| Show IVAS WITH 1 HOUSTON S 11 ON TALE kle OF SURVIVOR OF BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO col bol price of clayton ala relates incidents of the fight which decided texan independence the capture of b f santa anna remember the alamo shouted saibi aal 11 houston 0 u sto n remember the alamo remember goliad came back from a thousand texas rangers as they eagerly awaited the word to charge the mexicans under santa anna at san sail jacinto there are a few survivors of the bat tle which decided texan independence living today to day one of them col harily hardy W B price of clayton ala is still halo and hearty and rein remembers embers the batt bataleas leas as though it happened but yesterday he is 85 95 years year of a age e al having been born in edgecomb county north carolina on may ma gln when t still till quite young ills his parents lied died and lie he moved to fort valley vailey ga where lie he lived with an uncle ance in 1834 in company with his uncle lie journeyed to texas and in 1835 at the age of 19 he entered sam houstons Hous tons band of texas rangers hangers fighting for independence from Al mexico exico in the rangers lie he was present at several small shir skirmishes with the mexican troops but the first firs A battle buttle of any importance was that of r san jacinto Jac inlo i sam houston hard pressed by the mexicans i under santa anna had retreated I 1 southward from gonzales tex and when near san felipe houston had turned to the ea east stand and crossed the brazos river at groces ferry marching down along tile the east bank of the buffalo bayou santa anna with his mexican troops following 6 in close pursuit pur sult had arched in clown the west lank bank of the buffalo bayou 0 rc reaching aching harrisburg the temporary capital of lot the state a day in advance of houston hero here santa anna burned the alt city v with all of the archives of the new newstate state and marched mare lieth 1 away after having a rear g guard action with houstons Hous tons men who team came up as santa anna marched mar clied off here one oj of houstons Hous tons spies captured au red a Alexi cai u post rider and houston A I 1 on learned for the first time that santa anna had divided his army into three parts one in marching arching down tile the west vest side of th estat one down the ie c beast and the third under tinder bantaa santa anna rill a an arching down the central part As soon as he teamed learned that santa anna had divided up rup his lits army houston determined to attack that part of the army shiell wilder under santa anna atter after having burned H harrisburg had jn marched arched away a few miles and lay encamped at flail jacinto santa anna fearing let he was to be attacked had ordered gon gen cos his brother in law v who ho commanded the rearguard rear re ir guard to bring up his rhion so that santa anna lind about 1600 wah hoyston I 1 abah 1400 |
