. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . Mexican tjpes in San Antonio THE REVOLT AT SAN JACINTO — SIEGE OF THE ALAMO. 165. The remnant of the old fort of the Alamo. it to the parent government in the city of Mexico, but when he reached thatplace he was thrown into prison. This and other odious tyrannies of SantaAnna, the new ruler and liberator of Mexico, opened the way to the Alamo
. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . Mexican tjpes in San Antonio THE REVOLT AT SAN JACINTO — SIEGE OF THE ALAMO. 165. The remnant of the old fort of the Alamo. it to the parent government in the city of Mexico, but when he reached thatplace he was thrown into prison. This and other odious tyrannies of SantaAnna, the new ruler and liberator of Mexico, opened the way to the Alamo, toSan Jacinto, and to inde-pendence. It was a bloodypath, but bravely trod!There were giants in thosedays, men who gave theirlives cheerfully, men whoheld death in men were Austin,Houston, Travis, Fannin,and Milam. The final struggle be-tween Santa Anna, dictatorof Mexico, and the Texan-American army began in1834. It was a clever pre-text which brought about the real war. The Mexican governor of Coahuila,the province allied to Texas, had, in order to meet his expenses, proposed thesale of lands in Texas. Numerous speculators presented themselves; but they were all Americans,and when this became known, the Mexican Government refused to ratify the gov-ernors action. The governor insisted; troops were sent into Coa
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