Show i 1 F FI a s rR t w. w Ns K 4 Y S Sa A I 44 t Ch N S S. S 1 t 4 x n re er f Bay a a toh The dr t Origins y y Boy falo I I 1 HE liB other day newspapers newspaper I carried a n brief Associated I Iress dispatch from New T I believed York York A A man I to be Edward Furrow Farrow I X one seventy years ears old u II ureal of i real rhal estate operator I I N. N J. J died of ot I today In Columns Column Colum Colum- I ns us avenue Jut just t one oue of those brief J chronicles of sudden death In III the Jiji gist of ot news and It was not until the local clIl up follow from a aNew ae New e Jersey city was us added that U it tome became more than that hat t For Foil the fol fol- low loir lorup up recorded the fact that tho t he be was wast t West Point Int t of General Perching Pershing the founder of ot which he hud had hoped to establish as Ill ass asi i s home borne for retired roll red army officers and which has been beeT the subject of ot endless mention litigation with developers the inventor tor of or toxic tolls gates lS l'S and the gas grenade and tid author of or many books on mill mitt tar rj subjects Including I Furrows Farrows Unitary Military Encyclopedia a standard I authority I There was al also o n a brief mention of his hIJ part In III the Indian wars but it was enough to recall to time old army army men stirring events In the Pacific North North- ea test Teat In la the days of ot Chief Joseph and tie the tb Nez Paces Perces of Buffalo Horn and tb to the Bannocks of lf Gen O. O O O. Howard tad and id Gen Cen Nelson A. A Miles but more particularly the story of young joung oung Edward S S. S Furrow and ond his conquest of 01 f the Indians one of the most moat brilliant exploits In the history of 01 t the United States army LIeutenant Furrow w was was s a native of Maryland and was appointed from that tot state to West Rest Point from which it he was graduated as a second d lIeuten ut tat June H 14 14 1870 1876 Ue was atell eI assigned to the first Twenty in in- try and detailed to Fort Van cot Per fer f. f Wash Wah At the outbreak of the fez liez war his hili company became a part of the army with which h Gen O 0 0 Howard M set lt t out In pursuit of tho Wiles hostiles The young oung lieutenant took Part In the heart heart march of Howards Howard's command over the rough lo Io J trail 1 In the le sharp little battle or of th tie Clear Water Witter on July 11 and 12 12 fm where re his c conspicuous bra bravery ery std M D I gOOd Rood conduct won for him special mention In dispatches by General Howard award and In the pursuit to the end ot of L ibe be when Chief Joseph to Generals Howard and lilies la In UI the Bear L ar PaW mountains In ln Sultana Montana At the op of the Nez Forces c Capt Pt S. S G. G Fish Fishier Fisher cr a fron- fron was 1111 u l ordered ard d by b Gen Oen- Bow Ilow nock to enlist 1 II a comP company y of 00 CiO lJ linn linn- m. m Indian runts M on the Kor lIan huhl FIber Flaher reservation in Idaho Associated with ryas another frontiersman T r named l GIrd Ifill d Jack a 11 ete old D t Ii is Is old boy Wh who hut had left hone In to seek ad all S e In the flee Fur We West t. t Called Ii the original no Boy oy Scout II IJO rd In ln later luter years year and anti andu des ea Ded u u the e J Young oung Ue lieutenant nt were t together see somo Sowo stirring service u year rear or BO so later One of tI J I l J the I stouts scouts outs was uS a h young chief named Buffalo Horn who had also served as a scout for tor General Miles lilies In the SIoux war of 1870 and und of whom u II scout fellow the famous Yellowstone ell I Kelly Capt Luther S. S ell I Kelly once described us as one of ot the bravest Indiana Indians Indians In In- diana I hate rn ha e ever eyer known After the close cloe of the Nez Perce war young oun ned Iced Ing Ington on became a newspaper re reporter orter In Pan Fan an Francisco and one of the stories sto- sto ate sto ties ries which he wrote for tor his paper was wasu u prophecy of a new Indian war Lieutenant Farrow and Scout lied Ked Ington served together In la the short and Plute Flute war of 1878 1873 an again the young lieutenant distinguished distinguished distinguished distin distin- himself Buffalo Horn was killed by a u Piute Plute scout In the servIce of the soldiers In June 1878 1378 and the war virtually came to nn an end when Howard's Howards troops captured tho the greater 00 J 7 part of ot the two hostile tribes In Au Au- gust st st. A part of ot them Item however succeeded succeedEd succeeded suc suc- In eluding the soldiers and retreated retreated retreated re re- treated to the fastnesses of the Salmon Salmon Sal Sal- mon River mountains n near near ar the S Seven Sen en Devils peaks There they were Joined by renegades from other tribes and during the following months these us they became because they subsisted principally upon upon up up- on on the lie mountain sheep which were abundant In that region Instituted a reign of terror In parts of ot Idaho which were Just beginning to open up Ul to settlement emen t. t Ear Early In 1879 General Howard ordered ordered or or- dered Lieutenant nant Farrow to enlist a n company of vt Indian scouts to form 1 i t detachment of ot picked men meu selected for endurance and skill In marksmanship marksman ship and to proceed against these and any uny other hostile Indiana Indians Indians In In- diana that still remained In that part of tho country countr Furrow Farrow enlisted ht his hl scouts among the he Umatilla and other friendly tribes tribe took look a few of or tho the best marksmen from the different brunches branches of the service sen-Iro In I he the department of the lee Columbia and these thello with several civilian c volunteers Including young composed the force with which he set out u t over come fonie of the roughest territory on the North American continent to hunt down the enemy In the meantime two o other er forces commanded command d by Captains Bernard and Catley were operating In that part of ot the country Ou On July 29 Catley won was defeated by the ln who captured his his' pack train and all 1111 of his hU supplies and forced him to retreat Upon learning of this Furrow cach cached d his supplies and equipage and aud living off ofT offlie the lie country set lIet out to Catley's relief After five days of or terrific forced marches he be came Clime up with Catley Cutley left lefta a few of his foot sore footsore sore men and horses and pushed on Into the Salmon River mountains lie was was soon soon soon hot on en 11 the trail of the Indians Captain Forse who was sent out to reinforce Captain Catley soon afterwards joined forces with Captain Bernard and aud late In August Bernard reported to General Howard that Farrow 30 SO miles ahead of him was pursuing the hostile Indians down the lie Middle Salmon Canon n nod and d had caused them to abandon all their lug lur g gage gage A little later Bernard Bernart reported report ed The country Is so rough that animals animals an cannot be got through It t at all All our stock except a few of Captain Forse's horses and the animals captured cap by br Farrow are arc exhausted Most of our h horses and mules have given out and have been shot It seemed so Impossible to capture these flying Indians who ran from peak to peak faster than the troops troop could toll follow ow writes General Howard In his account of the campaign and realizing th the Intense sufferings of the troops engaged last sent orders for Bernard Demard 11 0 judgment it was wa impossible tf to t I more than he had hat done to leave the thu tearful fearful country ani an and distribute his forces to the posts where they ther belonged 4 6 Bernard acted I promptly on this order and with his bl own command proceeded southward to Boise Dolse So upon Farrow descended the responsibility responsibility re re- for the success of the campaign The Indefatigable young lieutenant abandoned most of his baggage baggage baggage bag bag- gage and when all aU of ot his horses finally finally final final- ly Iy gave out out pressed on on foot toot FInally Finally Fi Fl- nally he be cornered the tho In their stronghold on the Middle Fork of the tho Salmon tin and although Ing that lint defeat meant annihilation he be boldly attacked The result was the capture of the place and a n precipitate retreat by the hostiles In this stronghold Farrows Farrow's men found round tons and tons tOM of ot food which the had hod gathered for winter win win- tor ter use and arid which the tho he soldiers burned Driven from what they had hurl believed to be an all Impregnable pl position am and facing a hungry winter all that remained re re- for the Indians to d do 1 was to surrender Then n after a march of 62 02 days through deep snow snow over rugged mountains Lieutenant harrow Furrow reached the Columbia river with his captives and und delivered them to General How and urd at Vancouver er barracks as prisoners pris of If war |