The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-08-10
THE FORTUNE OF WAR.
A Little History Connected with Private
r 7sh-a Killed in idaho. .gI
From the ST. Louis Republican. July sth.

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/ From the ST. Louis Republican, July eth
Nearly year ago the quartermaster's
cffice at this post was notified from the War
| Department to furnish transportation to
Mrs. Alice A. Hurlburt and two children
from this city to Fort Lapwai, Idaho Ter
ritory. AS it is not unusual thing for Of
ficers and men in the service to obtain sim
liar orders from the Department this would
have probably attracted little attention had
it not been for the mathe matical turn of
mind of some of the clerks. The order was
dated July 18, 1876, and was to the effect
that the Quartermaster's Department will
furnish Mrs. Alice A. Hurlburt and two
children transportation from St. Louis to
Fort Lapwai, Idaho Territory, the cost of
which will be deducted from the pay of her
husband, Private William L. IIurlburt,
Co. F, First Cavalry, in installments OF SO
per month. aF = sE 1871 .....
In glaneing ever this order it occurred to
the clerk VIII received it that it would take
Private Hurlburt some years to pay off his
little debt to the government. Altogether
it was most singular matter. The cost of
the journey would be- upward of $40O. A
private soldiers pay is only $13 per month,
and the idea of giving up all of it but e3 a
month for the period of nearly four years
would be rather gloomy to contemplate.
From this little mathematical calculation
the clerks naturally enough turned to spec
ulating as TO What kind Of people this sol.
dier and his wife must be, to place them
selves in such extremity for the sake of be-
| ing together. 1t seemed Strange, indeed,
that two sncl people should ever have be-
come separated. Then it was a matter of
curiosity to know why this soldier had en-
| listed. The record showed that be had
| only been in the service about a year, aud
the more the matter Was discassetlthe more
singular did it seem. as<'a1- 5s- = .,.s
| THE SOLDIERS WIFE.
Before the question had approached a So
/ luton their speculations were cut short by
/ the arrival of the soldiers wife. She was a
pretty, lady like little sbedy, with two fine
children, and evidently had passed good
portion Of her life under happy auspices
There was q shadow of trouble on her
| smooth brow that made her really charm
ing ways irresistible. Her helpless situa-
tien and evident anxiety regarding her pro-
| .jected journey, coupled with her oft cx-
| pressed desire to see her husband once more
eAcited the greatest interest in her welfare.
! minutes she could have counted d ffend in
/ every one Of the good looking young men
about the establishment. Fully believing
| that she was about --sss sasss7ss -
.ssp ssrry~rr1ed7 every means OF persuading
her to relinquish her purpose Before
leaving the Office she said her husband had
lost his property year before and in a fit
of desperation had enlisted. Directly after
ward he had been ordered to the " est. and
she had not seen him since. Is was's SO hard
to be separated, and shs would endure any
pr,vasion-rs. sssi5sz
Tss 1letiii EsEs ~ .'.. "si'ss
termasterss office here would probaiy never
have known but for one of those incidents
| the service is always liabIe 10. ss9 a9ad
THE FORTUNE Of WAR.
The telegraph two days ago brought the
names of 81 soldiers and 18 settlers killed
/ in the last Indian uprising in Idaho, aud in
the list, was that of Private Hulburt, Co. F,
First Cavalry. His. company was part of
the force that went out, from Fort Lapwai
to the assistance Of the settlers at Mount
Idaho on the 18th Of June last. They were
either drawn into an ambuscaile or, desert
ed by the guard left in charge Of their
horses, and the little detachment was. cut
30 pieces, losing, in killed and wounded
nearly half the total uunber that went out.
!, A brother-in-law of Mrs. Hurlburt called
at the Quartermaster's Office a few days
since with a letter he had received under
date Of June, 17oh, from Lewiston. Idaho,
Notifying him of the death of lIurlburt, and
| also acquainting him with the fact that
Mrs. !Iurlhurt was still at Lapwai and in
destitute circumstances Whate, err the
brave little woman's trials may have been
/ or may hereafter BE-, she will probablyycver
be consoled by the. thought that she had
gone when he called her and stayed by. him
to the last. -, nsiYs