The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-19
THE STORY REToLu.
Another Report of Mncro,s DEATH
Given by Cuban Officers.

Another Report of Mncro.s Death
Given by Cuban Officers.
New York. January 1S.---A special TO the
Herald from Jacksonville. Fla. says: The
question of Maceo's death now seems fully
decided. J. A. Haua, the Florida Cuban
agent, has Just received letter from Col
onol Andreas Hernandez. who commanded
the Cuban detachment that went to rein
force Macco's forces. In the letter Colonel
Hernandez says:
THE greatest desire OF our enemies here
is to make you fellows in the United States
believe that the province OF Pinar del Rio
is without insurgents aud In fair way 10
be pacified. But this is wrong without a
word of truth In it-aye. Tho only pacifica-
ton we offer is liberty. gained by our
trusty machetes.
December will be a day that we viii
never forget. for IL was then that we sur.
fered a great misfortune Ii. the tragic
death Thy ambush) Of our noble Maceo.
This is the greatest misfortune we have
suffered since the beginning OF the war.
But 1t only encourages us 10 fight the
harder and avenge his death
" Cuba libre! is the only shout We have
now. we were catnped near the tight tnat
day and heard the firing. Maoeo' came
across the trocba unknown 10 us with nut
forty men. More than 1900 Spaniards Who
had been informed OF his rip ambushcd
him. He rode into IT. and was shot at the
first fire.
We heard the firing and. thinking that
some of our friends were attacked by the
Spanish gucrillas, we started off AT once
to the raid, although We had but 100 men
hon NNisa al,..I
mostly over, and then we were told that
Macco WAS dead and that the enemy had
his body tied to a horses tail and were
taking 1t Off.
our men were perfectly frantic over the
report and begged to be led agaiuet the
Spaniards We dashed forward with drawn
machotes and what fight il was! The
Sraniards met US and the encounter was
horrible. Our men fought TO kill only
bent on aveueing Maeeo. Our trusty ana
sharp machotes fell with regularity and
think we killed more than 200 OF the en-
envy, and what is more, We had the oonso-
lation OF recovering the body of our be
| loved leader, Maceo.
The Spanards fought hard to regain 1t
| charging upon US repeatedly, but our sharp
! machetes We're too much for them and the
reircated. Our little force suffered terri
| bly,. Our cavalry, which went in eighty
strong, came cit with only twenty-five
| men. and the Infantry suffered almost in
the same proportion, But for all that we
were cnnsolcd by the fact that our brave
| brothers gave NJ all their lives in a good
| cause and to say, the body of our lamonied
Maceo from the RESERVATION that the Span
| iards would have inflicted
I'VE buried ,hebody in a secret aud Sc
cure place Only myself and a few Sc
, leotcd men and cficors know of the locn-
ton. In due tiue II VIII be made public.
1 II known now tis Eiutierous Spanlards
would try to get itand parade It as show
ing their greatest triumph
| Poor Maceo sleeps in peace, but his
brothers remain to avenge him, and that
they are doing daily have good many
important things 10 tell you in connec
tion with this. but don't care ia put them
In this. as | aui not positive that the letter
will get through safely.
| "hndros Hernandez
| Lieutenant Colorel Commanding Depart
ment Of Havana, near Havana"