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Origin and Fall of the Alamo, March 6, 1836 John S College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Satanta & Big Tree Scrapbook Library Special Collections 1894 Origin and Fall of the Alamo, March 6, 1836 John S. Ford Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/sbtscrapbook Recommended Citation Ford, John S., "Origin and Fall of the Alamo, March 6, 1836" (1894). Satanta & Big Tree Scrapbook. 3. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/sbtscrapbook/3 Copyright c 1894 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/sbtscrapbook Alan1o 1\llonument Association. CHARTERED BY THE STAT E OF TEXAS . ,•' ... l' JU;.<; Jill·::\1'1' ~ I R S . ii- L\RV ,\. \ IAV J·:RIC K . r\TIL\. ' IEL 1\lfTC HEJ.L . Vru·: PR J·:s rvJ•:!'n ' ]OIL 'S. FO RI) .. VIC 1•: !' RJo:S JDJ·::-<'!' Jt!\IIUL,TUN P. BEE . .. S J•; CRETARV lllllECTO ilS. \V. H . VoUNG, ]AMES Mc:viAS'l'Jo:l{, MRS. GJo:o. N EwTON , 1,\'I RS. r\ . ]. D I CNOW l'l'V, MRS. G J.;o. C H AH O'l', SR., SAM ~ l AV J,; r UCK, . loR Rrr,r. PooR, R. B. (;;n ; EN, C. I,. DTGNO\V l'l'V, C,\ R J.OS BHE, ]JJ{YAN C AT,f,AGTIAN, SAM l,Y'l'I,J,; , i\R'l' H UR S Jo:J •; J,ICSON, ffAR'l' MUSSllV. Puhlisll c<l by authority. H. P. BEE, Sec'y Alamo l\1onulllent As"'" · ~~~~' !.- '--------;;---------------------~ .. • • ®rigin and Fall •• w of the Alamo M ar ch 6, 18 36 ® .. •' BY JOt\N s. FORD, . 011' e of a Conwtillee ol lite Alamo A .'i0datio11. ® .. II J ~ • .. 1894 : } ouNSON BH.o·ru ERS .PRIN TING Col\n 'ANY, San Antonio, 'l' exns. ~~------------------------------------------- ~* ---- ---· • \ ~~ --~---------------------· ~~---------------------------------------------------------------- ~%~ SAN ANTONIO, December r, r894. The committee, appointed to prepare a history of the Alamo, report as fo llows : In treating of the A lamo it is due to the people of T exas to g ive, at least, a short account of the settlement of A n1 eri cans in T exas, and of the causes leading to the revolution of r835 and 1836. There were A meri cans in T exas previous to the advent of Moses A ustin, December, 1820. A n teri or to this peri od of ti111 e A mericans h ad entered T exas with a view of assisting the revolu­ ti oni sts in the war they were waging against the Ki ng of S pain. ~ . They effected good serv ice oa several occasions. In the interi or portions of Mex!co Americans rendered considerahle aid to the lVIex icans. T he Uuited States in throw ing off the yoke of England was an example many states in A meri ca endeavored to in1i tate. The effect of these causes gave to A mericans a d istin­ g ui shed con"icl eration. It was, n o doubt, one of the main inducements causin g a favorable auswer to b e made to l\Ioses A ustin when h e a pplied for a uthority to intocl ruce settlers in to T exas. This authority was g ranted in r82 r. It must he r emembered that La S ::llle had entered T ex as in r 685. and hacl made a settlei\Ient of Frenchmen, ancl h all built Fort S t. Loui s, on the L avacca river. T his fac t , with other,; of a later elate, induced the Vi ceroy of lVI ex ico, the Duke of Linares, r to take steps for the permanent occupation of Texas. H e sent ,' Don l)(HJiingo Ramon with troops, and a party of FraticiscaH fria r,.; to civi li ;-; e and chri ,.; tianize Ind ians . T his occurred in 17 15. Ra mon cstabli ,.; hed some forts and mi ,.;s ions. H e located a fort, or presidio as the Spani ards call thcu1 , 0 11 Sa11 Pedro creek, three­ fourths of a mile fr om the public sq uare of the city of S an A utonio. The uame g iven to this presidio was Sau Antonio d e Valero. In 1718 the Franciscans estahli ,.; hecl a mission at this place. It waf> removed ou more than one occasion, a ncl was located on what is now the Military plaza of San Antonio. From there it was removed, in 171 8, to its present site, the east ba11k of the San Antonio river, and is known as the cllurd1 of tile Alamo. ~~----~--,--....~--------~------ ------------------------------~~---- I r --------------- ------------------------------------------~~:.'!~ ORIC!N AND FALL OF THE ALAMO. It rect·iv <-: d a supply or water hy m e ~\ n s of the Alamo ditch-­ A a:,;nia M adre del Alamo. The erectiou of the church was com­ JJH.: IJ CI! d in 17 r0. It faces to the west. There vv ere other build­ in gs connected with the church. East or the church stood the Convent, T ~)[ !Ce t in length ; it ran north to the south ·Jiu c of East H ouston street. There was an enclosure north of th e Convent yard. There were houses att::t ched to the mission , which h ad ' been inhabit ed. O utsid e of the mi ssion were houses occupied, at t one ti me by Christianized Indians. T hey abandoned thetn when the T cxians took possession o f the Alamo. It was in these houses th at the 'l'ex ians found eig hty or ninety bushels of corn . The wn ll s of the Alamo and the adj oi ning structures were too exten­ tensivc to be occupied and defended by rso men . A f'k r the death of Moses Austin , his ~o n , S tephen F . A us­ ti n, proccedetl to carry into effect the introduction of settlers into t. 'l'ex as. Great attention to T exas h ad been draw n by the reports of men who h ad been engaged with offi cers who had entered T exas to aid the Mexicans in achieviu g their independence. It was known that Mex ico was encouraging ellli g rati on. vVh en A us tin v i.- ited the City of Mexico, he found a numlJe r or influential gen­ tlemen asking for permission· to become c111prcsario;; , that is, to be ' Ot n ·leaders of innnigrants. They were offered, and, as a rnle, n.:ceivcd a g r:'111t C laJ)tl forth ' intr cl ucti on of e ::rcl1 person. Aus­ tin succeeded, ancl began h i,.; settlements c I I ti1 e Brazos; ri ver. O ther genllt: ll ll; n were also successful. The country heg<m to fill u p wi th settlt::rs. It was full of [ndi:lns, who were opposed to the ' .. introduction or whit ' pcuplc. They wageLl an inct:ssant and cm cl war upon the T t:x ians. T he leacl<; rs in Mcxicq became jealous of the aceession of A mcri ans as ·iti;-. c.:: n,.; . Thcy -•v iu ·e el lltt: ir o ppo ~ i ti o n by acts of opprc:-;s ion. The A m ric ::1u .-etll cr,- h ad sworn to obey tt nd s np­ p rt the M ex i c ~'ll~ constitution of 1 82 ~~- By several acts of G en . Santa A nna in dicat in g his intention to assume the ·dictatori al position the pt! ople of T exas hccame assm ed of bis intention to ovcrth mw the constitution of 1824.. The people of T exas h ad given the Mexican government some very convincin g proofs of their intention not to submit to the excrci::>e of any illegal and tyranni c(!! acts against them. The govemment of the United States had proposed to pay the Mexican goverument $4,ooo,ooo for T exas. This proposition ~It"~~~--~--~-------------------- * *~:------~-------------------------------------------------------- ~ ORIGIN AND FALL OF THE ALAJ11D. 5 :w gcred the Mexica 11 s, and incr,•ase cl their antipathy to T "xinns. Tl1ey began to persecute them by sending troops, not 1·o ch astise Indians, but to check and punish T ex ians for their ::~ clh c s i o n t0 1 correct aucl liberal principl es. T hese military aiders of tyrauy were expelled from T cxas. One of these envoys of a despotic president was an A.meri can by birth, Col. Bradbum. H e robbed T exians, anclmade prisoners of' vV illiam B. Travis, Patrick H. Jack and Momoe Edwards. The T exians embodied, elected C 1. Francis vV . Johnsou to CO rlllll and. By their representations to Col. Piedras, commander at Nacogdoches, Col. Braclbnrn was removed irom Texas. This event took place in 183 r . Bradbnm was posted at A nahuac. On J une 25 th Capt. J ohn A ustin , at the head of six (y men, defeated L t. -Col. Ugartechea , at Fort Velasco. He had 1 25 men. August 2, r83 2, Col. J arues W. Bullock defeated Col. Piedras at Nacogdoches. T hese affairs took place while President Bustamente was in power in Mexico. T he T exians took sides with Santa Anna ·1t that time. H e wa:; beaten by Gen. Santa A nua, who succeeded to the presid ency of Mexico. The people of T exas repo;in g confidence in Santa Auua declared for hirn. He had been one of the heroes in the Mexican struggle for independence. He soon undeceived them ; became dictator; overthrew the constitution of 1824, and issued a n order for the disarming of the people--one man out of every fiv e hundred was allowed to own a firelock.
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