After the lapse of many years the descendants of the two brothers had
increased to such an extent that the territory they dwelt in proved too
small to support them all. North of their homes lay blessed Scythia,
bounded on the east by the Ural mountains, on the southeast by the
sandsteppes, rich in salt, and the Caspian Sea, and on the south by the
Don river. After having thoroughly reconnoitred this country they drove
out the inhabitants, one portion of the people spreading over their
newly acquired home and taking possession of it, whilst the remaining
portion continued to occupy their former country. The progeny of Hunyor
settled in the northeastern part of the country beyond the Volga,
whilst the descendants of Magyar, pushing upwards along the Don,
pitched their tents on the left bank of the river. The latter were
afterwards known by the name of the Don-Magyars, and their country by
that of Dontumogeria—that is, the Don Magyarland.
In proportion as the two kindred races increased and came in contact
with various other nations, they began to differ from each other
more and more widely in their ways and manners. The Huns being more
exposed to the attacks of the roving populations than the Magyars,
who were protected by the Caspian Sea and endless steppes, became,
in consequence, more warlike, and adopted ruder manners. Twenty-two
generations had passed away since the death of the two brothers, who
had been the founders of their nations, when for reasons unknown the
Huns resolved to emigrate from their country. Whilst the Magyars
continued to dwell quietly along the Don, the Huns proceeded with an
immense army, each tribe contributing ten thousand men, against Western
Europe, conquering and rendering tributary, in the course of their
wanderings, numerous nations, and finally settled in the region of
the Theiss and Danube. Later on, however, in the middle of the fifth
century, when the world-renowned Attila, “the scourge of God,” came
into power, the Huns carried their victorious arms over a great part of
the western world.
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