The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-05-15
A TEST OF COURAGE.
TORTuReS WHICH INDIAN SCOUTS
BORE WITH SMILING FACES.

IL Was Up To Lieutenant Fnrrow
Once to Emulate Their Example,
hut the West Pointer Used HIS Wits
and Escaped the ordeal.
The Indian scouts that Joined forces
with the United States army IN 1878
TO make prisoners of the Sheep Eaters
IN western Idaho were sleptlcal Mt
first of Lieutenant Farrow's abilities
10 lead them into battle. They had
never seen his courage tested and
plainly intimated Ivy word and action
that they had no intention of obeying
bis orders unless he should prove him
self Drawer than any chief, subchlef or
buck in the command.
First they gave themselves up To all
kinds OF physical torture rs Il lesson
TO him. They siashed their bodies
with knives without showing pain
They slit the skin ON their chests, ran
| skewers Hereunder and Icrkcd of
cutaneous and tieshly strips while smu-
| Ing happily in his face. They split
their ears, pierced their noses LAGER
ated their cheeks butchered their arms
and legs. Their stunts were so far
beyond anything Farrow could INLET
upon himself that the poor young lieu
tenant thought he saw his finish"
Suddenly, while rivulets of cold per-
spiration triclIed down his spine. the
West Pointer recollectcd that In his
schoolboy days he was an adept ut
driving II pin into the thick of his
'vastus externus" without feeling pain
and the joyful Inspiration 10 thus illu-
inmate his courage seized him
The necessary pin was In the lapel
of his fatigue Jacket. Ruthlessly he
slit the front Of his breeches leg from
pocket to knee, then his drawers TIL
the front OF the thigh WAS exposed to
the wondering gaze of the Indians
gathered close around. Then dramat-
ically exhibiting the pin, an affair Of
an inch and II sixteenth he reached
for a fiat stone and drove the harmless
bit of wire down to the head In the
unresistlng muscle. His handsome
face was ms unclouded AS when he
helped to haze his first plehe.
The red men nodded approyingly,
grunted, looked wise and sat down on
their launches. They had seen some
thing new, but wanted something more
convincing. Farrow realized this and
was In the seventh heaven of despair
as he smilingly pulled out the pin and
held 1t aloft for inspection
TO show the white feather meant In
that hostile country INSTRUMENTATION
and treachery, involving Iarrow y
mysterious death II was a moment 10
try II soul and To fry #. The lieuten.
ant whispered 10 his trusted sergcnnt
| Il am going To take II desperate chance.
| am going TO shoot myself through
| the head With my revolver. but you
| stand beside your horse, and Just an
instant before | shoot you fire your
rife. yell 'Si-wnsh! mount and make
on through the woods as fast as you
49, t ii.t sHai bdf ffTf ttad nan 1Ia s4f"r@
Sitting upon II Jagged rock, he eX-
plalned to the Indians what he was
about TO do, and with great dellhert-
ton and some fine theatrlcals he Geek
cd the pistol and placed the muzzlo
against his temple. The Indians were
wrought Gp to II high pitch. They Ind
never seen a man shoot himself through
the head and live, Surely here was
the brayest Of all brave leaders. They
would follow him through he'll
The sergeant. unnotlced, fired his ri
fie. his "Slwnsh!" woke the echoes of
Shoshone and Bitter Root, and the clat-
ter of his horses hoofs rang down the
Clear Water rs far as Fort Eapwai.
"Si-washT The Indians knew what
TINT cry meant In less time than II
takes to tell II farrow was alone. His
forces had scattered TO the four winds.
In the course of Il few hours all were
united again, but the courage test WIS
not renewed
twenty-five years after this exciting
Incident. on certain evening in 1900,
Farrow occupied a box In the Madison
Square Garden when Bufulo Bits
Wild West was in full blast Chief
Joseph. the celebrated commander Of
the Nez Perces. whom Farrow had cap
tured % years previously and whom
he hHd not seen In the interim, he'd n
Wild. whooping. yelling, screechlng
mob OF painted Indians out into the
arena for dash around the circle.
But the charge WINS interrupted cut
short. When Joseph reached the curve
near the Madison avenue end of the
amphltheater he pulled his horse sharp
iy to the right, cutting across the first
file OF warriors in most dangerous fash
ion. In mad gallop he po,ed his
chargers head into mn arena box,
Strengthened up In his etlrrups. held
out his hand and cried: How, How,
How" The old fellow had cnGght
sight Of Farrow. and nothing could
prevent him from riding up 10 salute
his captOr OF 1873. IT was n dramatic
incldent.-Ncw York Press.