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Han er militært mest kendt for sin indsats i [[Anden Boerkrig]], Den første Matabelekrig, og Den anden Matabelekrig. | Han er militært mest kendt for sin indsats i [[Anden Boerkrig]], Den første Matabelekrig, og Den anden Matabelekrig. | ||
== "Father of Scouting" == | |||
[[File:Bp burnham ca1910.jpg|thumb|Burnham ( | <!--[[File:Bp burnham ca1910.jpg|thumb|Burnham (stående) & Baden-Powell (til højre) ved en begivenhed for drengespejdere, ca. 1910.]]--> | ||
Burnham var allerede en anerkendt spejder, da han første gang mødte Baden-Powell i den anden Matabelekrig. Deres baggrund var så forskellige som man kunne forestille sig: I sin barndom i et indianerreservat i Minnesota var Burnhams tidligste legekammerater indianerdrenge fra Sioux-stammen, og de stræbte mod at udmærke sig i sporingens kunst og tradition, og sammen drømte de om at blive store stifindere. Da Burnham var teenager, ernærede han sig ved at jage vildt og | Burnham var allerede en anerkendt spejder, da han første gang mødte Baden-Powell i den anden Matabelekrig. Deres baggrund var så forskellige som man kunne forestille sig: I sin barndom i et indianerreservat i Minnesota var Burnhams tidligste legekammerater indianerdrenge fra Sioux-stammen, og de stræbte mod at udmærke sig i sporingens kunst og tradition, og sammen drømte de om at blive store stifindere. | ||
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and making long rides for Western Union through the California deserts, his early mentors were wise old scouts of the American West, and by nineteen he was a seasoned scout chasing and being chased by Apache.{{sfn|West|1932|p=138}} The British scout he would later befriend and serve with in Matabeleland, Baden-Powell, was born in urban London and had graduated from Charterhouse, one of its most famous preparatory schools.{{sfn|West|1932|p=138}} At nineteen, Baden-Powell passed an exam that gave him an immediate commission in the Army, only it would take several years before he was engaged in any active service.{{sfn|West|1932|p=138}} Even so, from a young age Baden-Powell developed the ambition to become a scout and when these two men met in 1896, Baden-Powell was an Army intelligence officer and a brilliant outdoorsman who had previously organized a small scouting section in his regiment, had written his book ''Reconnaissance and Scouting'', and had served in India, Afghanistan, Natal, and Ashanti, and Burnham was Gen. Carrington's Chief of Scouts.{{sfn|West|1932|p=142}} | and making long rides for Western Union through the California deserts, his early mentors were wise old scouts of the American West, and by nineteen he was a seasoned scout chasing and being chased by Apache.{{sfn|West|1932|p=138}} The British scout he would later befriend and serve with in Matabeleland, Baden-Powell, was born in urban London and had graduated from Charterhouse, one of its most famous preparatory schools.{{sfn|West|1932|p=138}} At nineteen, Baden-Powell passed an exam that gave him an immediate commission in the Army, only it would take several years before he was engaged in any active service.{{sfn|West|1932|p=138}} Even so, from a young age Baden-Powell developed the ambition to become a scout and when these two men met in 1896, Baden-Powell was an Army intelligence officer and a brilliant outdoorsman who had previously organized a small scouting section in his regiment, had written his book ''Reconnaissance and Scouting'', and had served in India, Afghanistan, Natal, and Ashanti, and Burnham was Gen. Carrington's Chief of Scouts.{{sfn|West|1932|p=142}} | ||