cossacks.
CODE OF THE FIRST TRIBES
One Class Lived In the Villages, the
Other In f ort of Moncsttry, and AH
Were Free Warriers, Jetf Appointed
, Ouardiene ef the People.
Wherever Russia has a figbt on hand
there bobs Dp promptly to do ber bid-
jpe czar oas not the best of reputa
tions! TuustrateoT papers picture him a,
earage scarecrow rojunJeJ oriTTVtrj
teoldnSTitmaT, ana bis chief occupv
Kon la apparently the knifing and
knoutlog bt harmless people. X et be
tomes of good stock.
Once upon time there drifted Into
southwest Kussla a tribe of runaways
who called tbemselvee "Kossakl,''
whlcb la Tartar tor free men, free
warriors or guardians. Seemingly i
they lived up to the name. Tbey pro-
tected from the Tartars the peoples lu
. the countries which tbey originally had
fled from and saved thousands of It lut
ein n women and children from slavery
ke Turkey. U rowing In numbers aud
Importance, these self appointed guard
ku angels became everywhere feared
and respected. Tbclr military service
eaiitxlalli were. Jo (gfjUvL Am na.tloD
ioOUT coluuiuiiu (lieu' help if IU u
appealed to tbe Kossakl code of bouol
TtiP trlhe hud L-ruduallv revived U
CI self Into two clawM-e ihe village Kos
Isaki. who lived In their own settle
meuts all over southern Russia, and
tbe Inhabitants of tbe "Setcb beyond
tbe rapids." Tbe former bad tbe ad
vantage over other country folk, as
nelchborlne eovernments were too
afraid to tax them Between wars, to
which tbe call came from tbe Setcb,
the vlUnce Kossakl tilled the land. Of
an altogether different character was
tbe orguniaitlou or tnis eeica. a com
muulty of about Vl.miO men wltb per
mnnent headquarters In a movauie
settlement (the exact location was
changed eight times lu two centuries),
usually on au unapproachable island
on tbe lower course of the Dnieper.
Tbe Turks once tried to rush the place,
but got caugbt in tbe maze of Island
like rata in a trap
Tbe Betcu iu uuu respect resembled a
monastery. No woman was allowea
inside it A man uilght not even bring
bis motber or bis sister, if be did he
was banged. Here, eager to lead tbe
tree aud simple lire among tneir
equals, came all sorts aud conditions
of men. Indeed, owing to the law
enjoining cellliacy, the colony depend
ed for Its numbers on uewcomers, al
though tbe village Kossakl contributed
recruits. Any one could Join, as runlt
and riches were despised, aud all be
bad to do was to submit to laws us
follows: Chastity, the orthodox creed.
allegiance to Kussla aud the south
Itusslnu dialect No reference or in
convenient (pieHtlons of bis past were
uskeU ot tbe iiiu-uiliug Kossak. He
simply went to the elected chief, and.
after a brief greeting, was shown to
bit) place In one of the "kureni," or
big huts. "Here Is thy home, three
pares long and two paces wide, aud
when thou slidlt die we will make It
smaller."
They had good times, tbough, to the
SetcD There were uo maneuvers, no
organized training, no compulsory
drill. Men lay or slept In the leveled
spaces between buts, enjoying, gypsy
fusblon, the freedom of tbe open air.
Drink was plentiful and also tobac
co. Great songs were aung, and there
was much playing of stringed Instru
ments Throughout the place a spirit
of good comradeship prevailed. A
popular pastime was dancing, no easy
task In cumbersome blgb boots. Cos
tumes were of a picturesque variety
The Kossak wore a mustache and on
tbe crown of bis bead a lonesome wisp
of hair, both twlng worn long to en
able him to win;) the three ends round
is ears. Each man went urroed to
tbe teetb, and tbe majority carried
uugnlkas" (whips wblcb are still
used). ' " - . .23 ,.
In wartime things were different
To drink was a crime.- Food, always
Plain, consisted of radons of uncooked
orsenesb Military organization was
by electjQn of leaders, onejo every 60
iSetf. with a colonel in command of a
rfglifienf Tliese officers bad absolute
p&wer, but authority for only oni cam
paifQ, Such war spells were of fre
quent occurrence, so much so that tbe
flgbtlug business led to the extinction
of the trlle. Peter tbe Great laid
waste the Setcb. Mazeppa made him
self unpleasant Tbe Setcb waa again
bombarded and ruined when Its In
habitants became, some of tbem, plow
men, while others were shipped to
tbe orient True, there was a brief re
appearance of tbe Setcb. but under
different auspices and nothing like In
old times. Finally tbe Kossakl lands
were confiscated, and tbe tribe and Its
institutions gave place to serfdom and
the creation of a new nobility Tbe
Cossack of today Inherits little of tbe
old traditions but tbe name and the
blp. Harper's Weekly.
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