Show noted scout dead george van guren buren noted scout eol sol dier and author of three decades and a direct descendant of president mar tin van buren duren committed suicide at his ranch home in rattlesnake valley seven miles from missoula mont by shooting himself through the heart van buren was attached to general miles troops as scout during the dis estrous custer campaign in little alf horn country he ile arrived at the scene of that massacre after its occurrence in the capacity of a scout bearing im dispatches from miles to cus ter what met his view became world famous by the dispatches be hurriel hurrie I 1 via helena miles distant to the eastern press being the first inform lion tion the world nad of the engagement |