San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-03

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helpless. General Cos, on entering
the fort, ordered the servant OF
Col. Travis to point out the body Of
his master, and he did so. Cos
drew his sword and mangled his
face and limbs with the malignant
feeling of a COmmanche savage.
The bodies of the slain were thrown
into the centre Of the Alamo
{? plaza and burned. The loss of
the MeXicans in storming the
place was not less than 1000 killed
and MORALLY wounded, making,
with their loss in the first siege,
between 1000 and 5000 men,"
"The flag used by the Mexicans
was a blood red one in place of the
constitutional one. Immediately
after the capture General Santa
Anna sent Mrs. Dickinson and the
servant to General Houston bear
ing a note Offering the Texas peace
and general amnesty if they would
lay down their arms and submit
to his government. Gen. HOus-
tons reply was, "true, sir, you have
| succeeded in
| KILLING SOME OF THE BRAVEST
men, but the Texans are not yet
| conquered. The effect of the Fall
of the Alamo throughout Texas
was electrical. Every man who
| could use a rifle and was in good
condition to take the field marched
| forthwith to the seat of war. 1t is
| believed that not less than 1000
riflemen were on their way to the
army when the Comanche sailed,
| determined to wreck their revenge
on the MeXicans.
| General Houston had burnt Con
Zales and fallen back on the Colo
RADIO. Col. Tanning was in the
fort at Goliad with 400 or 500
! men,"
"The general determination of
the people of Texas is to abandon
all their occupations and pursuit
of peace and continue in arms I'M
til every Mexican east of the Rio
del Norte shall be eXterminated."
The following dispatch from
General Houston is as republished
from an extra issued by the Nash
vile (Tepn.) Republican:
H. O., GONZALES, March II, 1886.
To J. W. Tanning, Commanding at
Goliad.
Sir-Upon my arrival here this
morning the following intelligence
was received by a Mexican, sup
posed to be friendly, which, how
| ever, is cOntradicted in some of its
parts by another who arrived with
him. 1t is therefore given you as
a rumor, though | fear melan-
chOly portion of it is too true.
ASTHMA Birgurd states that he left
the Alamo on Sunday, the 9th in
slant, and is now days from Ara
Oches' ranch; that the Alamo was
attacked on Sunday, at the dawn
of day, by about 1890 Mexicans,
and was
CARRIED AT SUNRISE,
| with a loss of $40 Mexicans killed,
and as many wounded. Col.
Travis had only $50 effec-
tive men, out of his force
of 1877. After the fort was
carried seven men surrendered and
called for General Santa Anna
and for "quarter.' They were
murdered by his orders. Col. Bowie
was sick in bed and also murdered.
The enemy expect reinforcement of
1900 under Gen. Condilli and 1900 re-
serve to follow them. He also states
| that Ugartechia had arrived with
two million dollars for paymen
Of the troops, etc. The bodies of the
| Americans We're burned after the
massacre; an alternate layer Of
wood and bodies was laid and
set on fire. Lieut.. Dickinson, who
had a wife and child in the fort,
after having fought with desper-
ate courage, tied his child to his
back and leaped from the top of
two-story building; both were
killed by the fall, and | have lit
tie doubt the Alamo has fallen.
| Whether the above particulars are
true is questionable. you are
therefore referred to the enclosed
orders. | am, sir, your obedient
servant, SAMUEL Houston.
4 To this he adds the following:
p. S. The wife of Lieut.. Dicken-
son is in possession of
one of the officers of General
Santa Anna. The men, as you
perceive, fought CALAMITY. And
, in confirmation Of the truth of the
fall of the Alamo, l have ascer-
' tanned that Col. Travis intended
firing signal guns at three different
nerind each daN until Succnr