Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-01-31

came a vollev from their rifles Such a
scramble among us for shelter An inch
board was good enough We soon be
gan firing where we saw their smoke.
for we couldn't see a nigger BY this
time they were pouring lead into us
from both bluffs and had one of our
party killed I was laying right beside
him. Frank Herman. from New York.
we were back of a strip on deck hrlne
as fast as we could ] think he only
fired q few shots till l heard him say
HMnrph. they got me ! saw bullet
hole in his left wrist and thought ne
was onlv Wounded Pretty soon l felt
something warm on my pants and FOUND
NM Ill Was my comraies Mood for he
was shot throuvh or near the heart !
reached over aud felt his pulse, but +
had stopped and HE was dead The ball
That HAD killed him had struck On topot
\ hard wuod cleat and glanced up We
kept On hring, for wevould ut get ont ot
there The hip4eis were still keeping
pace With us although after we heem
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/ hpa 'afe an' over Aarea frum dripkits
/ sAt water audi feel abuut tep wears
/ Older Il think ID Was h miracle that
any of us gOt away alive Nc We've
/ pbt over BOl faet ffom the piggers anu
/ couldnt get out Of there for halt up
/ hour on more We didnt see q ntsSer
| t. shoot at aud iUst had 20 lire Whep We
/ saw their smOke II is reported thel
| Ne killed go OF them hope that Y Y
| sa "''
The insurgents have full SWAY of the
whole island poW except Nirae anNl
| there viii he more troops here supp, II
Ne would have had a gun boat along
with us We could have done them UP
We are expecting an attack here any
night All the natives SAY we VIII get
| lots of fight sooh, | think We can hold
| our own for a while anyway, since
| October lG we have had two killed and
| four wounded We have to fall cut
nearly every night When u sentry
| fred a shot last night we got back OF
our stope wall twice, where We are
| going to line up for them
| Since Mckinley has been elected u
| has changed the situation for the worse
over here The niggers thought II
| BRYAN was elected the troops would be
taken away and they would be given
their independence, Aggie is issuing
a proclamation TO his followers to down
the Americans as we did the Indians,
aud he says drive us into the seas, l
| wonder who he thinks he and his crew
are. This war will be over about 2O0o
The United States will have to start a
war of determination in place of treat
ing them kind as they always have,
We did expect TO start home in Zebra
| ary, but since things have changed we
| will lie here till the last minute, l hope
| | will have no accident, and am always
| ready to do my share of fighting for my
| chances are as good as any one else's IN
a fight | don't notice bullet singing
as much now "a | would a swarm OF
Your bees. If you think this worth
while you can put in the paper so all
my friends can read it, Twill now have
to bld you goodbye, sending my love
and best wishes to all remaining.