The Saint Paul globe., 1898-07-03
OF ARIZONA
THE FIRST TO SHED THEIR
BLOOD ON CUBAN SOIL
of Maj. Steve Brodie and Capt.
McClintoclS, of ROOsevelt's Rough
Riders, Who Were Wounded Mt
La Quasina, the Battle Near Sam
tiagO de Cuba.

tiagO de Cuba.
It is notable that the rough riders
from the ranches and deserts and min
ing camps of Arizona, that Cinderella
in the family Of the states kept in the
territorial kitchen by her naughty sis
ters, should be the first ito meet the
enemy in battle and consecrate Cuban
soil to freedom with their blood.
Those who knew them felt sure that
they would show the same dashing
courage in any tilt with the Spaniard
that they showed in their encounters
with the Apaches or the more dan
gerouS bands of marauders that were
the terror of the plains for years.
There are many interesting men in
Roosevelt's regiment of rough riders,
and the names of many of them are
associated with Indian warfare in the
Southwest or in the laterday task Of
ferreting out the desperate gangs op-
Grating in Arizona and New Mexico
Some of the men who are now march
ing on Santiago de Cuba, under COM
mand Of Col. Wood and Lieut.. Col
Roosevelt, year ago were riding night
and day in pursuit Of Jim Parker a
noted desperate, who escaped from
the county Jail at Prescott, AriZ., after
shooting the county attorney and
wounding several other officials; some
of them were members of the posse
which followed Black Jacks gang af-
ter the successful hold-up of the Santa
Fe express at Grant, Ariz, ON the
night Of April 8. and among the Ari-
iona cowboys many of them did not
experience being under fire for the
first time when the Spaniards took
them by surprise last Friday morning
in Cuba.
There was a gathering Of these cow
boys at the Crown Point gold mine
in the Castle Creek mining district of
Arizona the first part of April when
visited the camp. The ''rodeo" had
just begun, but the cowboys had
thrown UP their places on the ranges
to join Maj. Brodie's Cowboy regi-
ment which he was then recruiting
Maj. Brodie was picking his men from
the ranges. and he had gathered about
him large number of the most fear
less fighters in Central Arizona. A
declaration Of war was expected at
any time. and the boys were impa-
iently waiting for it to come. Maj.
Brodie hurried off to Prescott the day
1 arrived to get the latest news from
Washington, and the cowboys scat
tered out to help on the rodeo the rest
of the day and until the major could
arrive with the news. The Office at
the camp contained a list which in
cluded the best known cow-punchers
in the neighborhood, and men were
coming from distant ranges to offer
their services in the cause of Cuba.
The news spread over the territory
that Maj. Brodie was getting up a
cowboy regiment, and the Crown Point
mining camp had become a rendezvous
for the cowboys for miles about the
camp. They all knew Maj. Brodie, and
they were anxious to get with him
to the front. The cowboys have the
greatest respect for a man who has
shown himself to be a fearless fighter,
and Maj. Brodies great record in many
Apache raids in Arizona had endeared
him to all Of them. Among all the
cowboys 1 met I doubt if there was
one of them more anxious to go to war
than was the major himself He had
spent year developing the Crown
Point mine, and he had blocked out an
immense body Of ore. The working
shaft had attained a depth of 300 feet,
and in the last twenty feet Of work a
rich strike had been made. Ore run
ming as high as $1,000 to the ton of free
gold had been encountered, and drifts
on the vein which carried the new dis
covery had revealed an indication Of
permanency which would have ban
ished all thoughts of war from the
minds of most men. But Maj. Brodie
ordered the pumps pulled out of the
shaft discharged his miners. and held
himself ready to leave for Whipple
barracks with his men as soon as the
word should come And it was this
enthusiasm and energy shown by Maj.
Brodie which gave Arizona the honor
Of having the first volunteer regiment
in readiness to move to Tampa. The
Crown Point could wait to be relieved
of its burden of wealth until Maj. Bro
die and his band of brave cowboys had
done their share toward relieving the
suffering of Cuba. And today the mine
is dark, and it will so remain until the
war is ended.
In stature, Maj Brodie is a good type
of the Indian fighter Of the Southwest.
He is man of medium size with broad
shoulders and bearing decidedly mil
itary. Although he has reached his
fiftieth year, he is still straight shoul-
dered and as full of vigor and fight as
q young man of twenty years. He fire.
quently made the ride from Crown
Point mine to Prescott, a distance of
forty-five miles, in the saddle, and he
is known among the cowboys as good
rider. Maj. Brodie lives in Prescott.
where he has a comfortable home. His
wife was Miss Van Burep, Of New
York. the daughter Of wealthy citizen
Of that city.
Capt. J. H. McClintock, of Phoenix,
Ariz., who was seriously injured in the
battle near Santiago de Cuba, is one OF
the best known newspaper men of Ar1-
zona Besides being the correspondent
at Phoenix for the Associated Press, he
had a number of the best papers in the
country for which he furnished news
from the Southwest. He was secretary
of the board Of regents Of the territorial
normal school, which he resigned to
take commission as captain of a COM
pany of the cowboy regiment He is a
large man, Of athletic build and good
horseman. Capt. McClintock Is about
thirty-f1ve years of age.
Capt. w. o. O'Neill of the rough rid
ers, who jumped from the pier. last
week, into the sea after two men who
had fallen between a lighter and the
pier, has record for daring which
twice made him sheriff Of Yavapal
county, Ariz. He was the candidate of
the Peoples party for delegate to con-
gress In 1896, and was defeated by Mark
Smith. He, last year, was elected
mayor of Prescott on a platform which
advocated the adoption of Henry
Georges single tax theory. In Arizona
Capt. O'Neill is known as "Bucky'
O'Neill, and the Buckeye canal, an en-
terprise which he promoted, is named
after him. He made a large sum dur
ing the past few years In mining, and
is one of the most successful promo
ters of mining interests in the South
west. His latest success was the Grand
Canyon copper mines, which he brought
to the attention of Lombard, Goode &
Co., of Chicago, and he successfully
negotiated the sale Of all the mines in
the Grand Canyon district. Capt
O'Neill is building two large business
blocks in Phoenix, the work on them
being now under the supervision of