―1―Having gained secure possession of the south, attention became fixed
upon the northern spaces. Two millions of men, unlettered: ferocious, wan
dering, in camps & bodies of 20,0.00. each, liable to rage, caprice & hostility
The ground all lofty, the summit of a mountain, itself not uniform,
& divided into— 1. Flat. Sandy. Brackish = water. Riverless. Treeless.
Scanty & coarse shrubs.
2. As before.
| 600 | 600 | 750. | 300 | ||
| Flat | Flat... | Unequal | Pl. & valley. | ||
| Sandy. | Sand... | Stony | Mould | ||
| Riverless | Riverless | Rivterless | Riverfull | ||
| Treeless | Stunted Trees | Thinly Wooded | Well wooded | ||
| Scant. Herb. | Scant. Herb | Plentiful | |||
| Salt Springs. | Fresh Springs | Fresh Springs | Forestful | ||
| Uncultivated. | Uncultiv.[gap] | Sterile. | Fertile | ||
| Unpastured. | pasturable | Fallow | |||
| Uninhabited | Inhabited | Past |
Safety requires the amity, subjection, or extirpation of such neighbours
& only requires cultivation to be introduced where possible.
Embassies, presents, invitations, first passed for thirty years
Confederacy, of thirty tribes of among an hundred. The Mongols called
Invasion by four armies, of fifty ‸ eighty thousand each, at different points
Sudden. Unexpected. Make great havock. Advance into the heart of
the empire. Defeat & destroy many inconsiderable detachments
Forces collected. Fearful of employing or arming the chineze. Greeks
the only rulers & soldiers in the country. Enough to preserve interior
tranquility, but not to resist invasion. Levees in Aglandu & troops
transported. Interim, Tartars make great progress & inflict great
calamities. Alliance between Tartars & Chineze rebels. Blood shed &
confusion every where for first year.
Troops, Second ‸ & third, 4 & 5. years, levied, transported to China. Land. forming
five armies, 400, thousand each. Tartar leaders, holding independent
possession of four provinces. Natives first siding with them in
enmity to the Greeks. Afterwards repenting their submission, passive
spectators or reluctant enemies of the Greeks.
The tartars defeated, surrendered, starved, exterminated,
in succession.
4. Provinces revolted, the Greek unable to retain them. Leave the
revolters unmolested till the tartars are repelled.
―2―Before this event the military establishment was forty thousand men
in each of the fifteen provinces. This force, joining with lenient government
with watchful superintendance, & with the pacific, dispersed, &
unarmed state of the people, was thought sufficient. It did not prove
so.
Five years more of obstinate & cruel war were necessary to
suppress the rebellious provinces. The rancourous & hostile spirit
broke out among the natives with amazing force. The Spirit of
vengeance & despair was let loose, & the commotions ended not
not till the axe & the sword had wasted without limits.
Chinese.
| area | 1.500.000. | 375. | ||
| Prov | 15. | 100.000. | 250. | 25. Mill. |
During this war the Alloan troops were employed in the
field against the Tartars & Chineze, or in maintaining the
provinces at peace.
| For ten years, there were ‸ constantly | Garrison . | 500.000. |
| Field. | 300.000. __________ |
|
| 800.000 |
| Tartars, in Arms, at one time, till finally subdued their numbers being constantly recruited. |
||
| 350.000. | ||
| Whole number of Tartars in Arms throughout the war _________ |
875.000 | |
| Tartars slain | 800.000 | |
| Chineze in arms, at one time | 1250.000. | |
| In arms throughout the war | 3.000.000. | |
| Chineze slain in battle | 3000.000. | |
| Chineze, slain, by Military execution, by | ||
| Tartars | 20.000.000. | |
| Alloans | 10.000.000. | |
| Alloans: Slain, in battle In arms, at one time | 300.000. | |
| Throughout the war | 1500.000. | |
| Slain in battle | 1.100.000 | |
| Allo, Cas. & Mas: massacred in J. provinces. | 400.000. __________ |
|
| Total Slain | 42.500.000. |