Show WAS WITH HOUS HOUSTON TON OF SAN JACINTO cc caf price perm of clayton CI ayton ala reianes ReI ates in of the fight which decided texan independence tc capture of santa anna remember thea shouted 7 sam houston il remember the alamor alamo r remember Col goliad iad cm come ne back from a thousand texas rangers as they ea eagerly gerl y await od tho tha word to cajar charge the mexicans under santa anna at af san jacinto ara a fow few survivors gf the bat alj which decided deciel ed texan texa n independence living ining today to day oneo oneat at thom them bolhar dy WB W B price of clayton ayton CI ala is still halo hale and hearty and remembers the battle aim although though it happened buttes I 1 berday he is 85 years ers having been bonn boin in edgecomb county north caro lina on may max 6 5 1817 when still quite ayoung young his parents died and lie may ea to r lort fort valley ga lib he lived with an uncle in ISM in company with his unc lehe journeyed to texas and in 1835 at the age 01 ol oi k 19 he ha on en sam houstons Hous Elous tons hand of texas rangers Ran gera fighting for c tr f from mexico in chev Pt angers lid howad was i present at several small with v ith the mexican troops but the first battle battla of any importance c was was that a 0 ff san jacinto I 1 i i sam houston hard pressed by the mexicans under santa anna had bad ro ra treated southward from gonzaley gonzales texy tex and when near bair felipez hous ton had turned to ther tae east and crossed tho the brazox brazos elvce rieck at groces groce ferry marching down along the east bank odthe of tho buffalo bayou santa anna with his mexican troops foll following Dwing in cio ep had marched march od down the west bank of the buffalo bayou reaching harrisburg the temporary capital of the state a day in adv advance ance of houston here santa anna tAnna burned the city with all of the archives of thur the now new state and nd marched aw away ay after having a rear guard action with 1 houstons ious Hous tows tons roen men who caino came up as aa santa anna ana marched kofl hero here ono of houstons Hous tons spies cap cured aured a mexican post rider ride r and hous hoesr ton learned far the first time that t santa anna had divided his army into three parts one marching down the west side of tho the state one down the I 1 east cast and the tha third tinaa santa anna marching down tile central part As soon scon as lie learned that ahat santa anna had divided up his army houston determined to attack that part of the army which under santa alina after li having burned harrisburg had ni marched arched away ti IL few miles mile and lay encamped at san jacinto San santa an ahr fear fearing liag lost last he was to be attacked biml ordered gen cos his brother ln in jaw who commanded the rearguard rear guard to tar bring brine up his men so GO that santa anna had about 1600 men while houston biad h ad about 1400 |