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Danbury Times
Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
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Russian government, despairing of military victory in the war against Caucasian mountaineers, resorts to non-violent means including facilitating Circassian slave trade with Turkey and distributing gold to principal chiefs to achieve submission.
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Despairing of terminating by dint of arms the war with the mountaineers of the Caucasus, the Russian government has had recourse to other means, the most powerful of which is an appeal to the mountaineers. We have already announced the facilities afforded by Russia to the Circassians in their traffic for female slaves with Turkey. But these are not the only means resorted to, to bring the Circassians to submission. Gold has been largely distributed among the principal chiefs.
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Caucasus
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Despairing of terminating by dint of arms the war with the mountaineers of the Caucasus, the Russian government has had recourse to other means, the most powerful of which is an appeal to the mountaineers. Facilities afforded by Russia to the Circassians in their traffic for female slaves with Turkey. Gold has been largely distributed among the principal chiefs to bring the Circassians to submission.