The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-11-09
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Success was almost hopeless. The ex-
citement and exertiOn had lefl them weak
and Frustrated, several Of their best men
had fallen, and bnt few rounds " sm-
InnAitiohN remained. But their firmnesH
Wlle mistaken. They removed the dead
Ypfbvmed the best they could for the
wduneled, and then renewed their pledge
/ 70 Stand (by each other TO the last, and
|s,Ifger bartender while single defender
rkhaihed. E VII
HDSCame the dark lines Of the enemy,
driven f0rward as before by the renlQrse'
| less cavalry and the threats and entreIt
ies of thsfr officers. lGwas thethirI aId
stinslSassault. they struggled throuah
the same storm of bullets, ouly less ~,
were, az the numberof brave 'tnen fiad
been sadly reduced; but the,yaMWpg z gaPr
were ouiGkly.ek 6elilup, thelhIaI pre- sed
forward TO GIL the plaeesof The dead' ami
II The terrible column swept to the very
| foot II The wall, "A .,t.
VWiiR "a slIodt Of exultation &fnller N
| lvengefui Gl6sle than dhe whO0pSof an
American savage, they planted the seal
Hing ladders ana maddened with excite
ment and frenzy, swsflHet over The i"r'
Ilifcaliohs upon thd struggling patrols
and commenced the buu;heTy.
There was no giving 8ay,tlp steps back
ward, no cry, for qnarer. Though Hs one
to tel,.a they conlinued Vfhe fight with
clubhed muskets, and died Shouting for
Texas. phe brave Colonel Travis was al
most the firstto fall afler the entrance
was effected, .SlAl III
God save my country, and bless my
lboyn We're the last wordShe uttered.
The death%ofk was rapid, amt in i've
miEutes scarcely d dYzen Texans We're
alive, Seeing this, Major Evansran w!Ih
a lighted t0rchto fire the magazine. MS had
been-previously arranged. He reached
the spot, and was on the poiut of apply
ing the torcn, when he was riddled with
bullets. The half dozen who now re-
MAJ hed,wefS ovdrpo dsarlned, and.
Ithe eapihfe Of the Alamo was complete,
The bound captiyes were carried lno.
the presence of SaDta Anita, who heaptd
upon them every conceivable Insult, ana
finally ordered them 10 be taken outside
the camp and murdered Among tue
prisoners was thecelebrated Dayy Crock
ettl whoBas captured Sithlhis celebrated
rifle, Betsy. which had been the gift Of
IA club at Philadelphia. ON
The order was brlitally executed, and
Mrs Dickinson, her infant child one of
the officers, a servant of Colonel Travis,
and, two Mexican women who were EN-
Iployed BY the garrison, were all who ~
lmained, Of lhe one hundred and eighty
WHO had' fought 80 calamity for Texan
liberty. But they WERE no. eunavenged,
for before the walls lay the bodies ofhye
hundred anG tW .nty of the enemy, while
eight hundred and fifty more lay wounds
ed Ia tlleir camps ,yo o. hI s'.J ~, " 1".' v
THUS fell the Alamo. IT, two hours
from the first signal Of assault, all was
over. 1t was Santa Annals last victory
over Texas, forIin less two months Gen,
Houston won the battle of San Jacinto
and the Mexican butcher came tremb-
ling captive into the patriot camp to beg
for the prolongdtion of life his crimes
had MANY times furfeited.nt u'rA r
In the churchyam at San Antonio is a
plain small granite stone, erected by pri
vate parties, bearing the inscription,
Sacred to the memory OF those who fell
at the massacre Of the Alamo Iad.