The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-03-03
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The spprtatlwomcn Of 'fexaS.ass ~ ,no' 2
afew. The Personal history az auss" 9 y
,ures ofa few We know, were z ps.h' \, &.
tod 10 rslase lbem o. gyan iQas y y, suv,. u
ownlips, would fllan ociay 2, ~, 1HOp., -,
and pages, with wild ialesonI, n,, ''u'oi = . =, "a
more strange than iicliog ing 4 lul'ow> w
ins, clipped from one pl0u' sAO''AsS''
il aspecimsp:s, lnd romaoiic in,
Ia, alse.s '',ls 'a'v'ssX ''ae,a,sdX Rev. MI. FOun-
eden. was 'eerel,'';s%Scent lectures Of The
Richmond A'1, A'31Tsxas. he gave an sc,
ea.'y "'S'o.J s.1J.srnl Longs effort % revoln-
': Goun' - - County ip 1919. The Gen.
Aen11 IA under Gen, Jackson in the
S:n.e war, and al The battle Of New
S,s.is. 0s He married, when twenty-five
Us Us Of age, q celebrated beauty and
isi,ess Of Nashville, only sixteen years
Old. WhenlIe formed The design TO in.
wade Texas, Mrs. Long entered fully In
10 his pluns, and placed IL his disposal
hes immense woalh, With this he arm,
ed and equipped three hundred men, en-
lefed tile country, and waa everywhere
successful. fiH 4.''
a9aNeai tho Gulf coast he formed for
,ifcatior. where be established his head
6uar,ors. lie was elected President Of
ti,e republic "a full cabinet was appoint
ed. and regular government organized.
Al that lime, Ituibide was overriinning
Mexico, with the design Of making him
self supreme ruler Of that State. Being
Jealous or the success aud power OF Gen.
Long, he proposed 10 him, through an
sgeni, that they puld nni,eN their forces,
which would enable Them 10 strengthen
and confirm their auihoriiy-ihe one over
Mexico, the other over Texas.
.sGenesal Long unwisely needed the
Srai,orous proposition. Before leaving hls
fort, he assigned TO his wife seveniy-hve
men, with direc,ionsio mold the tort un-
,sil h Is return. He soon after, with she
Ycmiinder Of hissma army, re .ched the
headquarters Of General linrblde, who,
as soon as he got possession Of his rival,
caused him 10 be assassinated. Time
passed on; Mrs Lpng heard nothing from
her husband. The seventy five men nm
der her charge became dissatisfied; pro,
visions we're well nigh exhausted, and
:hey BECAME clamorous 10 return 10 the
4Siaies.' She told them that Gin. Long
had directed her 10 remain until his ie-
turn, and that she would 60 SO, 'dcld or
olive af
ia ssEycry man d, serted her tn retrace
their steps 10 their homes, leaving her, I,
with an nfant and uurse,u young negro
gill twelve or fourteen yeats Of age, the
sole occupants Of the lortificaiion. She
KEEP, the fig If stars and stripes Il 'atIng
from the walls, fred tho morning and
evening gun, and beat the daily revelile.
The Mexicans and Indians thought the
olace was still gurrisoned, and KEEP, at q
fcspec,ful distance. Time sped. A year
elapsed, and still noiiiilgs other gallant
husband .acled her lonely abode. Dn
finp al ,I,is space she had subsisicd by
gathering oysters from The bench and
shooting birds thai fl " about the fort. -
In 1891 General ADslin invaded Texas,
and seeing fiq A ,ating from . foriifca>
lion near The Gulf, supposed the noted
I,afitte had established himself there. .-
lie sent in il fl,g Of truce, and what was
his surprise to find this place in the midst
of inimical Mexicans and savage lndiuns,
manned W 4 so.itar! womuil!!"