Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-07-01
American Bravery Avsrts 4 Disaster
at tie Battle Of "a Quaslna.
{ Win Against 6rsat Odds.

- SAAN EAsS~~
for as perfect IN ambuscade as was ever
I formed in the brain Of the Apache
Indian was prepared and Lieut.. Col.
Roosevelt and his men walked squarely
4 into it, For an hour and 9 half they
hold their ground under . perfect storm
#ct bullets from the front and sides.
Then Col. Wood at the right and Col.
Roosevelt at the left led a charge
which turned the tide Of the battle and
n sat lie enemy flying over the hills
Ward Santiago.
v is how definitely known that six.
teenmen on the American side were
killed, while sixty were wounded or re-
ported to be missing. Il is impossible
to calculate the Spanish loss, but it is
known that they were far heavier than
4 those Of the Americans, at least as re-
CARDS actual loss Of life.
Already thirty seven dead Spanish
{ soldiers have been found and buried,
7 snd many others are undoub btedly lying
in the thick underbrush on the side OF
3 the gully on the slope Of the hill where
] the main body OF tne enemy was -
Gated i The weundeo were al =
moved. s Is ss3.@
IA That the spanlards were snoiousn'y
posted as 70 the sronte 20 % taken y !.
ibs americana n tneir ,3'l novenen's 'ap
wards Sevilla was evident, as shown
sns careful preparations sney nsu
made. me man Dody @ tne op.snl''.
{ was posted on tne NH, on me neaviiy
wooded slopes q winch mao Deen eleos-
{ ed two sDloc PIC knonses, nanKeo py ilIesu
lar intrenchments 'Ll O. stone ana Iaiisn
trees. AZ tne Dothom g tnese nlils s run =.
two roads along .Wnlcn Lleue' l'' ~. =.
hooseyeles men ana eigns Troops = tne'
First ana Tenth cavalry, WIN Dss.ely
( Of four howltzers' advanced. inese
! roads are but little more tnan gulnes.
rough and narrow, ana at pisces Al.ngs.
impossible. n sneee srslls sne ngn. !.
occurred y early nalf q e mile mile sepalasee. !,
Rooseveitls l'Ii men IRON tne Egg olsrs, anu
between them ana on Dotn sioes 9 sne
road N the tnack unaer q usn W.s con. !.
cealed 9 force q spaniaras sns. mus'
have been large 9udgang 1Eon sne tel,
Tible and constant nre tney Poaieo =
on the Americans. me nsnt ~ w.
& opened Dy tne f1rst ana lentn csval1y' I,
under Gen. ! oung. = stofce q opsn,
aAros was AnoWn = = q -, ..1o ...s.
OF - e9uasna eaily - sno n'o.nlns.
Col. Roosevelts men s'al.eu VI 'ns !.
& precipitous Dlun pacK OF saDoney . 9
Z stack the spaniaros on tnelr iasn'
dank, Gen. Young e tne same .lme .l...
taxing the road attn toos o1 sne mn.
About two ana z ns1 lnllea ous llo1.. J.
eiboney some CnDans' Oreatniees sno
excited, rusned lnto camp WIN tne
announcement tnat tne spanlafus wele
but 9 little way n Irons snu wele
strongly entrencnea' ssulckly 'ns
Hotchkiss guns out IN itons Wefe so''
brought TO the rear, WINE : ssEons
scouting line was tnroMsn inen On csu !.
tiously and ~ silence tne sloops movea
forward until 2 pena y asne 1oaa uls-
closed hill where tne spaniaros =, Wele :
located. Inc guns were asaln p1ousn'
to the 'front.' ana placed - posltlon'
while the men ~ croucned u'' aoWn y .ne
road, waiting impatensiy 70 give
Roosevelts men, VINO were toinne over
the little trail along tne crest q sne
ridge, time 70 get up. Ia. .ss, :5.s5 81