Chaidje.--A high Lamaite priest, but not an incarnate god.
Cheka.--The Bolshevik Counter-Revolutionary Committee, the most relentless establishment of the Bolsheviki, organized for the persecution of the enemies of the Communistic government in Russia.
Chiang Chun.--Chinese for “General”--Chief of all Chinese troops in Mongolia.
Dalai Lama.--The first and highest Pontiff of the Lamaite or “Yellow Faith,” living at Lhasa in Tibet.
Dugun.--Chinese commercial and military post.
Fatil.--A very rare and precious root much prized in Chinese and Tibetan medicines.
Felcher.--Assistant of a doctor (surgeon).
Gelong.--Lamaite priest having the right to offer sacrifices to God.
Getul.--The third rank in the Lamaite monks.
Goro.--The high priest of the King of the World.
Hatyk.--An oblong piece of blue (or yellow) silk cloth, presented to honored guests, chiefs, Lamas and gods. Also a kind of coin, worth from 25 to 50 cents.
Hong.--A Chinese mercantile establishment.
Hushun.--A fenced enclosure, containing the houses, paddocks, stores, stables, etc., of Russian Cossacks in Mongolia.
Hutuktu.--The highest rank of Lamaite monks; the form of any incarnated god; holy.
Kalmuck.--A Mongolian tribe, which migrated from Mongolia under Jenghiz Khan (where they were known as the Olets or Eleuths), and now live in the Urals and on the shores of the Volga in Russia.
Kanpo.--The abbot of a Lamaite monastery, a monk; also the first rank of “white” clergy (not monks).
Kanpo-Gelong.--The highest rank of Gelongs (q.v.); an honorary title.
Karma.--The Buddhist materialization of the idea of Fate, a parallel with the Greek and Roman Nemesis (Justice).
Khirghiz.--The great Mongol nation living between the river Irtish in western Siberia, Lake Balhash and the Volga in Russia.
Lama.--The common name for a Lamaite priest.
Lan.--A weight of silver or gold equivalent to about one-eleventh of a Russian pound, or 9/110ths of a pound avoirdupois.
Merin.--The civil chief of police in every district of the Soyot country in Urianhai.
“Om! Mani padme Hung!”.--“Om” has two meanings. It is the name of the first Goro and also means: “Hail!” In this connection: “Hail! Great Lama in the Lotus Flower!”
Nagan-hushun.--A Chinese vegetable garden or enclosure in Mongolia.