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

three NJ these are still knOwn-.thnt OF
James DANES, q relative Of General Gaines
n ferry on ths Sabine river which became
the principal crossing, aud for whom
iiiincs. county IL namedi that Of
Squ1el Davenport and that Of
Robert Barr, both OF whom settled
on the Ncches river and took the oath Of
allegiance " the Spanish crown,
Q-Who may be said 10 have led tho
lrst Am orleans into Texasp
A,-Captain Philip Nolan, who led an
expedition into the country in the year
1900.
Q,-what induced Nolan to make this
expedition2
Ale had been sent into Texas in 1897
with the consent of the Spanish. au-
thorities by General Wilkinson, to purchase
horses for his army and while he was in the
country he kept his eyes open and became
Q-What was the nature OF this expedi-
tion2
A.-Nolan set out with fourteen Ameri-
cans, five Spaniards and two negro SER
wants, osten.ibly to purchase horses for
Wilkinson's army but in reality to catch
wild horses on his own account.
dition
A.--Governor Gayoso, Of Louisiana, was
suspicious of Nolan and he advised the gov
ernor of Texas Of his expedition. The com.
harding officer at Nacogdoches was ordered
to look out for and arrest him, but he en-
tered Texas by vsy of Red River He pro-
ceedcd to the Tchuacana hills region, in
what is now Limestone county, where he
arrived in safety.
Q-What did he then do?
Ale built bloCk-house for the de-
Tense of himself and men against Indians,
and proceeded to erect pens and wings tor
the capture of mustangs.
Q-Mas he molested IN this occupation :
Spanish Fort at Nacogdoches, Cap
tain Musquis. was ordered to cap
ture Nolan, and starting on the 4th
of March, 1901, for that purpose,
with sixty-eight regular soldiers and thirty.
two volunteers, he crossed the Trinity river
s M.an or near ru What ,n y known on th as
Nt6 with the aid of Indian spies and
guides was enabled to reach within short
distance of Nolan's block house.
Q.--What then occurred
A.-Musquis had small cannon
with him, which planting on hiil
in direct range, it bore directly
time two Of the Americans having
learned that it wa, Nolan's intention to
make war on the Spaniards, had deserted
and gone to Nasogdoches, where they re-
ported the fact, and whe the Spanish force
came in sight OF the block-house two OF the
Spsnisrds deserted and went over 10 their
rounsrymen.
Q.-Hhat VS.. Nol.n'f force at this time ?
A.--Only seventeen, twelve Americans,
three Spsniard. and two negroes, with him
self to command.
Odd the fight commence without
warming or negotiations
A.--No. The two commanders, Nolan and
- Il nd nj n
retiring to his biock-house, the firing COM
mencsd. The fight lasted several hours,
although Nolan WAS killed at the first dis
shsrge OF the SPaniards' cannon.
Q,-Wh0 succeeded to the command after
Eolan's death?
A.-Elli. p. Bean, youth from Tennas-
see, only about II years of age. He pro
tes~d earnestly against surrenderlng to
Mu,quis but his companions refused
longer ts resist, especially after Mus
yuis had promised good treat
+,-nt TO the Americans, and that they
>hculd be released and sent home from
EtcseSoches.
e-pid Musquls keen his promise' j.,
A-By no means. When they reached
Sacosdoches hey were put in irons, and
nnt ~ San Antonio, being the first Amerl-
cans ever seen in that place.
Q.-What afterwards became OF these
prisoner
A.-They we're taken into Mexico and
kept sspSned in different prisons for many
Jenrs. Three Of them ESCAPED, and one
died while in prison. After the expiration
VI six years the Spanish king issued an
order that every Nth man ofthem be hung,
hut only Of those taken in arms. As three
Of them we're not in the block-house when
| 1t was captured, only nine were subject to
Tie order, and the judge charged with the
| execution of the order humonely decided
| >lva ha
ticc, the one throwing the lowest number
| to he the victim.
Q-Upon whom did the lot fall7
A.-Erhraifr Blackburn threw only four,
,he lowest number, aud was directly after
Executed. The others were sentenced
70 ten years hard labor, and OF the whole
sumbsr only Bean saw again his native
land.
Q.-whst fortunes befell Beam
| Ale was efan inventive and Ingenious
turn Of mind and proved himself to be oil
70 much service to the authorities over
him in the construction and management
Of machinery, and Afterwards in making
powder, that when the revolution was
roiss on in Mexico in l:lll2 he was OF.
lersd his liberty by the viceroy il he would
enlist in the regal army. THIS he promptly
ronsested to, bnt with the mental reser-
vansn to desert to the rcvolutionists the
tiI,t opportunity 1t was not long before
he had q chance to desert. and he quickly
tnhrsced it.
Q.-How was he received in the republic.
ran RANKS?
A.-With a hearty welcome;and he and
| Mor.les snon became warm and sim
cere friesds. He proved to be Of exceeding
great value TO the republican side, by
! buildi-, powder mills and manufacturing
powder, aud IL was not long until be was
made colonel In the republican army.
Q.-What finally became of BEAM
Ale continued in the service OF The
repub licaps until 1918, when he returned Il
his old home in Tennessee In the meantime
however, he had been cent by the republi
cans as plenipotentiary 10 the United
States, and arriving off the mouth Of The
Mississippi river IN time, Joined LA6t.S
and took part under General Jackson II
the battle OF New Orleans and commanded
battery Of guns. In 1925, AFTER the repub
licans had driven tn, Spanisrds out o
Mexico, he returned TO that country ant
Was accorded a hearty welcome spd re
stored TO his rank In the army. havini
previously, however, between ISIS anc
ls25 settled In Texas as colonist. He wa
sent 70 Texas as an Indian agent from Mex
leo and built Fort Tersn on the Nechei
river. He was a warm personal friend o
General San Houston and although he wa
in Texas in the service OF Mexico durinI
The revolution. he did the Texans eminen
service by keeping The Indians in the cas-
tern psrt Of the state qniet, thus preventing
them from assisting the beIicani
during the war. After the Texas revolu
ton. Bean returned 10 MEXICO where hi
family lived, he having married q verl
wealthy Spanish lady, and he lived in quis
and ease on his hacienda until October Sd
1876, when be died.
Q-whst was The feeling ofthe spsnisrd
Of the opening OF the Nineteenth century,
Alt was one OF exceeding hostility