The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-04
KILLED A MAN A MINUTE.
Foutaine's Wonderful Works as Scout Under
Lee.
Boston Advertiser.

Lee.
Boston Advertiser.
One of tile most remarkable men
on earth today is Lamar fontalne.
OF medium height, spare but SIN
envy, high cheek bones denotlng
courage and recklessnes, gray eyes
that are dreamy and wlstful when
the temperament is calm and III
repose, but blazing with furious
light under the excitement OF rec
objection: hands that are as deli
cate as IL woman's in construct
ion, but twisted and gnarled from
the hard use to which they have
been put; voice that IS musical
and soft; lips thin and straight
cut, and heavy growth of hair
and beard that are just streaked
with gray-these are the dlstln-
guished physical characteristics TO
Lamar Fontaine.
Though with the weight OF G6
years piled upon his shoulders,
and the scars of sixty-seven bullet
wounds marking his slight frame,
he is neither bent nor nlisshapen.
Mr.. Fontaine's adventurous life
began at the early age of 10. He
was captured by Comanche In
dams in Texas and borne off by
these savages to their retreat in
the vicinity of what is now Sioux,
Iowa. For four years they kept
him captive. Then the band made
its way to New Mexico, and he es-
capped across $50 miles of sun bak-
ed desert.
An uncle, Maribeau Lamar, was
then president of the Texas repub-
lie. He then remained with his
uncle at Austin two years, and
then was transferred to the care
of another relative still more fam
ous-Commodore Maury, who
mapped the trackless seas. For
more than ten years he was, as
the amanuensis of this great sail
or, accompanying him on all his
voyages. From 1857 to 1860 Mr..
Fontaine was secretary of the
American legation in Nicaragua
His kinsman, President Lamar,
was United States minister 10 that
country during most Of this
period. He was III Nicaragua
when the war broke out in the Uni
ted States, and he fastened home
to throw himself into that con
flict.
He bears with him on his tray
els certificate from General r
E. Lee, testifying that Fontaint
A shot and killed sixty federal sol
c diers IN sixty minutes, and anoth.
er note from Stonewall Jackson
couched in this startling language
II believe that during his ser
t vice with me as q sharpshoote
d Lamar Fontaine killed more o
e the enemy than We're killed by an,
= company in my command"
Fontaine began as scout an,
courier for Stonewall Jackson
IS He served in the same capacit.
IF with Generals Stuart and 10
Johnson and a short while witt
Lee. He took part in 81 pitche
battles, IS skirmishes, and owe
! 100 individual skirmishes, " as h
= calls them. He is known in a.
l. branches of the Confederate sci
! vice as the best marksman wit
ariiie or revolver in either army
ly He was wounded 81 times, an
g ID times his lungs were pierced
= Twice his heart was grazed, an
these scratches caused that orga
to enlarge so that skilful phys
Is clans today who examine him wit
a out knowing his history will d
+ clare that he is liable to die Will
in twenty-four hours.
:, 1t was at the battle of Waterlc
Nv Bridge in August 1862, immediat
ii ly prior to the second battle
nd Manassas, that General Lee wi
messed Fontaine's remarkable fe;
oil of killing sixty Yankees in six
10 minutes. Stonewall Jacksc
70 was flanking Pope. Jackson
sharpshooters had possession of
long frame house, and had BET
IT, pouring death into Pope's ran
rly for an hour or more when L
=, "a rode up. He had heard of Fo
D taine's skill, and sought him o
to witness his work. With b
field glass General Lee was enabl
AZ to get good view of the men
eli Fontaine picked them out
slaughter.
Ken A battery was pouring a cont
tch ual stream of fire into the bull
'es, ing occupied by the Confedera