The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-11-17

Is outlaws beyond the pale of civilized
warfare. And with this expedition, in
the capacity Of guide and chief Of scouts,
went Captain Jack Hurd.
At first the Union cavalry we're great
ly inferior to that Of the Confederates,
but two years Of active campaigning had
reversed this. Our mounted men had
become fearless riders, and they had
perfected themselves In the rs5e Of the
saber, the horseman's most formidable
weapon. but one to which the southern
troopers never took kindly. The Union
cavalry had become ubiquitous and dar-
ingly, 6ercely aggressive. Tor the enc
my who fought and resisted them in the
open they had q soldiers respect; for the
guerrillAs, who shot the wounded and
stragglers froE an ambuscade, they had
the bitterest hate, and when caught they
showed them no more mercy EnRn II
they were rattlesnalres.
Thirty Of Tinker Dave Beattyis gang
were cOrralled in the mountains, and
knowing what to expect they fought to
the death. Among the men still living
when the barricade was charged and
taken was Pike Hurd. There was O
saber cut on his face from the temple to
the chin. and from his shattered right
hand the blood poured in t~FFent.
Fetch q rope and string him upl"
shouted some one, and q man appeared
with halter. He threw q moose over
Pixies neck and was about to drag him
to tho nearest tree when Q man in blue
appeared on the scene, and shouting
"D-n you. that's my brother:" 10 fell
ed to the earth the man who held the
rope.
It is doubtful II brothers, after q long
parting, ever met under Just the same
circumstances, but in the border states
It was not unusual for soldiers to recog-
nize old friends, relatives and even
brothers among the dead and dying Of
the enemy.
Captain Hurds escape from Knoxville,
through the assistance Of his Confederate
brother. was pretty well known to his
cavalry friends, and when 1t became
known that this was the brother, and
Pike had told his own story, the hands
that had been clutched to hang were
opened to help. Pixies right hand was
amputated then and there, and the cash
In his face was sewed up. At Jacks
urging and to avoid his being sent north
as prisoner, Pike took the oath Of al
legiance.
A week after this, and when Il was
believed that all Tinker Dave Beatty's
gang were killed or driven south Of the
Tennessee, Colonel WynkoOp permitted
Jack to take his brother to his mothers
house, forty miles away, and he fur
nished him an ambulance Cor this pur-
pose and a doctor to see to the wounded
man.
1--WE uns didn't never expect to see
Jack and Pike together agin, but thar
they was, praise the Lor', and when
seed 'em l fell right down and didn't
know nawthin till wuk up in JaSk's
arms and the doctor a-holdin a canteen
to my mouth. But Is 70 Pike, when
seed him thar with his right hand gone
and plastahs all down his face a'mose
got on my knees to thank God, TO now
knowed he wouldn't leave me no
NOAH"
After q week spent in the neighbor.
hood, blue clad courier appeared on q
foam hecked horse with q message foI
Jack. He was ordered south Of the
Tennessee to scout In the advance Of
the army Of the Cumberland, then push
ing through the mountain defles Of
northwestern Georgia.
"Whin Jack he come to kiss me good,
by" said Mrs. Hurd. with n sob, "a
couldn't a-bear to let him go, but locked
my hands about his neck with him
a-bendin down his tall head and a-whis.
perrin to keep up the same brave heart,
coz he'd be back soon. But q shAddeI
came Ovah my eyes, and . sharp pain,
ez II made with an ice dagger, pierced
my heart. and knowed wouldn't SEQ
him no noah; and Minny, she felt jest
the same way.
Mot sence they was little boys did ]
sec them brothers kiss till that time.
And Jack he said, 'Nevah mind, Pike,
ole Teller. with three hands between US,
reckon we uns kin git along right
smart Whin the wAh is oVRh.' But Pike
he couldn't speak, coz there was . lumT
in his throat and his eyes was a-lealEin.
And Jack rode of, and up thar whar the
road winds ovah the hill he pulled in hil
critter and waved his hat to rs; then hs
was gone. Ny GodI Ny Jack-my fusI
bawn; no was gone-gone fo'eVahI
And the poor mother broke down in hel
narrative, her voice sank to . whisper
and she swayed her gaunt feSIa % II h
rock her torturing memories to rest.
Captain Hurd was an invaluable mar
during the campaign that ended in thu
frightful disaster that over Iok our army
at Chickamauga. During the siege Of
Chattanooga DO helped pilot and defend
the wagon trains that brought through
supplies from McMinnVille, and without
which the army must have persisted. b
seemed to be tireless, and he was Ovel
vigilant and accomplishing,
In that splendid battle that redeemed
Chickamauga and wreSted Lookout and
Missionary Ridge from Rragg Jack Hurd
fell with Q bullet In his breast In thu
very moment Of victory.
From where he lay he could see thu
standards Of the Fourteenth corp
browning the center Of the crest. HG
could see the blue waves, steel crested
sweeping up from the right. To the LEFT
Of where he fell the timber shut out hil
view, but he could hear the cheers Of
sheFman's and Towards men o. they
rushed against the most stubssraly de-
Tended part Of the enemy's line. And
looking away to the west, to his beloved
mountains, he could SEQ the banner he