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82-83. 30. Ibid. 31. Ibid. 32. MR (weekly, October 31, 1883), p. 1. 33. Friesen, Briiderschaft, p. 482; Krahn, “ Nikolaipol,” ME, III, p. 882. 34. Krahn, ‘“Romanovka Mennonite Church,” ME, IV, p. 354. 35. Christian Neff, ‘Allianz Gemeinden,” ME, I, p. 62; Neff, ‘Allianz Gemeinden,” ML, I, p. 35; Friesen, Briiderschaft, p. 722. 36. Goertz, Family History, p. 31; Siebert Goertz, “Mother Goertz’s Diary.” Of those baptized that day, the daughter of Peter Dalke, Helena, married Siebert Goertz soon after the baptism and they both became staunch members of the Mennonite Breth- ren Church until their deaths years later in Kansas. One son of this union, Peter Siebert Goertz, born in 1886 in Aulie Ata, was one of the first in the family to join with the General Conference Mennonite Church when he became dean at Bethel Col- Notes 217 lege, North Newton, Kansas, well over a quarter of a century later. 37. MR (semimonthly, March 15, 1883), p. 4. 88. Pierce, Russians in Central Asia, p. 10. 39. Klaassen, ‘‘Asienreise,’ pp. 22-24; MR (weekly, December 5, 1883), pp. 1- 2; MR (weekly, July 4, 1883), p. 1. 40. CBB (September 15, 1885), pp. 141-142. In a letter in July 1883, to the news- paper Der Christliche Bundesbote, after expressing a heartfelt love for the natives, Bartsch showed a still lingering interest in millennial theories. Only in later years, as a teacher in Lysanderhéh, Trakt, would he mount a concerted attack on Claas Epp and radical millennialism. 41. MR (weekly, March 21, 1883), p. 2. 42. MR (semimonthly, February 15, 1883), p. 3. Apparently numbers were issued to the draftees, and only those with lower numbers were inducted. 43. GB (May, 1884), p. 39. 44. Janzen, “Colony,” pp. 285-287. 45. Ibid., MR (semimonthly, June 1, 1883), p. 2; Ruth Graber MS; Polnoe Sobranie Zakronov Rossijskoj Imperii. 46. Janzen, ‘Colony,’ p. 289. Chapter 13 1. Arlin G. Claassen, “A Study of the Mennonites of Russia,” p. 11. 2. CBB (December 1, 1882), p. 182; Cornelius Krahn and Cornelius Bergmann, ““Khiva,” ME, III, p. 173; Anna Toews, “ Diary’; GB (February 1, 1883), pp. 12-13. 3. GB (November, 1882), pp. 83-84. 4. CBB (December 1, 1882), p. 182. 5. Ibid. 6. Ibid.; CBB (April 1, 1883), p. 2; BM. 7. CBB (April 1, 1883), p. 2; GB (February, 1883), p. 13. 8. Schultz, “Autobiography,” pp. 38-41. 9. Jantzen, “Memories,” pp. 14-16; Claassen, “A Study,” p. 11: BM. Jantzen sets the numbers at 48 wagons, 81 horses, and 153 people. Hermann Bartsch says 63 wagons, 10 arbas, and 137 camels. Toews’ records tell of 60 families. 10. Claassen, “A Study,” p. 11; CBB (April 1, 1883), p. 54; Carl Jantzen, “My Ancestors,” p. 12; Art Toews, ‘A Translation,” p. 8. 218 The Great Trek of the Russian Mennonites 11. CBB (April 1, 1883), p. 54. 12. Klaassen, “Memories of a Journey,” pp. 27-28. 13. Toews, “A Translation,” p. 8; BM; CBB (April 1, 1883), p. 54; Carl Jantzen, “My Ancestors,” p. 12;