ABSTRACT
The news that now reached him was of a somewhat disquieting nature. A portion of the cavalry had been detached to occupy the village of Enderee, on the Aktash, and had suffered a reverse-it was called a disaster-at the hands of the Tchetchens. This was the first time that Russian regular troops had come in contact with that tribe in their native forests, and the result was ominous of what was to take place on numberless occa sions during the ensuing 130 years. It will be seen that in the history of the conquest of the Caucasus the forest fighting against the Tchetchens played a part second in importance only to the mountain warfare against the tribes of Daghestan; it cost Russia an even greater ex penditure of blood and money, and led to more extensive and more sanguinary disasters.
