Item - A Corsican Vendetta

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Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University
Series:	New York Weekly — v. 25 no. 52 — page 4
Subject / Tag:	Sketch
Part of:	New York Weekly, v. XXV, no. 52, November 10, 1870 (Issue)
Author:	Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander), 1814-1881
Date:	November 10, 1870
First Sentence:	Wild and sorrowful are the stories of the past which circulate among the people of Corsica, the "dark and bloody ground" of Europe, the theater of sanguinary feuds prompted by ill-regulated and ungovernable passions, while the stern and savage scenery of the island forms a fitting framework for those tragic dramas.
Last Sentence:	Even the fierce islanders, who soon gathered round the remains, were appaled [sic] at the spectacle, and to this day their descendants cannot recount without a shudder this, the bloodiest of Corsican vendettas.