Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-12-12
With Walker

Nicaragua expedition. With Walker,
whose Chief Of Artillery he was, ne
performed prsligie> of valor. paftcu-
isrly distinguish hin himself az Tie
battle OF Rivas. where. at times, ne
was q host in himself, losding and mr.
ing a which sent scores oil the ene-
INV 10 the ground at each charge.
I,puriny the Nicaragua campaign ne
! was wounded no less than thirteen
times. A gentleman of this city, who
was with him In Nicaragua and who
has long been intimately acquainted
with him, says there are on his body
forty-eiSht scars, received in battles
and in personal conflicts. From Mica.
rayua he went to New Orleans. u
from that city finally to CALIFORNIA;;
then went to Portland, Oregon; thence
to Idaho and Montana, and finally,
some time III 1868, came TO this city,
where he was since resided and where
he had accumulated . considerable
amount of property of various kinds.
In Camptonville, California. in lsoS or
1859 he had
A Terrible Personal Eneeunsef
With a man Of desperate character.
and in the battle received a horrible
wound with an ak. Il appears that he
had had some trouble with this man.
and it was agreed that when they again
met they should Z" meet fighting The
desperate shortly after came into n
saloon, where he saw the Major sitting
in his shirt sleeves. armed with an AK.
As he advanced upon him the Major
arose and drew u large knife. The
man with the Ak moved cautiously
forward, holding aloit his terrible
weapon. The Major stood perfectly
motionloss, warily watching h eyes
of his approaching foe. The only
movement he made vas to constantly
turn the wrist of the hand that held
the knife. so that the weapon Was cease.
lesslv moving and flashing back and
forth. The man advancing with the
AK at last could no longer refrain from
casting a glance at the weapon thus
flashed before his eyes, and the mo-
ment lie did so the Major sprang for
ward with the leap of tiger and drove
his knife not only through the heart of
his foe, but through his whole body.
the point projecting at his back. But
quick as had been his movement, his
opponent was almost as alert-the
blows of both men being struck al
most at the same instant. The handle
of the ak struck the Major OIL the
shoulder. while the whole blade of it
vas buried in the small of his back,
| penetrating and cutting n of his kid.
news. Both men tell to the floor to-
gether and for a time it a Thoughts;
that both were dead; but contrary to
The expectations of all the Major re-
covered from his fearful wound in due
time. and was as ready for fresh adj
ventures, military or otherwise, as be-
fore. To give a sketch of even hall o I
The Majors many exploits would re-
quire whole columns, indeed pages OF
this paper. All are now ended, and by
his own hand. There were rumors OF
financial embarrassment abroad yes
terdav. and all n Of ~conjectures
were INDUCED in by those in search of
a cause for the fearful deed. but the
one we have given is probably
nearly correct than any other. namely,
that he feared he vas losing his sanity
and would he sent to an insane asylum
he concluded TO end his life while he
was vel sufficiently in his right mind
to do so. Major Ferrend was as brave
a mar as ever lived. and was a man
, highly e,teemed by all who knew him.
and particularly by his old compaE-
ions in arms. His death has greatly
shocked the whole community.
lie was a member of the Pacific
Coast Pioneers and was a member q
General Batterman's staff. His fun
eral will take place from the Catholic
Church Tomorrow Thursday after
noon at . o'clock.