Show we evro stationed almut about hali a mile away from tiie mexican army says cor price they had fortified themselves at san jacinto and thought they were safe from attack on the afternoon qt alu 20 0 1 jouston houston called ills his men nut and t told old them that ho he was ready to attack tile the mexicans and bade us remember the alamo alabino at 2130 while the mexicans were taking their afternoon siesta we were vere 0 ordered to charge we wehart hart bad two iron six which the texans had dubbed the twin raLand and the Alexi mexicans cans had one brass nine the first shot of iho the battle was waa fired by one of our cannon the second shot from the twin sisters exploded the powder chest of the mexicans mexican s and they were unable to uso use theira cannon at all during the battle we charged and the mexicans awakening from their sleep stood ready to receive us ua the rhe troops fired with their guns at their hips and invariably fired too high hib hi b in a few minutes we were among the mexicans and in half an hour the battle after waging for P a time in hand to hand conflict was over eight i hundred mexicans lay on the field of battle and more had surrendered santa anna was nowhere to be found but three thred lays days later three young men while walk walking ilig in the outskirts of the camp found a man creeping through the grass they halted him and lie he fell at their feet and kissed hissed them lie he had no insignia of office but he was taken before houston and as lie he reached the american general beneral he fell on ills his 1 I am don antonio lopez do de santa anna the great spanish napoleon I 1 am y your our prisoner of war and claim your clemency the bra brave are always generous houston asked him wished done with ills his dead sold soldiers I 1 erg b but ut the mexican gener general il shrugging his shoulders aepli replied ed they are dead let them stay where they are and the dead mexicans were allowed to remain there and were never buried it has often been said that santa anna had only one leg at the battle of san but that is false 11 he e had two as good logs as I 1 ever saw and he lie lost ills his leg some time after this batlle after the battle of san jacinto jol of the things captured from the mexicans wore were sold santa annas saddle sold for anu anil good mexican ponchos conchos pon chos sold for CO 60 apiece |