Deseret Evening News | 1910-06-10 | Page 1 | Letter from Chief of Estrada's Bodyguard

LETTER FROM CHIEF OF ESTRADAS ESTRAD S BODYGUARD Seattle ah June Jun 10 to Christian a I Seattle high s hoot boy wh has hiI a R commission as al colonel In II tin Ib Insurgent army Iny and Ind Is I in II command of ot I bodyguard hn m written n letter leter to his father f r the death leth of Capt lo a 1 youth In an engagement eng near l Tho Insurgents na shelled by the Iho enemy and Ind s Indo a 1 rear attack on n govern forces rON with n a regiment of or tr A troop trop of ot cavalry and ald Sands com con inand of nr Creoles and Ind Americans Wo 0 an nn easy tas victor It h M rites but we struck a snug for tor ti In Mil 11 nan 1 hII fortified The men who nho were r strong entrenched nut IUt numbered us II b h three or tour four hundred We W charged the Ihl hill hi three times bi bu i 11 with loss 1 It I Is la admitted to tn bP th thI I lo battle of or the war a 1 for tor tl small I RA I number of Ir men mn engaged oni bout 0 on our side and Ind about 1 11 OW o otho tho Ilp enem nIn M 1 chum nI was 1 th hero nf of battle leading Iud hIl his COmlIn to In the rha ever r until IM h shot I have hA his revolver and hat an I Iam am gome to send nd them to his hl mother I Milwaukee After we re taught th tit r rk k k sn on n we Wf lot l Ih nm alone al and fr 11 Hk b k to 10 our positions a 1 little