New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-21
BRAVERY At Ia QlASlNA.
CAPTAIN THOMAS. or THE RO,"-i
RIDERS. TELLS HIS STORl VI
THE FIGHT.


Thomas of the 1st ur!.sd States Volunteer
Cavalry who was promoted to his present rank
for callan.ry at the siirmish Of LIZ Vuaslh''
has been IN this city for day or TWO on '"'
lough. lie was shot In the right leg pcic" '"e
knee and Will 60 to his home In the ihd'a"
Territory until tie wound heals. HIS amer !"
one Of the Federal judges in tie Territory
s,eakIng OF some Of the nciGenta or La
Quaslna ipht CAPTAIN Thomas sa'd qua
OR the rorn'ns 81 Jure ~ the RouGh i''"s''
started from Slhoney across high hill lead'ns
to 7, Ouasina where the regiment had Its iirst
scht The hattie lasted two houis and forty
r,inu.es though ~ those who took part In u
Il appeared a much sh"rte- tin" as we "e'e
advancing we were constantly expecting hre
from the Spanlards. We were rot amou'ne"
at AL.
Amer we had zone about two miles on that
trail we cane across ine body OF dead 'u'ah'
and after that we kept an especially snarp loon.
out. Troop l. formed the advance guard anu
we had slir,nishers GU; ahead Of Ms. ana 10 o''n
the right and the left. The skirmishors aheho vi
~ ucrc about two hundred and fifty yards from
She main body 81 our men. and IT was one VI
thcs4 advance skirnishers who discovered the
Spanierds.
an INDIAN FIRED THE FIRST SHOT.
Thomas z. Isbsl a Cherokee rom Ninifa'
Ind. r. was the one 10 max" me ais
covery Of the Spanish force He fired me hrs'
sho, in that battle and dropped Sp1hia'o'
Isncl was wounded seven times. and then man
.cea m walk back to the nsld hospital. two ara
half or three miles away. to get his WOUNDS
dressed
so soon az W. learned that the sraniar's
wero in advance Of us We G"ployed tho men SIN
feet apart advancing into the frirS line lh'
s..c niards had some machine guns ahead OF u.s.
ord orr mon received the fun force 81 THIS hre'
,rhore was also firms from the right ana tne
,eft we were at this time upon the knoll ~
hill. the rpanisrds helms about us al lower e'e-
vat,ons Eefore isbell discovered the Hpahiaros
a hlockhouse had been seen. and we knew "ha'
was ahead z us 1t was PROBABLY haif "r 'hres
cuarters Of an hour after tho nrins heean 'h"'
Captain Capron was killed, and perhaps twenty
minutes after that was struck as we were
about 10 make charge. Ou men hnd oeen III
siructSd 10 save iher ammunition ahd NOT ~
shoot unless they saw something 70 shoo' d..
Our men and The 1nth Infantry hter"'ru
hurried about enc hurdred Spaniards ana s''"'
numbers Of the Killed and woundeo "h'o"e
them were carried TO the rear. SO thar the n'e
on our side mus, have been prett, acc"'a'~'
hen [
ing place about him before he was struck lie
said; .'One Of the worst things saw was man
sbo, while leading his gun. A spanish Mau'er
bullet struck the magazine Of his carpine' anu
going through the magazine. the bullet was
sr,i. n mart Of it ro.ns through his scalp and
a mart through his neck. This was private
yvbt,re,. md from his neck down he was a
mass Of blood He was taken back OF the hr.hs
,,,a He hal recovered before we lett Sibohe5
ara ,,as again hack In tie ranks Captain
Canron showed great pluck on the field OF battle
ard refused 10 Ieave even when he was mortaiiy
wounded We were at that moment deploE'hs
and lyInC down. He was struck In the leit
shoulder the bail coming out Of his abdomen
He lived one hour and fifteen minutes after be-
ire shot"
BRAVERY OF COLONEL WOOD.
Contain Thomas spoke especially Of the bra
very Of Colcrei Wood during the battle lie said
he showed himself absolutely fearless. The mas
near him received several bullet holes through H.
m, he stood beside his horse directing the move
mont Of the troops with the utmost GOODNESS.
"a very touching incident happened during inc
Eight" continued Captain Thomas. captain
,lcC,rtoc1 was struck In tn" eft leg two
Mauser bullets entering his leg just above the
ankle A private who had been sick for some
DAYS. seeing Captain McCiintock lying on the
dcla crawled UP TO him and. lying alongside
Of the CAPTAIN between the latter and the mr.
Ing line. said: Never mind. Captain am he
tween YOU end the firing line. They can't hurt
you nov
Ed Culver n Cherokee Indian. showed MINI
self particularly brave during the fight. He was
,;onrside of Hamilton rish when tie latter was
snoi When Fish fell he said. 1 ain wounded
culver called back. And | am killed culver
VAS shot through the left lung, the ball coming
our of the muscles Of the back lie believed he
do the Standards as much damage ms possipie
40 rora leaving. lie continued to Gre. ana gent
forty i've bullets at the enemy before oeins
taken AWAY At lirst after receiving his wouEd,
he was In a dazed condition. but after he recoV-
.er somewhat he shot straight
"I1ar,il,on Fish died n few minutes ofer re-
co,,ing his wound. | passed him just after he
whore 70 move He thought | was speaking ~
him and. raising himsolf on his elbow, said:
4 am wounded. / am wounded ne died tcW
,ninutes afte~ that. We thought At first that
ire Standards using explosive bullets. but
No found they were merely braes-coversd bull
I.ts when they would strike. the brass cover
ir;; would spread. and the result; vas consider
behaved maGniHcently during the hght nc
vent into the firing line and CARED the
vourded off the field on his back. Sergeant
Dulw,n iSell a son OF former supervising
orchiiec, % the Treasury. was wounded on his
twenty-nrst birthday"
WODHL NCHiGiN REGIIENT.
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