Susanna Dickinson

**Susanna Wilkerson Dickinson** ( 7 ga Oktoba, 1883) da jaririyarta, Angelina, suna cikin 'yan Amurka kaɗan da suka tsira daga Yaƙin Alamo na 1836 a lokacin Juyin Juya Halin Texas . Sojojin Mexico sun kashe mijinta, Almaron Dickinson, da wasu masu kare Texas 185.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Susanna a shekara ta 1814 a gundumar Williamson, Tennessee, kuma da alama ba ta taɓa koyon karatu ko rubutu ba. Ta auri Almaron Dickinson a ranar 24 ga Mayu, 1829, lokacin tana da shekaru 15.  Bayan sun sami ƙasa a bakin kogin San Marcos, ma'auratan sun zama 'yan mulkin mallaka na DeWitt shekaru biyu bayan haka. Daga nan Dickinsons suka gina shagon maƙera a can suka kuma saka hannun jari a harkar kasuwancin Gonzales na abokin mulkin mallaka George Kimbell.

## Juyin Juya Halin Texas
Yayin da gwamnatin Mexico ke ƙara yin watsi da tsarinta na tarayya don neman gwamnati mai ƙarfi, Almaron Dickinson ya zama ɗaya daga cikin farkon masu goyon bayan yaƙi. Daga baya ya haɗu da wasu masu sa kai a lokacin Yaƙin Gonzales, ya zama ɗaya daga cikin "Tsohon Gonzales 18" a yaƙin da ya ƙaddamar da Juyin Juya Halin Texas a ranar 2 ga Oktoba, 1835. A ƙarshen shekara, sojojin Texian sun kori duk sojojin Mexico daga yankin. Ba da daɗewa ba, Susanna ta haɗu da Almaron a tsohon Ofishin Jakadancin Alamo a San Antonio de Bexar (yanzu San Antonio, Texas ) jim kaɗan bayan an tura shi sansanin soja a can. Iyalan Dickinson suna zaune a wajen Alamo, suna kwana tare da iyalan Ruiz.

A farkon shekarar 1836, Shugaban ƙasar Mexico Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna ya jagoranci sojoji zuwa Texas, waɗanda suka isa San Antonio a ranar 23 ga Fabrairu suka kuma kewaye Alamo nan take. Ba ta ma da abinci a cikin aikin don jure wa mamayar ba.  Mutanen sun yi sauri suka tattara shanu a ciki suka nemi abinci a gidajen da aka yi watsi da su kwanan nan a waje.  Susanna da Angelina suna cikin iyalan sojojin da aka kawo su don aminci. 

Tsawon kwanaki goma sha biyu masu zuwa, Alamo ta kasance a ƙarƙashin kawanya. Santa Anna ta shirya kai hari da sanyin safiyar ranar 6 ga Maris. Da ƙarfe 8:10 na dare a ranar 5 ga Maris, manyan bindigogin Mexico sun dakatar da kai harin. Kamar yadda Santa Anna ta tsara, ' yan Texans da suka gaji sun faɗi cikin barci na farko da mutane da yawa suka yi tun lokacin da aka fara kawanya.  Da ƙarfe 5:30 na safe Santa Anna ta ba da umarnin ci gaba.  Yayin da sojojin Mexico suka fara ihu kuma masu harbin su suka yi ƙara, masu tsaron Texan suka farka suka yi sauri zuwa wurin aikinsu.  Susanna, Angelina, da yawancin sauran waɗanda ba mayaka ba suka taru a cikin cocin ibada don tsira. Daga baya ta ambaci cewa Davy Crockett ya tsaya na ɗan lokaci don yin addu'a kafin ya ɗauki matsayin da aka ba shi. 

Sojojin Mexico ba da daɗewa ba suka karya bangon waje na Alamo. Kamar yadda aka tsara a baya, yawancin 'yan Texians sun koma sansanin soja da kuma cocin. Almaron Dickinson ya ɗan zame daga kan mukaminsa yana riƙe da bindiga a cikin cocin don ya haɗu da Susanna a cikin ibadar ibada . Ya yi ihu "Allah Mai Girma, Sue, 'yan Mexico suna cikin ganuwarmu! Idan suka bar ki, ku ceci ɗana!", sannan ya sumbace ta ya koma kan bindigarsa.  Ya ɗauki awa ɗaya kafin sojojin Mexico su sami cikakken iko da Alamo.  Daga cikin 'yan Texians na ƙarshe da suka mutu akwai mutane 11, ciki har da Almaron, waɗanda ke kula da bindigogi biyu masu nauyin fam 12 a cikin cocin.   An toshe ƙofar da jakunkunan yashi, waɗanda 'yan Texans suka iya harbawa. Duk da haka, harbi daga bindiga mai nauyin fam 18 ta Mexico ya lalata shingen, kuma sojojin Mexico suka shiga bayan wani bugun farko na musket volley. Duk da cewa ma'aikatan Dickinson sun harba bindigoginsu daga apse zuwa ga sojojin Mexico, ba su da lokacin sake cika kayansu. Dickinson, Gregorio Esparza, Bonham, da sauran 'yan Texians sun kwace bindigogi suka harba kafin a kashe su.  Texian Robert Evans, shugaban ordnance, an ba shi aikin hana bindigar fadawa hannun Mexico. Ya ji rauni, ya rarrafe zuwa ga mujallar foda amma an kashe shi da kwallon musket tare da tocilarsa kawai inci daga foda.  Da ya yi nasara, da fashewar ta lalata cocin, ta kashe Susanna da sauran mata da yara da ke boye a ciki.  Yayin da sojoji suka kusanci wurin ibada, daya daga cikin 'ya'yan mai tsaron baya Anthony Wolf ya tsaya ya ja bargo a kafadarsa kuma aka kashe shi. 

## Manazarta

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*  . Reprint. Originally published: New York: McGraw-Hill, 1958
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