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Updated: May 7, 2025
It would be a fitting finish to our mountain tour to sleep on the battlefield of Fundina, and in the house of a modern hero. "I warn you," remarked the doctor, "that Kećo much belies his deeds by his appearance." Kećo was not in his house when we arrived, and we had our ceremonial and inevitable black coffee brought to us on a small natural platform of rock overlooking the magnificent valley.
The famous battle of Fundina was won by Marko and his tribe alone against an overwhelming Turkish army before war had been officially declared with Montenegro. Many were the stories of his reckless bravery, which one of his relations told us. Before he had reached the age of twenty he had killed many Turks in single encounter, and was in consequence outlawed.
Since then the men of Dinoš wait for me, and they will kill me soon, for the insult is very great that I have put upon them, and the fame of my deed has travelled into all lands." As he said this his eyes lit with fire, and the spirit of heroism shone out in the seemingly timid-looking man. "Must thou stay here, in Fundina?" I asked, "where thy enemies are so near.
The Franciscan had given us a new insight into the mysteries of life. A modern hero, and our sojourn under his roof Kećo's story The laws of Vendetta and their incongruity We return to Podgorica The Montenegrin telephone An elopement causes excitement The Sultan's birthday The reverse of the picture A legal anomaly. "At Fundina," said Dr. S., "you will meet one of the modern heroes of Montenegro.
Beyond lay the Lake of Scutari with its background of mountains. It was early in the evening when we reined in our horses before a modest stone house and dismounted. It was Fundina, a straggling village built on the sloping sides of a mountain from which it takes its name.
The Turkish populace literally cut him to pieces a fate which the devoted man well knew would befall him. This and other events led up to the attack made by the Turkish troops on the tribe of Kuć, when, at Fundina, Marko and his small tribe smote the Moslems hip and thigh. The rest is a matter of history.
A man named Kećo, whose fame has reached to the uttermost ends of the land." We had bidden farewell to our host and were riding past the last houses and huts of the clan of Zatrijebać on our way to Fundina. The path tended downwards, and shortly the great plain of the Zeta burst suddenly into view as we rounded a corner of the mountains.
When they saw me and my cow, they came towards me firing, but being unsteady from running, the bullets flew wide. Then I took careful aim and shot Achmet dead, and then his son. We then ran quickly, and though men pursued us, they were afraid to come too near lest I should shoot them likewise, and so we came back to Fundina in safety.
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