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ARIG^UM. 619passes to Arigaeum, which he found burned.Here Craterusjoined him by the more southei'ly route mentioned, having leftthe region of Andaea well provided for. Him again Alexanderput in charge of Arigseiun, which was a convenient andpromising place for a settlement, instructing him to rebuildand colonize the town afresh with some of the invalided Macedoniansand with well-disposed natives, and to fortify itstrongly. For this city and Andaea commanded tlie valleyheads of the Chocs, Guraeus and many intervening rivers andstreams ; and the possession of strong places at these twopoints gave Alexander substantial control of nearly all thepasses in the uplands, and thus left no opposition or dangerbetween him and Sogdiana. But the thorouglmess of thismethod of working consumed much time.Some tribes north of Arigaeum had rendezvoused with thefugitives from this vicinity at a point farther up the mountains,and threatened trouble to the new city.Alexander sawthat he must leave the garrison he proposed to place in Arigaeumfree from risk of attack for some time, and took up hismarch against them. While on the way, Ptolemy, havingpreceded the army on a foraging and reconnoitring expedition,returned with news that a very largeforce of bai'barians wasnear at hand, lying on a mountain side, with camj) fires vastlyoutnumbering Alexander's. The barbarians of the wholeadjoining territory had, it seems, joined forces, their spiritsby no means cowed by the loss of their town. A part of hisarmy Alexander left in reserve, encamped at the foot of themountain, and marched with a force which he judged sufficienttowards the barbarians.When he had reached their vicinity, he divided hisforcesinto three parts : under Ptolemy, who took a third of thehypaspists, the brigades of Philip and Philotas, two squadronsof horse-archers, the Agrianians and half the other cavalry