The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-01

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IlGpnbli0 ~ Ten
those within ~
~ rlne Dickinson and M
~ cred md thclf bodies bun
! loss during the siege vas On
In the final assault when II can
a to.hnnd conillct In the Alamo, r
: killed four or live 10 ono of their b.
jones Bowie, who was dying Of constn
: tion and unable to rise from his ben
waq pierced thrOugb the body by aMexical
D officer with his sword and IL IL said by som
:, that he was thro IN upon the pile Of burn
} Ing bodies while he was still alive. No NOR,
desperate or gallant defense ~ recorded II
> the annals OF time than that ot'the Alamo
! Q-Wberc was Urrea's column at thi
time?
Att was marching into Texas along
the route indicated by Santa Anna and or
the 18th Of February had reached. San Pat
ricio. Colonel II. W. Johnson had his head
quarters there, and was recruiting forces
for his expedition against Matamoras.
Colonel Grant and Major Morris of his com
mand were with forty men or on q
scout for horses and Urrca's army had
passed close to them without their know
ing IL. Johnson had no knowledge whatever
OF Uryea's approach, and IL was only by
accident that he aud his four companions
escaped capture, as the Mexican soldiers
were in the streets before he knew of their
being in the country at all. Urea learned
of Grant aud Morris scout. and sent q cav
airy force to capture them. They met them
ON twenty odd miles from San Patrico.
Grant ard Morris We're killed in the fight
that ensued. Brown, another Texan, was
lassoed and ~strangled and all the other
Texans killed. Benevedas, a Mexican, es.
capped to Goliad and notified Fannin Of
Urrea's approach. Fannin had made an
L ottnuDnI IN IN IN the aid nF thn Alamo Int
because his gun carriage broke he
put back into Goliad and began to put
the place in proper condition for defense.
He sent Captain King with twenty.eight
men TO Retugio to remove some families.
but King did not return with the families,
but sent for reinforcements and Fannin
sent Lieutenant-Coionel Ward With 112
men TO Kings rescue. This prevented Fan
min from retreatlng across the Guadalupe
river as Houston had advised. Ward and
King were attacked by a heavy force at Re-
iugio, but ~repulsed them and followed them
up, but IN the night their companies got
separated, and King and his company lost
their way and We're captured the next day
by Urea and all massacred. Ward and his
men got back into Refugio Mission. Ward
retrcated toward Victoria, but he and all
his men were captured and put to
death. On the 10th of March Fannin was
reinforced by a company of cavalry
under Captain A. c.. Horton, and he beganH
preparations that day to retreat across the
Guadalupe, but a large force of Urrea's
army was discovered near Goliad,s and he
abandoned his intention. On the morning
OF the 18th, rs no enemy appeared in sight,
Fannin and his men about 10 o'clock took
up the line of march for Victoria, and had
nearly reached the Coleta creek when
horton's cavalry was ahead, and became
cut off from Fanniu. The Maxicans
charged, but were repulsed, and the Texans
got the better of the fight. The next NORA
ing Urea having, received achievements,
had Flnnin surrounded, and as he deemed
resistance useless, he capitulated, stipula-
lstiug that lis troops should be treated as
spectcd, and all of them sent to Copano,
and from thence i'll eight days to the United
They were taken back TO Goliad,
and on the Goth an order was received from
Santa Anna for their. execution. On the
next morning, the 9th of March, 1896,
Palm Sunday, they were led out with
Wards men previously captured and shot.
FanDin, was the last man to be murdered.
There were 3S5 who were thus doomed to
perish, but twenty-seven of them, being
only wounded and feigning dtath' until
nightfall, escaped.
Q,-What were Santa Annals next move
ments?
L. III u hlD pttll0 U lllttt |
columns, to march through the country by |
different routes and BRING it under COM
plete subsection, ana as he thought
the capture of Fannin had about !
the backbone of the OPP
position TO him, he was thinking OF return !
to the City OF Mexico. RS was, row.
ever, informed by General SeSnffthat Cen
aral Houston had q considerable army on !
the east bank OF the Colorado, and be con- !
Guided to stay to the races. l
Q.-What had Houston done when APP 9
general OF the forces? :
Ale hurried to Gonzales pnd took )
command ofthe forces there, intending to c
march to the relief of the Alamo, but The l.
light of his arrival news OF its II
all reached him. He then collected the =
gomen ard children and with his little ?
began the retreat to the Colorado U
liver. From the 7th of March to the Goth n
April Houston occupied his time falling V
Jack from Gonzales to the battle ground OF r
san Jacinto and moving the women and II
le had been in camp in the BraZos bottom. -
his was to get his troops in some sort of y
IiscipliEe and let them know that he was te
command. He had ordered the eyacua- N
of Goliad and San Antonio, but neither "
rider was obeyed, and consequently both u
oints fell and their garrisons were muir ~
cred. 81
Q.-What did Houston do Oh the Goth of 70
.pril? oil
He went into camp on the cast bank of 81
'utiaIo bayou near the ferry at ~Lynchburg. CT
bout tie middle of the afternoon Santa q.
mas army was seen approaching from cn
lappers Point, eight miles away, where it GI
I'D benin camp, The Texan army form Y
i IN line and a lively little s6irmish en- -
led, and both PARTIES went into camp VI VI
J next morning, the Dist. , :
were the transactions Of the 80
"a
A.-Santa Anna had received 500 rein ga
under General Cos on the morn We
lg of the 2lst, and then had more than ny
$40 effective men, while Houston only had 40
Houston bad ordered Deaf Smith to oi'
n detachment of men that morning WI
nd cut down the bridge across Vince's an
lyou. The destruction of this bridge ,
the retreat Of either army. He ~
lxiously awaited news from Smith that see
s work was done, and about O'Clock in -.
e afternoon ne received the nOtice lie ne
ZEN had his line of batfie formed He toid tn,
s men that Nince's bridge was destroyed, th'
Id there was 40 avenue Of escape. The sta
gual Of attack was given, and with tho cry, va
remember the Alsmol' the brave Texans WI
shed forward to Nictory'of to annihiln- II
IN. The battle lasted twenty minutes, th'
vi in that time there were GO Mexicans an
lied and 20S wounded, and 80 prisoners STA
ken. The Texans lost two killed ami az,
'enty-three wounded, six MORALLY. Of
Inta Anna escaped from the battlefield, rae
It was captured the next day by one OF ma
,Kas' troops named Sylvester andtaken TO me
customs headquarters, where he was iden- ING
led. Tha IeKans captured 600 maskeis, Ia
} saDres ~ pistols several hundred r..
lles and horses, and $1,000 ia specie. so
What became % Santa luna? Of
Immediately after bis capture he Issued ~
lers 70 al Lts hoops IN Texas q iall ba,k for
the western purticn d the country. lie cur
IS kept 3 prisoner uHtii lie ian ~ Say. mai
~ DE made a treaty with President Bur tie
q, IN whIuh be agreed 10 take 10 further a "a
rt in the war against Texas: that ia
s~t.iilfes ut one. case by land AID water G