The Great Trek of the Russian Mennonites to Central Asia, 1880-1884, Fred Richard Belk, 1976

o-page extract of a letter written by John Jantzen on June 19, 1884, now in MHLA, n.p.); ““Letters’’ (eight-page MS in MHLA, n.p., n.d.); “Asien (nine-page MS in MHLA, n.p., n.d.). 3. CBB (January 15, 1883), p. 13; MR (weekly, December 26, 1883), p. 3; GB (May, 1884), p. 39. 4. “Minutes of the Meeting for the Support of Needy Immigrants from Asia” (document in MHLA, n.p., n.d.). 5. MOR (July, 1980), pp. 303-305. 6. “Minutes of the Meeting Held April 10, 1884’ (document in MHLA, n.p.). 7. “Minutes of the American Aid Committee, April 18, 1884'’ (document in MHLA, n.p.). 8. ‘The American Mennonite Aid Committee Meeting on May 9, 1884’’ (document in MHLA, n.p.). Notes 22) 9. “Rubles” (MS in MHLA, n.p., n.d.). 10. GB (September, 1884), pp. 70-71; Klaassen, ‘Memories of a Journey,” p. 33, says there were 10 double teams and four single wagons; ‘‘Rubles’; BM says 24 families left; ‘‘ Extracts from Letters Received at Beatrice, Nebraska’ (MS in MHLA, n.p., n.d.). 11. Jantzen, “Memories,” pp. 27-28; Klaassen, ‘‘ Memories,’’ p. 47. 12. GB (July, 1884), p. 54; BM. 13. Jantzen, “Memories,” pp. 26-27; Klaassen, “‘ Memories,” pp. 33-35. 14. Ibid. 15. BM. 16. Ibid.; Jantzen, ‘Memories,’ p. 29; Klaassen, ‘‘Memories,” pp. 35-36; Inter- view with John H. Wiebe by writer on May 7, 1972, in Whitewater, Kansas. 17. C. J. Jantzen, “My Ancestors,” p. 17. Johann Jantzen, Jr., fell beneath the wagon, and Heinrich, son of Tobias Dirks, died as an infant. 18. BM. 19. Ibid. 20. Jantzen, ““Memories,’’ p. 30. 21. “Extracts from Letters at Beatrice, Nebraska.” 22. Ibid. 23. ‘‘Petition Draft to Secretary of State of the United States’ (document in MHLA, n.p., n.d.). There was fear for the brethren because it was known that there were such strong russophile attitudes that all foreigners were held in suspicion. For example, by 1888, there were only about 150 foreigners in Bukhara. Curzon, Russia in Central Asta, pp. 22-24, 33, 171. 24. Herold der Wahrheit (October 15, 1885); Lorene Dick, ‘Dirks Family’ pp. 7- 8; Klaassen, ‘‘Memories,” pp. 38-39. 25. Duerksen and Schmidt, “Summaries of Passenger Lists of Mennonite Immi- grants, 1873-1900" (MS in MHLA, n.p., April 5, 1967). 26. Ibid.; there were 6 Albrechts, 7 Dirkses, 6 Fasts, 5 Graeves, 14 Jantzens, 3 Klaassens, 5 Martenses, 7 Penners, 13 Unruhs, 7 Wegelis, and 5 Wiebes. 27. CBB (October 1, 1884), pp. 149-150; Cornelius Krahn, “J. K. Penner," ME, IV, p. 135; W. C. Andreas, “Highlights and Sidelights of Mennonites in Beatrice, Mennonite Life, 1, No. 2 (July, 1964), p. 23; Anniversary Booklet 1876-1951, First Men- nonite Church, Beatrice, Nebraska. 28. J. K. Penner, one of the most famous early arrivals, later called affectionately 229 The Great Trek of the Russian Mennonites ‘“‘Onkel Lehrer’ by students in a German school in Beatrice, reportedly requested that his diary of the Central Asia episode in his life be buried with him at hi