New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-14

private IN an infantry regiment. He had taken
board the San Marcos VIII his regm ne he ooK the
t noy al, along He was sorry he had afterward 10.
IN the rigging, ran all over the ship and got into
c sSFSs Of places causing his father
tatbaT the SIP anohored off the Cuban coast his
the boat, but father Rad no sooner gone ashore
With his company in one Of the small boats than
ooy knocked around with the troops ana then dis
San Juan Hill there was The "l 10Y voting along
behind behind his father The bullets were already he.
t rad been :9ol. and men Mere droppins here an9
bullets and the father fell but the boy paused only
| an instant rus, long enough 10 PICK up ms
he line. But twenty Yards from his fathers body
p his c Ssts it, 100 and fell pierced by 6uilet
his little courageous heart which had prompted
pIate 10 Fflze ms deed fatners sun and take ms
/ But this heroic little shaver not the only
BOY who got upon Cuban battle field There was
niue colored chap. OF about the age. say
twelve or thirteen years. Who went along with ore
! OF me regiments and in way other got
mixed up in the fight between ,he firing lines Of
f9gss sro haeri s1 1Sa PG e
bullet struck him in the heSby par, Of tie Sr and
s ne came q, trot;ns back % ne lines: irving Is
Di mqc ., =; that s hunted up an Old nandsg5
leg was rather stiff bur Ne rakei up spanish
pony an, ana roae aoout quite as lively as ever
min, as he rode by
OATS jes' vha; I did Righ dar see7' and
holcinc apart great rem, in his trnuse- leg. he
bb r a9GAd dsp Ga hs w%un4 Bu It, das nnr
he trotted away on his POM.
The first shot from the advance guard Of NE
American Army in cuba vas fired by an InAiar.
That IS The proud distinction claimed h. the Ind
ians Of the Rough Riders and so far as know . Il
IS not disputed nv thei. white comrades The mar
who fred the shot Is Tom Isabel Like mos, Of
the Cherokees he has mixture 81 white blood IN
him. but that yer" fac makes him more oval
I the chief Of his tr'ba
Isabel belongs 20 Troop Of the Rough Riders
which was organized in the Indian TERRITORY and
has or ten ull-blooded or hslf-breed Indians
IN rs ranks This was The troop OF Captain ca
prom, who killed in battle. II was we'll in ad-
vance AZ Las Quasina. and when the presence Of
know Captan cspror turned 70 fssS,. who VAS
beside MIN. and told him 70 FIRE I.at"' raised his
rife and SHOT IN the direction 81 4 MoTinf form.
That s:ot. it rang cu'. was notte to the Amer
lean line 70 begin firing. and soon tho engagement
Cherokee his life. hecause The slansh ne was a,
once concentrated upon him. When ,he. carried
sim from ne ned he Vas wounded IN seven P-aeeS
! lodged In him Most Of them enter,a his neck or
Jaw. He Is nou' Al his home IN The Indian Terri
tory recovering
There are IN all about twen'v Indians AMI half
breeds IN Colonel RooscVe.t's regiment Most OF
3 them however. vould not be thought TO have any
blood Of The RED man in them 10y fastener. bur
the cowboys say they detect small mixture
of Indian blood by looking the hands and finger
nails Generslly the white Rougt Riders traternizA
without distinction Nth the man Of aboriginal
blood. but occasionally cowboy VIII address. one
II the la,rer IN somewhat superciious manner as
Buck Only three or four of the Indians are fuli-
ard ~h ~ Cof
Cuba proved thai the fighting instinct Of their race
had not lef- them They MOI only fought without
fear but they ot-yed orders TO the letter one Of
, 'hese IS William 7 Pollock n P1Vnee He reminds
ore more of the Indians % Coo,ers novels than OF
the squa. broad-face1 Indian thar one sees most
often in ne We.f now he Is tall and his face IS
well shaped certain dignity being given 10 II by
a straight slender nose His copper skin and black
hair and eyes make him Enthusiastically An Indian.
however 40 record ever kept Of his birth, hu,
he thinks he Is about twenty-niue years old. lie
attended Haskell institute In Lawrence. Kan. for
three years and is man Of so much intelligence
and good penmanshlp that he served for some
time clerk OF the regiment Now he is clerk Of
a. Pawnes. Okla. when he enlisted:
Ny .M Tss ts sac t., h T tTG NEBRASKA They
Are they making much progress IN 'he direction
4 Not much he replied IN dishesrtened tone
Ie was lying on the ground IN his tent Trapped in
Re This the first time Indians have fought With
the American white man vas asked.
Cvil War. and from the first landing Of The white
friendly tribes have supported the attacks 81
Ore Of the mi blood Cherokee Indans is John
Moore tall youth Of eighteen. His round face
full OF goodnature. He TOO. attended Haskell ana
Intends % nnish his education aftcr aving down his
ecied as one Of ihase 70 stsy behind in Tamp9 and
look after the stock
Il Il never he satisfied he said while his eyes
f hashed gnn I've been in battle and come out
Moore leans toward the Downing party among
the cherSkGes Th1i psry 6eeyes ,9s' ,ee '6
places AS American ci,izens /, is opposed 10 the
stronger National party" which wants 10 main
mon.
~ BELIEF the q1estny Of ne indian LES YIN n;
by = foreign nation neh, for, America
habread by the name " Of He n8s Who
had married New-York white woman, adopted
re n nm n 10 his G' h@ 9n" he VII III v t dsugher Of
his foster-mottHr. who lives in Short HIS. y. '
Jangary urd S' the curtis iaw moore viii set i,e
to 10 acres and vii! receiy. some money bes1,s
ssid hs, n members Of hi 'Tine while hey fet
10 time by the United States Government. almost
TO man sac Tlth IN ms va. VIII sPsIn =.
sad Sny maS By the e9 Of a s5 wb
keeps drug store He said that the white Amer
r4 s 10 SIDE E with him now We told him that the
spsnrds bad es1 murderng the men 1 Of our
f rom II h IN ansn Ne him 'Hf "s the
cause Of Cuba was n good cause. and that whatever
our grievances al Washington. va were all Amer
leans when 1t came 10 war with foreign people,
Finally made It so hot FOR Watson thar he had
no more say
Two Of the hated memories Of Cuba that !inger
with the Santiago heroes hardtack and bu,-
yards
"Hardtack" said one 0. the convalcsccnts has
about as much taste as paper, and II is not long
before the stomach rebels al II. We tried in every
uav 20 make It pa.atable We fried e. we boiled
II 2e roasted II and fricasseed It Then
mixed II with water and sugar and made sort Of
rpddins out Of H. There only time when