Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Wokutanga waiva Hondo yeLas Guasimas musi waJune 24, 1898, apo Bigelow ne10th Cavalry vakaponesa chikamu cheRough Riders kubva pakuparadzwa apo makambani avo anotungamira akavharirwa uye akaiswa pasi. Apa ndipo apo munyori wehondo we"Harper's Weekly" Frederic Remington akawana kutyisa kwechokwadi kwokurwa uye akanzwa kurira kwepfuti pedyo nomusoro wake. Remington gare gare akaveza "Kurira kweShrapnel" muna 1899 iyo yaimiririra chiitiko ichi. Chechipiri chaiva
Hondo yeEl Caney mumaawa mangwanani-ngwanani aJuly 1 apo mauto eSpain akaoma musoro akabata vaAmerica vari kure kweanenge maawa gumi nemaviri. Ipapo kwakauya Hondo yeSan Juan Hill ine mukurumbira wakashata kana kuti yakakurumbira mumasikati.