Lone Star Nation (65 page)

“I must beg”: ibid., 4:185.

“I shall march today . . . few men I have”:
PTR,
4:176–77.

“My situation . . . in the colonies”: ibid., 327–28.

“By the 15th of March”: ibid., 328.

“all the measures in his power . . . any way responsible”: ibid., 180.

“This country . . . to the British minister)”: ibid., 251–52.

“Comrades in arms!”: ibid., 373–74.

“The enemy in large force”: ibid., 420.

“Commander of the invading forces . . . the volunteers of Bexar”: ibid.
,
4:414.

“As the Aide-de-camp”: ibid., 415.

“the certainty that Travis”: de la Peña, 41.

“At the time . . . with laughter”: Swisher, 19.

“Let us dance”: Menchaca, 23.

“We have removed . . . for assistance”:
PTR,
4:419.

“To the People of Texas”: ibid., 423.

“Today at 10 o'clock . . . Victory or Death!”: ibid., 433–34.

“‘Who is Dr. Grant?'” . . . resist them as such”:
WSH,
1:348–53.

“From the hurry . . . Texian liberty”:
PTR,
4:424–25.

“We have less than 350 . . . done our duty”: ibid., 427.

“Not a particle . . . complete the fortifications”: ibid., 443–44.

“In the present confusion . . . Victory or Death”: ibid., 502–4.

“Let the Convention”: ibid., 504–5.

“Take care of my little boy”: ibid., 501.

“With the speed . . . Sabine River”: ibid., 448.

“The night was very raw . . . munitions, and horses”: Urrea, 214–16.

“Foreigners invading the republic . . . suffer as traitors”:
PTR,
4:501.

“Twelve days had passed . . . arguments were fruitless”: de la Peña, 42–44.

“The time has come . . . Army of Operations”:
PTR,
4:518–19.

“a lady from Bejar . . . cover of darkness”: de la Peña, 44.

“He wanted to cause”: ibid., 44–45.

“The moon was up . . . shots and bayonets”: ibid., 46–51.

16. At Discretion

“Among them was one”: ibid., 53.

“As I was surveying . . . misrepresent the facts”: Labadie, 174.

“Santa Anna sent one”: Ruiz, 357.

a fourth eyewitness account: Martínez Caro, 103–4.

The details of Crockett's death: For a discussion of the various accounts and arguments, see Kilgore.

“their negroes, God damn them”: Lack, 244.

“We, therefore”: Texas Declaration of Independence, March 2, 1836,
Documents of Texas History,
98–99.

“commander in chief of the land forces”:
WSH,
1:361.

The convention went on to write a constitution: Yoakum, 238.

“Goliad had been taken . . . in their commander”: Barnard, 608–16.

“I have about 420 men . . . sluggards forever”:
PTR,
4:454.

“We are in hourly expectation . . . will not murmur”: ibid., 508–10.

“Previous to abandoning . . . highly important”:
WSH,
1:365.

“As the affair . . . cheerfulness prevailed”: Barnard, 619.

“The country around us . . . all our equipment”: Ehrenberg, 169–70.

“His former experience”: Barnard, 622.

“Our army now waited . . . cavalry squadrons”: Ehrenberg, 171–72.

“We heaped, around our small camp . . . drop of water”: ibid., 179.

“I immediately ordered . . . terms I proposed”: Urrea, 228–29.

“After a long debate . . . almost every year”: Ehrenberg, 182.

“After some parley . . . liberty and home' ”: Barnard, 623–24.

“Art. 1st . . . José Urrea”: Santa Anna, “Manifesto,” 60–62;
PTR,
5:147–48.

“They doubtless surrendered”: Urrea, 235.

“the bravery and daring . . . all in my power”: Santa Anna, “Manifesto,” 58–59.

“Law commands . . . that wields it?”: ibid., 18.

“I am informed”:
PTR,
5:175.

“At seven in the evening . . . restless night”: Urrea, 236n.

“Their indignation . . . on the ground”: Ehrenberg, 183–85.

Ehrenberg concluded: ibid., 185.

“I am now prepared . . . to indulge in”: Barnard, 624–26.

“Several of my comrades . . . : we were Texans”: Ehrenberg, 190–95.

“Grey clouds hung . . . in this direction”: ibid., 198–201.

“He was very serious . . . that bloody day”: Barnard, 626–28.

“A command to halt . . . my dying friends”: Ehrenberg, 201–7.

17. Runaway

“It is said that Santa Anna”:
PTR,
5:40.

“The inhabitants of this country”: ibid., 40.

“I am convinced . . . from Mexican territory”: Santa Anna, “Manifesto,” 65–66.

“We reached home . . . announce their arrival”: Taylor, 118.

“There was not a soul”: Swisher, 30–31.

“We could have met . . . of the drill”:
WSH,
1:374.

“Troops pent up in forts”: ibid., 367.

“By falling back”: ibid., 374.

“Sam Houston had . . . not to run”: John Warren Hunter Papers, “Literary Effort.”

“The declaration of independence”:
PTR,
5:159.

“Then on a day . . . trudged along”: Taylor, 117–23.

“The army of Santa Anna . . . reduced to ashes!”:
WSH,
1:374–75.

“The Mexican army . . . conquer our enemies”: ibid., 378–79.

“I am not easily depressed . . . in the lines”: ibid., 380.

“All would have been well”: ibid.

“If what I have heard . . . ill-fated man”: ibid., 381.

“The retreat of the government”: ibid.

“Men are flocking”: ibid., 382.

“The capture of the Alamo . . . what a misfortune!”: Santa Anna, “Manifesto,” 20.

“There was a great abundance”: de la Peña, 99.

“At the Colorado . . . pick up the last grain”: ibid., 114–15.

“I found one house . . . so many of these destroyed”: ibid., 111.

“No one would disagree”: ibid., 120.

“duties which derive . . . with profound respect”:
PTR,
5:233.

“News—good news . . . as neutral ground”: ibid., 317.

“When to this fact . . . prepare for action”:
PTR,
5:373.

“to join them in the war . . . daily increasing danger”: ibid., 375–76.

“and had with him . . . upon this subject”: ibid., 468–69.

“It is not the wish . . . by this Government”:
PTR,
6:53.

18. A People in Arms

“The capture of the Alamo . . . full flight”: Santa Anna, “Manifesto,”20–21.

“Through some of the colonists . . . afternoon of the 14th”: ibid., 74.

“The panic has reached . . . should it be otherwise . . .”:
PTR,
5:317.

“Our friend the commander-in-chief . . . upon ourselves”: ibid., 444–45.

“Sir: The enemy”:
WSH,
1:412n.

“Taunts and suggestions . . . perform impossibilities”: ibid., 411–12.

“By your retreat . . . universal consternation seized the country”: Baker, 276–77.

“He came to the tents . . . in agitation”: Kuykendall, 301–2.

“Col. Sidney Sherman . . . the Liberty company”: Labadie, 150–51.

“The blacksmith is there . . . call in an hour”: Sparks, 66–67.

“I went to work and killed . . . double the punishment”: ibid., 68–69.

“I entered Harrisburg”: Santa Anna, “Manifesto,” 74.

“Due to the reports . . . detain him many days”: Santos, 98.

“General, I have brought . . . to the right”: Labadie, 152–53.

“This morning . . . go to conquer”:
WSH,
1:413–14.

“At about eight o'clock . . . idea of fighting”: Delgado, 7.

“All of the members of the division”: Santa Anna, “Manifesto,” 75–76.

“It was two o'clock”: Delgado, 8.

“About one hundred”: Santa Anna, “Manifesto,” 76.

“Seeing him under . . . if he desired it”: Billingsley Papers, letter to Galveston
News
, September 19, 1857.

“It would be difficult”: Swisher, 40–41.

“We had the enemy . . . His Excellency's tent”: Delgado, 9–10.

“I shut the enemy up”: Santa Anna, “Manifesto,” 31.

“Col. Wharton visited . . . ‘Fight, and be damned!' ”: Labadie, 162.

“Our situation is strong”: Houston, “Houston's Speech,” 323.

“Our troops paraded”:
WSH,
1:418.

“Our regiments were volunteers . . . enemies' eyes”: Sparks, 70.

“Remember the Alamo!”
WSH,
1:419.

“I was in a deep sleep”: Santa Anna, “Extracts,” 270.

“The utmost confusion . . . carnage took place”: Delgado, 10–11.

“We charged with such fury”: Sparks, 71.

“He led me to the entrance”: Martínez Caro, 124–25.

“At this place”: ibid.

“It was nothing but a slaughter”:
PTR,
6:36.

“I pursued a fresh trail . . . forbear to recount”: Labadie, 163.

“The most awful slaughter”: Tolbert, 150.

“I could hardly see anything”: ibid., 151.

“I observed Gen. Houston”: Labadie, 164.

“General Houston gave orders . . . laying there yet”: Hunter, 23–24.

Part Four: Lone Star and Union (1836–1865)

19. Victors and Vanquished

“He said he presumed . . . El Presidente!”: Kuykendall Family Papers, “Recollection of Joel W. Robison,” 34–35.

“General Santa Anna . . . he will do it”: Labadie, 167–68.

“Since I had . . . Santa Anna”: Filisola,
Memoirs,
2:235–36;
Documentos Inéditos
, 187.

“A few hours before . . . our vanguard”: Urrea, 244–46.

“Most of the army . . . carry it out”: de la Peña, 146–47.

“Should it become”: Filisola, “Representation,” 175.

“in his official character . . . of this compact”: Foote, 2:318–20.

“I did promise . . . could nullify”: Santa Anna, “Manifesto,” 39–40.

“My Friends”: Callcott, 143;
Documentos Inéditos,
197.

“I immediately wrote . . . had been shot”: Santa Anna, “Manifesto,” 87.

“Desolation it seems”:
AP,
3:340.

“Much more now depends”: Cantrell, 347.

“Stephen F. Austin”: Santa Anna, “Manifesto,” 87.

“in fulfillment of the duties . . . upon their minds”:
CAJ,
5:411–12.

“Until the existing Government”: ibid., 426.

“I have seen”: ibid., 425.

“While Santa Anna”: Tolbert, 186.

“Many of the old settlers”:
AP,
3:428.

“I once believed”: ibid., 439.

“We must keep . . . blood and life”:
WSH,
1:450–52.

“A successful military chieftain”:
AP,
2:729; Cantrell, 356.

“Since my return”:
AP,
3:452.

“This has mortified . . . colonize this country”: ibid., 443.

“
Suppose
that Santa Anna . . . more sacrifices”: ibid., 450.

“General Santa Anna”:
DCRT,
2:427.

“pleasant of countenance”: Callcott, 146–47.

“General Andrew Jackson . . . decide that question”: Santa Anna,
The Eagle,
57.

“fair consideration . . . suspend hostilities”: Remini, 3:365.

“He said he was satisfied . . . apparent candour throughout”:
DCRT,
1:188–89.

“He placed at my disposal”: Santa Anna,
The Eagle,
57.

“The Father of Texas . . . illustrious deceased”:
WSH,
1:28–29.

20. Slavery and Freedom

“I
could not
be present”: Nagel, 343.

“To withstand multitudes”: ibid., 346.

“a covenant with death”: Potter, 48.

“A device better calculated . . . a civil war”:
Register of Debates in Congress,
24th Congress, 1st session (1836), 4041–47.

“inevitably
DISSOLVE THE
U
NION
. . .
PERMIT IT
?”: Lundy, 33, 64.

“I have at length”:
DCRT,
1:201.

“Bastrop county suffered . . . to their camp”: Smithwick, 153, 173.

“After the fight”: ibid., 175.

“They were the most peaceable . . . strike a woman”: ibid., 181–83.

“I had many . . . not molest them”: ibid., 188–89.

“If I could build”: ibid., 194.

“Probably this will be”: Callcott, 159.

21. Andrew Jackson Dies Happy

“Horses were generally considered”: Smithwick, 234.

“Some were engaged . . . to total abandonment”: Muir, 35.

“When the first issue”: Smithwick, 269.

“While I hesitate . . . the same time”: Muir, 34–35.

“Some of the disturbances”: ibid., 36.

“God has said”: Hogan, 260–61.

“A general gloom”: ibid., 291.

“would be a subject”: Smith, 77–78.

“intense anxiety for peace”:
WSH,
3:191.

“If England produces . . . politic indifference”: ibid., 385–87.

“I am determined . . . sanctioned by wisdom”: ibid.
,
4:260–65.

“all important to the security”:
CAJ,
6:272.

“I hope this golden moment . . . with Great Britain”: ibid., 272.

“Houston and the people”: ibid., 278.

“The United States . . . I answer no”: ibid., 283–84.

“Eight years have elapsed . . . future danger”: ibid., 290–91.

“The subject has carried”: ibid., 278.