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Show , . \ - I . jt _ , ; " 'Direct Direct ' irect From the Fieldof Field 01 of Glory lory ! " [ f\ f \ fIe F Fto \ ie to 21st of Apnl April , the Texians Texlans , ouston . , and 600 strong , hadl'1 hadred had hadred l'1 l1 ' l'1red red so as to get above and andflome andfhome 1 flome 1home ! home two miles nules and in sightMexicans sight sightMexicans Mexicans , , under Santa Ana , , strong , , and nearto nearl near - - ! re 1,270 1270 , , l \ \ 1 1the the fork ofzos of the two nvers rivers riversKzos , , zas zos and Sabine Houston , , to\\ to tothe | the enemy thus snuglyin snugly in , had his little httle army drawn drawnk drawnrhe k , : $ e purpose of addressing addressmg it5n it , 5n , n . "Soldiers Soldiers " , " said he , "there there "therecmydo "theretinydo "therev therev " cmy-do cmy do tiny-do tiny croy - - do you want to fight ? ' was the universal shoutifen shoutthen shout shouthen ifen then hen , . " said he , ' " , let us eat our ourand ourand ourand and then I will Wlll lead you Into Intof intoI intoThey intot f I They obe obecd obey } ) cd ed the order to toI toImmediately toI I immediately thereafter , ato'clock at ato'clock ? o'clock oclock ' ' P . . M . . were marched marched"tack marchedattack .hack hack "tack tack . " They bore down upon uponxtcans uponkacans uponkicans xtcans kacans ! at the top of their theireservmg theireserving eservmg servmg their fire until nnul near neartto nearto nearto tto | to have every shot telL A Agement AIigement gement was kept lept up about aboutminutes aboutminutes aboutminutes minutes , when the Me Mexicans Mexicanso lcans \o o \ o break breah and retreat in m great greatand greatfand and confusion The Texlans Texians Texiansall Tcxians\'all Tcxians 'all all 4 4and } \ ' aU all before them AlthoughLd Although Althoughd Ld d but half the number of the the,5s thejs ,5s 5s , ; s . , and but two pieces of canfottr can- can cano14r can-four can four - , fottr ! o14r pounds each , while the thedad theiiad , dad ad a six and a nine mne pounder , l&Iteen lIteen ififteen - ( & minutes nunutes after the en en- en ennt en-jit en jit - - . : ; nt commenced , , many of the 1'25 125 ' ' ' as 3s called loudly for quarter . . .he he ' . he rout of the Mexicans Mexuans : , , "tn's tns la's las " ns ' * men continued contmued to fonow follow fonowponr followpour followpour ponr pour in m upon them for about aboutus abouthrs aboutire us hrs . Upwards of six hundred hundrediy hundred"y hundredy " iy y Mexicans were killed Ialled , and andix andaz andix ix az , hundred taken pnsoners prisoners prisonersr prisonerswere prisoners'were prisonerswere ' ' r-cre r cre - were r six or seven Texlans Texians TexlansLnd Texiansand Texiansnd and Lnd ( about twenty woundedk wounded's wounded"s wounded 's s "s ' " * Cos and Almonte were werethe werethe werethe the first prisoners pnsoners taken . The Thewas Thewas ThemsLS was pale and greatly agitated agitatedi , f ] t latter displayed , , as he had hadring hadring hadring ( [ ring the fight , , great coolness coolnesstrage coolnessrage coolnesstrage rage . . trage ; \ ' Ana fled among the earhesttreated earliestheated earliest earhest earliesttreated - -treated treated heated - . . He was seen by twoJne twofne two twone Jne fne ne about 15 and the otherif other if ifyears < 7 7 years of age , to go into a a"of aof a'of aof { "of of " } ' of woods They kept watchplace watch place during dunng the night rnght , , and andct andt ct ( t morning mornmg a man came out out'hke outlike outhke 'hke hke | ' like a common Mexican sol- sol solt solot sol-.pt sol.pt sol .pt pt - . ot t suspecting suspectmg him to be Santa Santafey Santaacy ley . ! fey took him prisoner pnsoner . He He1no Heno Heno 1no ] no resistance , but wished to . tiX Ar Ark k f fI ? / I 453 rY ; rYa rYf rY4rt a f 4rt $ s A tA t ts tf t.SAM f ( .SAM SAM . HOUSTON HOUSTONm m n to General Houston . . He Henducted Henductcd nducted to that officer , , when whende whendc de himself known as Santa Santaeked Santaiked eked the respect due officersand officers ; and made the offers for his hiswhich hisSwhich which had beeif beezt ' publishedLMO published publishedLMO ; LMO SCOTT WATSON WATSONIR WATSONIRECT WATSONIRECT IRECT IR CT from the Field rJeld of ofGlory ofGlory ofGlory Glory tSuch I t ! ISuch Such was the headlIne headlIneunder headlineunder headlineunder under which the MoblIe Mobile MobileAla MobileAla 1 ( Ala ) Mercantile Iercantlle Advert Adver Adver- AdvertIser Advertiser - - . , : t tiser riser carried earned the news news'II newsstorv -'II 'II II - 'IIstory ' storv story quoted In part above aboveThis aboveThis aboveThis ( This excerpt Is takeD taken takenfrom takeni < from Itrom , the book booh , , "AmerIcaressThe "AmericaTessThe "America America "AmericaPress " Press ress-The ress The Tess-The Tess - The Nes News New Ne\\ Ne \ s of Testerj Yesterr Yester Yesterrltten TesterjTitten r ritten Titten rltten r itten by Laurence Greene GreeneJ.lsbed Greenelashed GreeneHIsbcd J.lsbed Jlsbed ) . ! lashed recently by the Dobbs Bobbs Bobbsompany Bobbsjcompany . .ompany ompany , . ompany ) - afield t-fteld t fteld Meld of glory " to which Itas It 1 , 18S | 8S as that of San Jaclnto JacInto , the theredth 1redth 1 , thej@redth @ redth anniversary of whichi which whichobserved iobserved observed this month as ns a athe athe athe i ' ( | the Texas centennial celcDuring cele- cele celc- celc celeDuring - - During that time the name nameonston nameotiston nameouston onston otiston again will wl11 beI befiung be I ' ' flung fiung - - - - - - t te te lie e stars staroi " Orators Ordtors agaIn ' againIpralscs vralses praises upon him as the the.San theySan ; .San San . 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" They will wl11 teU tell teUhe tellhe tellr heanqulshell he vanquished \anqulshell anqulshell tanquished \ SantaMel.lcan Santa .f f . > Mexican Mel.lcan Mellcan Mealcan . dictator dlctntor , asadds as asdds 11 adds dds to the stature of ofd of'by ofby ' . by calling call1ng him Mm the d con con- conhat con.that conthat . - hat self seIf st staled styled led "Napoleon Napoleon "Napoleon6t Napoleon6t "Napoleont " t " " ( which he v . wasn't wasnt asn't asnt ' ) tier ttcr tter might they call caU Hous bus HoustVashlngton 3 3Vashington ashlngton Vashington of ot the West ' Ki > was ) . , To do that that . , ot of otuld ofId ofUld ! uld Id Involve recognition of ofsant ofisant .1 1 . .1sant sant fact tact that this VIre Vir Vire e his great grent predecessor predecessorisful , sfulln aful la in a fight tight tor for libertyl libertyF liberty.1o liberty Uberty l F .1o 1o . - avs avss9t s9t d ryfo k p x m mZ Z Ev Evi Eve i e a r : fiQ1 fiQ1SSs6 /SSs6 SSs6 / SSs6aS aS Y Yh YM h M .y y . 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THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO ( From the painting In the State Capitol at Austin ) almost ns as much DESPITE DJSPITIJ : his com corn compatrIots cornpatriots cornpatriots patrIots as he lie was BECAUSE BJCAUSIJ : of ofthem ofthem ofthem them If you doubt that st'1temcnt st1temcnt statement stitementrcid ' , re'1d re1d reid ' the biography of Houston IIouston ' , The Raven TIaven Haven " ( also publI published hed by the theBobbs theBobbs theBobbs Bobbs : Mcrrill llerrl11 Merrill compinv comp'1n comp1n compin3 ' ) which "on on "onfor w " wonfor on onfor for Its author , Marquis James , a aPulltzer aPulitzer aPulltzcr Pulltzer Pulitzer prke prue prize In 1030In 1030In 1930 1030 1930In In It ; } sou ou will wlIl Icirn le'lrn lelrn learn ' that Houston Houston.commander Houstoncommander . , commander In chief chlcf of an army of ofIIberatlon ofliberation ofliberation IIberatlon liberation In I 1S3G 1536 G , , hid h'ld hld ' to contend contendwith contendwith contendwith with the sime S'lme Slme s'ime ' ' difficulties dlmcuIUes diflculties which con constantIy constantly constantly stantIy stantly liar handed har'lcsed harlcsed ' ' : sed George Washing Washington Washington Washington ton , , comnnnder comm'1ndcr comm1ndcr commander ' In chief of the theforces theforces theforces forces fighting for Amcncin Amcnc'1n Amcnc1n American ' Uberty liberty UbertyIn libertyin libertyIn In 177G 1776 Jealousy Jealousv , bickering bIcl.erlng bIclerlng . , lack lach . of ofco ofco ofco co opontion oper'lhon operlhon operation ' , , . indecision Inadequate InadequateSUppl1CS inadequatesupplies Inadequatesupplies SUppl1CS supplies divided authority , an tentrained un ten untrained untrained trained and undisciplined undlscfpUned army-he army he armyhestruggled armyhestruggled army - hestruggled struggled against all a11 of these Nandicaps handl Nandi handlcnps handicaps cnps caps just as Washington hid h'1d h1d had ' That Thathe lhathe bat bathe he was able nble to tQ overcome them all alland alland alland and against ngalnst a superior foice fOlce force to wIn wInthe winthe winthe the overwhelming o\"erwhelming o "erwhelming erwhelming \ " victory vlctorv that he dId dIdadds didadds didadds adds to the brilliance brllliance of his achieve achieve- achievement achievement achievement - - ment and makes mahes San Jaclnto Jacinto a "field field "fieldot "fieldof "fieldof fieldof " ot of glory " indeedHouston Indeed IndeedHouston Houston first went to Texas In In1832 1832 1532 In that year Gen AntonIo AntonIoLope1 AntonioLope AntonioLope7 Lope1 Lope ? de Sinta S'1nta S1nta Santa ' Anni Ann'l Annl ' overthrew o.erthrew oerthrew . the thegovernment thegovernment thegovernment government of President Busta Bustamente Bustamente Bustamcnte mente and on April 1 , 1833 1333 , the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American settlers In Texas Te\as Te as Teas " \ : held a acon acontention acontention con\ con conentIon contention \ entIon at San Felipe FeIIpe to propose proposeto proposeto to the new president of Mexico MeIco " { that thatTexas thatTexas thatTexas Texas be made a n separate state But Butwhen Butwhen Butwhen when Stephen F r P Austin the "ra ra "Fa Fa "rather "Father "Father Father " ther of Texas Teas " { , , " went to Melco Meuco MelcoCItv MeucoCity MexicoCitv " { CItv City to la3 la } the convention s request requestbefore requestbefore requestbefore before the new president , , he lmmedlately immedlately imme lmme | diately dlately threw Austin in jail and andmade andmade andmade made cleir cle'1r cle1r cle'ir ' his IllS hostility hostlhty toward the theIdta theidea theIdea Idta idea of Texin Tex'1n Tex1n Texgn ' autonomy . . The Imprisonment of Austin and andthe andthe andthe the attitude of the tile \ Mexican 1\Ie.Ican 1Ie.Ican 1 Ie.Ican IeIcan ) , . dictator dictatorto dictatortoward dictatortoward to\\ to toard toward \ ard his American subjects In InTels inTeens InTexas Tels Teens " { ! soon finned hnned their resentment resentmentInto resentmentinto resentmentinto Into a detcimlnailon deteiminarion determinailon to revolt . . Tall Talk Talkof Talkof " of ind Independence pendence was "as as " In the air but butilouston butHouston butHouston ilouston Houston , who had played a lea leading leadingpart leadingpart lng lngpart part In the San .rclipe rclipe .rellpe rellpe .Felipe Felipe . convention conventionjoIned conventionjoined conventionjoined joIned Austin AusUn In his counsel to ' keep keepquIet keepquiet keepquiet quIet , , discountenance all ref rc resolutionary ' olutIon olutIonary olutionary ary measures or men " because , , as asbe ashe ashe be he declared 'thCY thCY 'they they ' they would be lIkely lIkelyto likelyto likelyto to plunge Texas Teas " { Into a bloody bloodv strug struggle struggle struggle gle " with "ltl1 ltl1 Mexico MeIco " { before she was pre prepared prepared prcpared pared for it " But the pressure was too strong strongupon strongupon strongupon upon him and late In 1835 1535 when the theCommittee theCommittee theCommittee Committee of VigIIincc Vlglhnce Vigilance and nnd Safety SafetycommIssIoned Safetycommissioned Safetycommissioned commIssIoned him "commander commander " in inchief inchief Inchief chief of the forces of the depart department departmeat department ment meat of Nacogdoches , " , , " he Issued a acaU acall acall caU call for recruits In Te\is Te is Te\1S 1S Teais \ ' ' to "joIn joIn "joInour "joinour "Joinour Joinour " our ranks ranhs with a n good rifle flOe and 100 100rounds 100rounds 100rounds rounds of ot ammunition " | He next net " { went to WashIn Washington ton on ontheDra70s onthe onthe-Brazos onthe Brazos the the-Dra70s the Dra70s - - Bra7os where a convention was washeld washeld washeld held on November No\cmber No cmber Notember \ 3 , , 1835 18.15 1815 . It elect elected elected electcd ed Houston commander In chief of ofthe ofthe ofthe the TCX1 Texis Texas ' ; armies armlcs Having no con confidence confidence confidence fidence In raw volunteers , hastlIy hastily hastlIyassembled hastilyassembled hastilyassembled assembled as an army , he Imme Imme- Immediately immediately Immediately - - diately began mahln making plans for a aweIl awell awell weIl well drilled drllled body of ot troops before beforeattempting beforeattempting beforeattempting attempting a test of strength wIth wIththe withthe withthe the forces which Santa Anna would wouldsoon wouldsoon wouldsoon soon b be leading Into Texas . . . San Antonio de Bexar Dexar was held heldby heldby heldby by General C Cos < > s \ with \ Ith a force of 1,400 1400 1,400l.Ie 1,400Mexicans 1,400Mexicans 1400Mexicans , , Mexicans l.Ie lIe ' . ic:1Ds ic1Ds : At Concepclon ConcepcIon were less lessthan lessthan lossthan than 500 Texans commanded nom - , e- e e.EGENID'cv - . .EGENID'cv .EGENIDcv EGENIDcv . ' ? 1 1nC.wu I u nC.wu nCwu - . ' l Wf WNU r py e , M LLy " , NIJK.M NIJKM NIJK.MAerYrCfYet . AerYrCfYet , , r.a ra . . + a- a a.aw . - . .aw aw . e.ewpf eewpf . a . , a r . . , n .w w . p . .n n . . A , Yi.r Yir . onw.r onwr . . t r urntu urntuf f M'wunnmire Mwunnmire ' . ' . . , Wror A.r Ar Ie/V.lfrWrlf IeV.lfrWrlf Ie V.lfrWrlf VlfrWrlf . f . + eu . ) A + r , 1/b 1 b 1bl / rwKUeVr rwKUeVr0eesnwaw.o .wrAraoeuf31 wrAraoeuf31 .wrAraoeuf31IeV.lfrWrlf / 0eesnwaw.o 0eesnwawo . bfoutacn , Ara . a warn was "Nrt3Y1.u Nrt3Y1.u Nrt3Y1u " . , .o o ebed.u.u ebedu.u ebeduu . . sw c + .er er . .erD ? D 8 8ati t tl l / / ' dlf dlfwr wr uinu wan wnnaw 0 ati I IQ Iuur Q uur uurv , v . tiC . . , J ti 11 11S /S S / , / , 1 qve L4 \ a at t ' w SAN SANi SANrACtrro ATTLE OF , i , rACtrro rACtrroI , dAC1NT0 rACtrrodAC1NT0 % I e\ e eoAr \ oAr ! llzo zt dOJd I t . r . ' " ewA M , - . Inally Ina11y by Edivard Jdward Edward : Burlcson Burleson urleson but ac- ac actua11y actually ac actually - tually tua11y under the joint command ot of otJames ofJames ofJames James Bowie DowIe and James W . . FannIn Fannin.Despite FanninDespite . . . DepIte Despite ' ) Houston's Houstons llouston's lloustons ' ' recommendation recommendationto to Fannin rannln that he wait walt until untll artil artIl- artIllery artillery - lery were avallible amil'1ble amil1ble ' , , rannin Tannin declared declaredthat declaredthat declaredthat that . with v.lth vlth 250 men he could take theplace the theplace theplace place by bv storm Ills His " " " "army army shared sharedthat sharedthat sharedthat that belief beIlet , too So ' when 'rohen rohen whea a veteran veteranplainsman veteranplainsman veteranplainsman plainsman raised the cry of ' Who'll Wholl Who'llgo Who'llgo Who'llgo Whollgo ' go Into Bexar Dexar \ with \ Ith old Ben BenMIljm300 lll1.1m lll11m Milani . ? ' 300 men menoluntcered ' \oluntcered oluntcered olunteered \ . and stofmed stofined stofmedthe stofinedthe stormedthe the town In face of ot artillery fireMllam fir " ' Mllam lam ] was killed hllIed and the command commandpnscd commandpassed commandpassed pnscd passed ' ) to Francis rrands I'rancis Irancis ' W . Johnson JohnsonFIve JohnsonFive JohnsonFive FIve days |