Niles Weekly Register

NILES’ WEEKLY REGISTER. Fourth Series. No. 7 – Vol. XIV. BALTIMORE, APRIL 16, 1836, Vol. L. Whole No. 1,282. Edited, Printed and Published by H. Niles. Page 121 contains an article titled FROM TEXAS – FALL OF SAN ANTONIO AND MASSACRE OF THE TEXAS TROOPS. The article contains considerable detail including “Ansilma Burgura states that he lift the Alamo on Sunday, the 6th inst. And now is three days from Aroaches Rancha, that the Alamo was attacked on Sunday morning , at dawn of day, by about 2300 Mexicans and was carried a short time before sunrise, with a loss of 520 Mexicans killed and as many wounded. Col. Travis had only 150 effective men out of his whole force of 187. After the fort was carried, seven men surrendered and called for gen. Santa Anna for quarter – they were murdered by his order. Colonel Bowie, was sick in bed and also murdered…..The bodies of the Americans were burned after the massacre – an alternate layer of bodies and wood, underlaid and set on fire. Lieut. Dickinson, who had a wife and child in the fort, after having fought with desperate courage, tied his child to his back and leaped from the top of a two story building – both were killed in the fall….” Samuel Houston.

Also reports from The New Orleans Bee and The New Orleans Bulletin. The New Orleans True American reported “We regret to say that colonel David Crockett, his companion, Mr. Jesse Benton, and col. Bonham, of South Carolina, were among the number slain. Col. Bowie was murdered in his bed, sick and helpless. Gen. Cos, on entering the fort, ordered the servant of col. Travis to point out the body of his master, he did so, when Cos drew his sword, and mangled the face and limbs with the malignant feelings of a Camanche savage.”

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