Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-06-27
A TEST OF COURAGE.
TOkTuRES WHICH INDIAN SCOUTS
BORE WITH SMILING FACES.

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
III western Idaho were skcptical ut
first of Lieutenant Farrow's abilities
to lead them into battle. They had
never seen his courage tested and
plainly intmatcd by word and action
that they had no intention Of olcying
his orders unless he should prove him
SELF Drawer thnn my chief, subchicf or
buck In the command.
First they gave themselves up to NIL
kinds Of physical torture Us lesson
to him. They slashcl their bodies
with knives without showing pain.
They slit the skin on their chests. ran
showers thcrcunAcr and jrrkcd of
cutancous and tlcshly strips while smil-
ing happily In his face. They split
their ears, pierced their noses, LAGER
ntrd their cheeks, hutrhcrcd their arms
and legs. Their stunts were SO far
beyond anything Farrow could intlict
upon himself that the poor young lieu
tenant thought he saw his finish"
Suddenly, while rlvulcts of cold per-
SEPARATION trickltd down his spine, the
West Pointer rrcollrctrd that In his
schoolhoy days hr was IN adept ut
driving pin into the thick Uf his
"vastus cyt"rnus" without feeling pain
and the joyful inspiration to thus illu-
inmate his courage seized him.
Tho necessary pin was In the lapel
of his fatigue Jacket. RuthlcSsly he
slit the front Of his brrcchcs leg from
pocket to knee, then his drawers TIL
the front Of the thigh was EXPOSED to
the wondering gaze OF the Indians
gathered clos" around. Then 1ramat-
ically exhibiting the pin, m affair Of
an inch and sixteenth. he reached
for Hat ston" md drove the harmless
bit of wire down to the head In the
unrcsisting muscle. Ills handsome
face was as unclou,lrl ns when he
helped to haze his first plrhc.
The red men nodded nppr"v'nGly,
Eruntrd, looked wise and sat down on
their launches. They had seen some
li'iIie new i'I' W 'lli'''l s>'l|''iiIlt ilf'i'
convincing. FarrrW realized this md
wa. In the seventh heaven of despair
rs he smilmgly pulled out the pin and
held 1t nloft for Inspection.
TO show the white feather meant In
that hostile country INSTRUMENTATION
nul trrur'nry involving Tnrruw'a
mysterious death. 1t was n moment 10
try n soul and t" fry II. Tn" licutrn.
ant whispered To his trusted sergeant:
II nm going to take II desperate chance,
| nm 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
ri,l", Yell 'SiwHshr mount and make
oil through the Woods nH fast as You
can ride. Don't forget To iir" before l
do, els" shall he IA dead man"
sitting upon Jagged rock, he tx
planned TO the Indians what II" was
uhuut to do, and with great dclt"r'i-
tiun and som" fine thratricHls h" cock
cd thr pistol and placed the muzzlc
against his temple. The Indians were
wrought up 10 a high pitch. They had
never seen Il man shoot himself through
III" head and live. Surely here was
thr hrulcSt Of MI brave leaders. They
would follow him through he'll.
The sergeant. unuotic"d, fired his RI
,lc, his Isl wash" woke the echoes Of
Shosh"nc and BITTER Root, and II" clat-
ter of his horses boots rang down the
Clear Water ns far as Fort LapWai.
"Sl-vashT The Indians knew what