es, Taidshuts, Katakins, and Saldjuts, held in
1201, been elected gurkhan. They met near a river, called Kieiho by
Mailla; Kian, by Hyacinthe; and Kem, by Raschid, and then adjourned to
the Tula, where they made a solemn pact praying that "whichever of
them was unfaithful to the rest might be like the banks of that river
which the water ate away, and like the trees of a forest when they are
cut into fagots." This pact was disclosed to Temudjin by one of his
friends who was present, named Kuridai. He marched against them, and
defeated them at a place north of the Selinga, called Ede Kiurghan,
_i.e._, site of the grave mounds. Chamuka fled, and the Kunkurats
submitted.

In the spring of 1202, Temudjin set out to attack the tribes Antshi
and Tshagan. These were doubtless the subjects of Wangtshuk and
Tsaghan, mentioned by Ssanang Setzen. They were probably Tungusian
tribes. The western writers tell us that Temudjin gave orders to his
soldiers to follow up the beaten enemy, without caring about the
booty, which should be fairly divided among them. His relatives,
Kudsher, Daritai, and Altun, having disobeyed, were deprived of their
share, and became, in consequence, his secret enemies. Ssanang Setzen
has much more detail, and his narrative is interesting because, as
Schmidt suggests, it apparently contains the only account extant of
the conquest of the tribes of Manchuria. He says that while Temudjin
was hawking between the river Olcho and the Ula, Wangtshuk Khakan, of
the Dschurtschid (Niutchi Tartars of Manchuria), had retired from
there. Temudjin was angry, and went to assemble his army to attack the
enemy's capital. But as a passage was forbidden him across the river
Ula, and the road was blockaded, the son of Toktanga Baghatur Taidshi,
named Andun Ching Taidshi, coupled ten thousand horses together by
their bridles, and pressed into the river, forced a passage, and the
army then began to besiege the town.

Temudjin sent word to Wangtshuk, and said, "If you will send me ten
thousand swallows and one thousand cats then I will cease attacking
the town"; upon which the required number was procured. Temudjin
fastened some lighted wool to the tail of each and let them go; then
the swallows flew to their nests in the houses, and the cats climbed
and jumped on the roofs; the city was fired, by which means Temudjin
conquered Wangtshuk Khakan, and took his daughter Salichai for his
wife. He then marched farther eastward to the