The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-04-16
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>@<0& UGH has been writer
\ Z about the brave work q
q M o Lahtte aud bis band o. -pI
AA n ratesv from the bayou
5Tosx Barataria, who fought IN
def General Jackson on the plains Of
ChaImetle. Nothing they did there
however. excels the hervism one Of
thc band displayed. twenty-one years
Inter. in the siege OF the Alamo This
last was a deed worthy to rank with
that Of John Ingram, lately reeounted
IN The Companion Ingram's race
across a bulIet-sEept field for a keg OF
powder. which was inadvertently
ascFibed 10 the siege of Gonzales. oe-
Cured at the first taking or the Aia-
mo. when the Texans drove out the
Mexican garrison and occupied San
Antonio Of Bexar. At that time Dary
Crockett. having been defeated for
Congress In Tennessee. and being in
consequence weary Of life IN that too
civilized State. was on his way to
Texas to help in the revolution On
the road he fell in with charming
young fellow whom be never IN his
journal calls ofhe- than "the bee
nssn.1 because the young man had been
hunter Or wild bees wax Later the
two were joined by white man and
an Indian.
These two were armed with rifles
md hunting knives" wrote Crockett I'll
bis Journal. and though / have been
accustomed 10 the sight Of men who
hare not stepped far oyer the line Of
civilization. must say that they were
Just about the rorghest snmpies | Lad
sesn anywhere
One was a man about fifty Years Of
age tail and rawb0Eed He was
dressed in a sailors round Jacket. and
with farpauIin Oil lis head. His
whiskers nearly covered bis face. his
hair was coalsblack and long. and there
was deep scar across his forehead |
and another on the back Of his hand. |
The beeman knew him well. He had \
leen for many years pirate with the
famous LATTE"
Crockett, the beeman and the old pi- !,
rate arrived In San Antonio just in
time to be besieged there By tlie Mexi-
ran army. On February 23d Colonel
Travis wished to send ont a message
10 Colonel Fannin at GoIIad. who had
about four hundred troops, telling him
that be was besieged. The old pirate
volunteered to 60. and set out that
night. He got through the Mexican
lines safely. and the men in the fort
heard nothing Of him again until dusk
on March 4tl. when the beeman and
Crockett. heing On top Of the wall, saw
a man running toward them, pursued
bys Mexican cavalry. and recognized
the old pirate. With two hunters they
sailed TO his rescue.
Meanwhile the old pirate. finding
himself overtaken, stopped. faced
about. and at short range shot one OF
the Mexicans dead. Then with clubbed
Inusket he charged full at the rest.
who halted. and broke before him. at Ii
that moment his rescuers came up. and
In the ardor OF the chase. forgetting
now Few tAey were. and led by the old
pirate. they pursued the Mexlcans back
to their camp.
They were quickly cut of BY a troop
II Mexican cavalry, and saw they
must fight their way back. They
'harsed on the cavalry with pistols
md then with dubbed muskets, and
he old pirate laid out man after man
u them with terrible blows.
The Texans in the fort quickly
warmed out, and again drove the Mex
cans back. but the old pirate and the
Ieeman were mortaIIy hurt, and Crock
# had bad saber-cut across the
ead.
The old pirate did not live TO tell
be result Of his mission. but died as ,
e was borne into the Alamo. and the !
eeman soon followed him. Two
ays later the Alamo was carried by
ssault, and every person in it. ex-
ept woman. child and a negro boy,
rag butchered.- Youths Companion.