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WAS At THE ALAMO MASSACRE.
otery or Mme. Candeiaria OF San Antonio. Ono
OF the Oldest Persons In the world.

Dtery or Nine. Candelnrla or San Antonio. Ono
OF the Oldest Persons In the world.
San ANTONIO. Tex, Feb. 9.-Doha Andrea
Castanon do Villanueva, Familiarity known as
Nine. Candelaria, Is n notable woman in two re-
spects. She is the sole survivor of the massacre
Of the Alamo. which occurred in this city on
March 8. 1886. and she Is one of the Oldest per
sons in the world. Her age. rs shown by Span
ish records. is ia years. -
Nine. Candelaria lives in n little Mexican hut
In tho Mexican quarter Of the city. She was
born Mt Rio Grande, State of Coahuila, Mexico.
Her parents were Don Antonio Castnnon. chief
tailor to the Mexican viceroy, and Doha Fran
cisca Martinez. At the age Of 10 years she was
married to Sehor Silvero Flores. and the young
couple Immediately came to San Antonio. That
was just n century ago. and San Antonio has
In 1915 her husband died. and she was married
to Don Candelaria Villanueva.
M A,sh9 Gana. "a EF9 has age 3 w end ffePl na IN S9d q
wildly the storminR of the Alamo BY the Mexi-
Tin 1856 she says. II was living in a little
house about i've hundred yards east Of the
Crockett and had nursed him through an illness.
1t was about the FIRST day of March, 1886. whom q
with a note from Crockett asking me to como to
the fort and nurse James Bowie, who had been
s sSRsn M s M,sh fo SnphG Bowie rSy Wing : on an q cos ia the the
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little north room Of tho main building Of tho
fort, which is still standing and Is now known as
the Alamo proper. Bowie was very i'll and /
stayed by his side almost day and night The
garrison were greatly excited over the advance
OF Santa Anna and his army and the bravo
Americans knew perfectly we'll that they were
all to be killed, but they resolved to die fighting
like noble. patriotic men. The days and nights
were spent by the Americans in making ready
for the coming assault. Bowie was so i'll that
he could not raise his head. but in the intervals
Of consciousness he would mako feverish in.
quiries of me as to the situation. At. the APP
preach b. of the Mexican army a number of women
and children from the little town near the fort
fiocked into the Alamo for protection.
1.-THE final assault on the Alamo was made on
March 9. and all those inside the fort had re-
signed themselves to the death which they knew
was inevitable. / sat In the little room and held
Bowie's head in my lap. He expired while lying
there. and the report that he was killed by the
soldiers Is untrue. / was sitting by his dead
body when tho door was broken down and the
fighting was all around me. Crockett was
standing there with a look of determination on
his face and lighting with desperation. At every
stroke of his sword a Mexican was, killed or
wounded. He finally fell. and his body was
quickly out to pieces by the enraged soldiers. A
Mexican soldier made O rush at Bowie's dead
body. and In my efforts TO stay the blow I was
struck on the cheek with the point Of Q bayonet
and received o wound which made the. scar
which you still see on my face. The soldiers
finally reached Bowies dead body and threw 1t
into the pile with the other dead Americana:
The only thing that saved Mime. Candelartas
life In the battle was her nationality.