The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-31
A Green Country Girl.

Tev.ns confess keen interest in facts
gaet;an ,So SoI1 h;s,orS rs and Sortnnes of Das
% vid Crecket San AptonioEis indebted
ior much of its fame to that of the heroic
martyr ~, % to l;bertv who fall-within the
th;cIast of the 6obt within the Ala.
mo Have. vou listened to the SIM
.,io.t no. ..a;taI * ,ha sfacts olsen hv Mrs.
RIess He:S s,.neartr MrS H;cEanscn nse
nsu, i1.inn, .o'iu &C. ~ oonntv Georcia
MnAeison' e.s - ~ s .,es., ,o"nn sU - Rol!var
'9ne meu., "1eu Ge ny ~ yhsn bordlv
aaIoelnan w, m;.hon.on Nov
s,4tsen sue hlalsseo ooS DiS;e1S ;e 1sa5 vent ~ to
Tu,anu Waau.j' s5aeesS' raro,t @ - occnr,ed @ and
Aas Man, ~. a.,,,,rs.a % ~ stenede Dick
MeA!can lnsas'G.as In s.S1' t;,1 SIC - San
enson !emosHull1s M1a yoasnia ~ VIZ anno.rad w I
= Anonlo. ,:s!, " ,en 5an.a AhGa hr;aht snr;na
oeiose Iue iit,ie ,ooc cisy Tuo o.'s ps ,nae
morning lh 1000, DcAellsoh, W. ~, mao sa
iieutenane OF captain ~ ~ ioS"i - :o ri;e.
my, mounted musIanS' a.s. WIN n,I WI" Ia
oenino Dim ano' ch''I s'A oI.o.ad nos' tha M
sentea on m n's nap. ,;s o n;sa sas had an
Aialao. x ne ;,,an M than, I % - tho hose.
apaismeees .hs gwen etane sne ehnreb ~ crocIet
mens - s We sd;a;n;na sI1 a rona SsHers
oIsup.su onao. -" .oA ~ 'Inoa;nm .,A f;rinr q
Mneia e"S.s uHy es, ), . nr;n,;f; 81 1s.noSn.
s so.s :. ou lug .ouston,ad aU, - ..w his fddfe
uei, he Tas asSuseSa ~ S ,a;,h;n - stons
anu u ao41l eon!uen,.ns aa.;a. n ;nanr;Son0 sOuo
1ails. aeI@as a,a.a', a.1;ons ~ 800 Goht
nahs ,ha aa MaE;osns @ ] IN an onsn fold dswhere
VIZ sls ,,sa h;snat;.a - a. % 3 non sRetsy1
h;s aii e. fass,;onsJ lie soan si;cErif5a sTISongh
tan davs Mrs Hannip was within the
Alamo encountering Crockett almost
hourly till the last day of the siege, when
! tha massacre occurred. That fatal morn.
ing zDickenson. long before the sun rose,
s came to his wife aud bid heradieu. Il
have heard her, tell the story With fearful
ewes .forfy- -three years after the sun went
down On he terrible day. SIZE saw
4Dickenson but once afterward. He was
& then fighting. sword in hand. at the door.
.way Of her APARTMENT. Men rushed into.
her room. When consciousness was re-
stored. her room was full of gunpowder
smoke. a bullet had pierced her leg
lust below the knee. She was lying on.
the bed. her infant, six months old, be-
side her. a richly dressed Mexican officer
standing near. She remembers, -as..I
foreot to state. that simultaneously with
The hand tofband fight Between her hus-
band and the Mexicans 1t hesdoorway,
two little; ;boys: sons 'oof 4 German gunner
/ 3ran into her room. They were pursued
sby Mexicans, shot down and bayonetted'
in herspresence, the smoke fronftb guns
filling her room aud d enabiibg her TO escape
observation. AlmonteTeceivedhis educa=!
tion in the CITY of New Oreans. He interv
nnssi . hen: Z. MAI ca 1is;,ssonelt 10 lake
bsr rs ,;sa1snd .caused her tor be taken. to.
Santa I ANN sThisn Nam soushtitI inlocss!!
her to to accompany him 10 Mexico. When
she refused. lie concluded to send heri,ag
Sam Houston. that the terrible storysshe,
would; tell might intimidate the little,
band Of Of Texas patriots Wounded ,,as
She was, she set out aalonc::on a nons,H ing
with her child in her lap, across the open