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A Time to Stand: The Epic of the Alamo

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by Walter Lord


  Boston Morning Post, 42

  Bowie, James, 83, 136, 170

  at Alamo, 75 ff., 96, 102, 144, 164, 200

  death of, 165, 177, 178, 205

  early life of, 26-28

  and Fuentes, 85, 153

  and Houston, 27, 75, 76, 200

  illness of, 78, 84-85, 106, 123, 144, 199-200

  as leader, 27, 56, 77, 78-79, 84-85, 86, 102, 144

  marriage of, 27

  and Rose, 75, 147

  and Sand Bar fight, 26

  and San Saba mine, 27

  and 1835 siege of Bexar, 56

  and Travis, 84-85, 98, 102, 104, 105-106, 144

  Bowie, Ursula, 27, 28, 95

  Bradburn, Col. John, 34-35, 36, 37

  Brazoria, Tex., 16, 29, 36, 38, 136, 137, 211

  Brazos Guards, 90

  Brazos River, 186, 187, 188, 199

  Breece, Capt. Thomas H., 47

  Bringas, Col. Juan, 108, 110

  Briscoe, Andrew, 207

  Brooks, Capt. John Sowers, 49, 91, 113, 131, 139-140, 152, 204

  Brown, Robert, 109

  Bryan, Guy, 16

  Buffalo, N. Y., 172

  Buffalo Bayou, 188, 189, 192, 193

  Burgin, Abner, 52

  Burleson, Gen. Edward, 56, 57, 58

  Burnet, David G., 184, 187

  Bustamente, Presidente Anastacio, 35

  Bustillo, Domingo, 89

  Byron, George Gordon, 42, 134, 174

  Cairo, Ill., 21

  Candelaria, Madam, 208

  Carey, Capt. William R., 57, 86, 107, 108, 162

  Caro, Ramón, 66, 67, 149, 158, 177, 196, 198, 203, 206, 209

  Cassiano, José, 74, 78

  Castañeda, Lt., 38-39

  Castrillón, Gen. Manuel Fernandez, 65, 124, 148, 161, 174-175, 196

  Cato, Rosanna, 32

  “centralism,” 32, 64

  Chapultepec, Mex., 212

  Charleston, S. C, 17, 43, 56, 168, 173

  Charleston Courier, 168

  Chenoworth, Capt., 130

  Childress, George, 44, 171

  cholera, 28

  church of the Alamo, 60, 76, 93, 97, 107, 152, 156, 175, 205

  Cibolo Creek, 86, 127, 130, 136, 182

  Cincinnati, 172, 193

  Claiborne, Ala., 32

  Clark, Isabelle, 53

  Clark, M.B., 214

  Clarksville, Ark., 53

  Cloud, Daniel William, 21, 41, 43, 54, 173

  Coahuila, Mex., 35, 70, 100, 211

  Coleman’s Company, 56

  Collinsworth, Capt. James, 39-40, 200

  colonization of Texas, under Mexico

  attempts to encourage, 22-23, 30

  empresarios, 22, 35

  Law of 1825, 22, 31

  misgivings, 31

  repressive measures, 31-32, 34, 36-37

  Colorado River, 80, 184, 186, 187

  Columbia, 17

  Columbia, Tex., 16, 29

  Columbia Encyclopedia, 207

  Columbus, 45, 55

  Comanche, 207

  Comanches, 29, 181

  Committee of Twenty, 44

  Committees of Safety, 38, 39

  Concepción, Battle of, 56, 90

  Connell, Sampson, 182

  Constitution of 1824 (Mexican), 32, 49, 100, 210-211

  Convention, to establish Texas govt., 81, 129, 141, 142, 204, 211

  Conway, M., 56

  Copano, Tex., 38, 75, 200

  Cós, Gen. Martin Perfecto de, 135

  at Alamo, 60, 148, 149, 151, 154, 158, 159-160

  at Copano, 38

  as leader, 37

  at San Antonio, 40, 56, 57, 73

  at San Jacinto, 194

  and Santa Anna, 37, 67, 138

  Cottle, George Washington, 29

  couriers from Alamo

  Allen, 152, 204-205

  Bonham, 91, 98, 117, 132 ff.

  Highsmith, 133-134

  Johnson, 96, 98

  Martin, 15, 107, 126

  Seguin, 111-112

  Smith, 97-98, 125, 141-143, 204

  Smithers, 15-16

  Sutherland, 97-98, 125

  Courtman, Henry, 47, 48

  Crockett, Col. David, 106, 137, 147

  at Alamo, 83, 96-97, 107, 109, 115-116, 117, 128, 144, 160, 161-162

  death of, 175, 176, 178, 198, 206-207

  description of, 52, 115-116

  early life of, 49 ff.

  at Nacogdoches, 53-54

  political career of, 50-53, 169-170

  and Tennessee Mounted Volunteers, 54-55, 81-82, 160, 161-162

  trip to Texas, 52-55

  Cruz, Antonio, 112

  Cummings, David P., 46, 82, 83, 86, 88, 127

  Cummings, John, 33

  Cummings, Rebecca, 33, 34, 142, 145, 186

  Cunningham, Robert, 22

  customs duties, 35, 36, 65

  Damon & Pythias, 44

  Darst, Jacob C, 24, 29, 38-39, 126

  Davis, G. W„ 214

  Davis, John, 214

  Declaration of Independence of Texas, 129, 133, 142, 210

  Dedrick, George, 42

  Degüello, 159

  Delgado, Col., 195, 196

  Denison, Stephen, 47-48

  De Sauque, Capt., 130

  Despallier, Charles, 109

  Detroit Democratic Free Press, 206

  Dewees, William, 24, 25

  Diaz, Juan, 101

  Dickinson, Capt. Almeron, 38-39, 199

  at Alamo, 77, 85, 107, 108, 125, 128, 165

  background of, 23, 29-30

  death of, 165

  and family, 95, 115, 160

  Dickinson, Angelina, 95, 153, 156, 166, 175, 179, 180, 207

  Dickinson, Susannah, 200, 207

  at Alamo, 95, 146, 156, 160, 166, 175-176

  and husband, 95, 115, 160

  and Santa Anna, 179

  and Travis’ speech, 146, 201, 202-203

  and trip to Gonzales, 179, 180-182

  Dimitt, Capt., 96

  Dimitt’s Landing, 121

  Dolores cavalry, 124, 133, 161

  Dolson, Sgt. George M., 206

  Donohoe farm, 186

  Dover, Sherod, 56-57, 213

  Dromundo, Col. Ricardo, 66, 177

  Duel, Lewis, 23

  Du Pont, M., 51

  Duque, Col. Francisco, 148, 149, 156, 161

  Durango, Tex., 66

  Duval, Burr H., 204

  Duval, William P., 204

  Duval’s Kentucky Mustangs, 47

  Duvalt, Andrew, 215

  earthworks, Mexican, 104, 106, 108, 110, 117, 124, 133, 144, 146

  Edward, David, 24-25

  El Mosquito Mexicano, 71, 72

  empresarios, 22, 35

  Esparza, Gregorio, 105, 132, 165, 178, 208, 209

  Esparza, Mrs. Gregorio, 175, 176, 208

  Esparza, Enrique, 105, 155, 166, 201

  Evans, Robert, 165-166

  Exchange Hotel (Cincinnati), 172

  Fall of the Alamo …, 171

  Falmouth, Mass., 26

  fandango, 83, 89, 90, 92

  Fannin, Col. James Walker, 113, 118, 126, 129, 137, 148, 181

  and Alamo, 119-121, 122, 124, 130-131, 132, 139, 152, 199, 204

  early life of, 90-91

  at Goliad, 90, 98, 99, 112, 117, 119-120, 124, 133, 136, 139-140, 184

  as leader, 90-91, 99, 120-121, 122, 140

  surrender and death of, 184, 186

  Ferguson, Joseph G., 140

  Filisola, Gen. Vicente, 70, 72

  and Alamo, 210

  and San Jacinto, 188, 189, 194

  and Santa Anna, 64, 65, 71, 118, 186

  firearms

  Mexican, 67, 68, 116

  Texan, 68, 115

  flags

  at Alamo, 210-212

  blue star, Velasco, 211

  “Come and Take It,”

  Gonzales, 40

  lone star and stripes, Victoria, 211

>   Moseley Baker’s, 129

  New Orleans Greys’, 48, 163, 178, 211, 212

  Red, flown from San Fernando, 13, 101, 117, 139

  red, white, blue and green, San Felipe, 211

  Travis’, purchased for $5, 80, 211

  tricolor, Centralist govt., 101, 163

  tricolor, two-star, 100-101, 211

  tricolor, 1824, 210

  Flaherty, Capt., 17

  Flanders, John, 20, 21, 125

  Flórez rancho, 119

  Floyd, Dolphin Ward, 20-21, 23, 125, 153

  Floyd, Ester, 125

  Fontaine, W. W., 198

  Foote, Henry Stuart, 199

  Forbes, John, 54

  Forsyth, John Hubbard, 19, 20, 81

  Fort Defiance, 99, 121

  Frankfort (Ky.) Argus, 169

  Frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth, 206-207

  Fuentes, Antonio, 85, 95, 153

  Fulton, Ark., 53

  Fuqua, Galba, 126, 156

  Galveston, Tex., 17, 36-37, 188

  Galveston Bay, 189

  Gaona, Gen. Antonio, 118, 148, 167, 186

  and Alamo, 138

  and graft, 65-66

  on the march, 68, 71, 110, 124, 129, 189

  Garcia, Margarito, 108

  Garnett, William, 81, 86

  Gaston, John E., 39, 126, 213-214

  Gaston, Sydney, 126

  General Consultation, 38, 56

  Georgia, 90, 216, 217, 218, 219

  Georgia battalion, 47

  German volunteers, 47, 48

  Giddings, G. A., 191

  Goliad, Texas, 39, 75

  couriers to, 91, 96, 98, 117, 132 ff., 152, 204

  efforts to relieve Alamo, 112-113, 119-122, 131

  preparations to defend, 90-91, 99, 121, 130, 139-140

  surrender and massacre, 184, 186, 190

  Gonzales, José María, 152, 154

  Gonzales, Petra, 95, 208

  Gonzales, Texas, 29-30

  couriers to, 15, 97-98, 107

  relief force, 123 ff., 132, 156

  revolution starts at, 38-40

  survivors sent to, 179, 180-182

  withdrawal from, 182 ff.

  Gonzales Mounted Volunteers, 126

  Goodrich, Benjamin, 168, 191

  Goodrich, Edmund, 168

  Goodrich, John Camp, 168

  Gorostiza, Manuel Eduardo de, 17

  Grant, Dr. James, 58, 139

  Gray, William, 191

  Greeley, Horace, 190, 191

  Greensborough, Ala., 172

  Grimes, Jesse, 142, 143, 211

  Guadalupe River, 15, 39, 125, 127, 129, 130, 182

  Guerrero, José María (“Brigido”), 166, 208, 213

  Guide to Texas Immigrants, 30

  guns of Alamo, 13, 76, 77, 98, 101, 106, 108-109, 114-115, 123, 128, 143, 155

  Hagerty, James, 204

  “Hail, the Conquering Hero Comes,” 53

  Hamilton, Gov., 135

  Hamm, Mrs., 33

  Harrisburg, Tex, 184, 187, 188, 189, 190, 194

  Hawkins, M., 211

  Herrera, Bias, 87

  Hewlitt’s Coffee House (New Orleans), 17

  Highsmith, Ben, 133-134

  Hill, Henry, 44

  Hill, Capt. W. G., 205

  Holley, Mary Austin, 25, 172, 207

  Hondo River, 89

  House, Ester, 125

  Houston, Sam, 46, 59, 104, 198

  and Alamo, 75-76, 79, 181, 182, 200-201, 208-209

  and appeal for American aid, 41, 43

  and Bonham, 132-133, 135-136

  and Bowie, 27, 75-76, 84

  as congressman, 42

  early life of, 24

  and Goliad, 186

  as governor of Tenn., 24

  and Lamar, 194

  as leader, 111, 182, 183

  and Mrs. Millsaps, 184

  and retreat from Gonzales, 182-186

  and San Jacinto, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 194, 195, 196

  and Santa Anna, 196

  and Swarthout, 29

  Illinois, 21, 23

  Indalencio, Juan, 101

  independence, sentiment in Texas for, 35, 48-49, 78, 210-212

  Indiana, 21

  Iturbi, Augustin, 63

  Jack, Patrick, 34-35

  Jackson, Andrew, 17, 51, 169-170

  Jackson, Tenn., 24, 167

  Jackson, William Daniel, 23, 86

  Jameson, Green B., 23

  and Alamo, 76, 77, 86, 102, 114, 115, 116, 137, 144, 159

  as lawyer, 29, 59

  Jenkins, John, 182

  Jiménez battalion, 101, 149, 150, 163, 165

  Joe (slave), 153, 155, 156, 176-177, 179, 180-181, 207, 208

  Johnson (courier), 96, 98

  Johnson, Col. Frank, 58, 101, 122, 133, 139

  Jones, Isaac, 53

  Karnes, Henry, 181

  Kellogg, Johnnie, 126, 153

  Kellogg, Sydney, 126, 182, 184

  Kent, Andrew, 23, 153

  Kent, Elizabeth, 23

  Kentucky, 21, 23, 95

  Kentucky Mustangs, 47

  Kerr, Nathaniel, 83

  Kimball, George C., 125, 126, 127, 130, 133, 153, 162

  Kimball, Prudence, 125

  King, John G., 126, 127, 213

  King, William P., 127

  Labadie, Dr. N. D., 207

  Lafitte, jean, 26

  Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte, 194

  La Pena, see Peña

  Laredo, Tex., 73, 87, 100

  La Villita, San Antonio, 109, 110, 111, 115, 144, 145

  Ledon, Dr. Luis Castrillo, 212

  Lentner, Capt., 55

  Leona River, 79

  Leon Creek, 93

  Lewis, Nat, 26, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97-98

  Lewis, William Irvine, 46

  Lewiston, Pa., 46

  Lexington, Ky., 172

  “Lexington of Texas,” 125

  Liberty, Tex., 32, 82

  Lindley, Jonathan L., 23, 126

  “Line Speech” by Travis, 146, 201-204

  Linn, John J., 30

  Linn, William, 48

  Lion Theatre (Boston), 17

  Little Goodie Two Shoes, 17

  Little Rock, Ark., 53

  long barracks, 59, 96, 163, 205

  Loranca, Sgt., 205

  Losoya, Toribio Domingo, 213

  Lost Prairie, Ark., 53

  Louisiana, 26

  Louisville, Ky., 21

  Louisville Journal, 170

  low barracks, 59-60, 97, 106, 116, 205

  Lundy, Benjamin, 169

  Lynch’s Ferry, 188, 189, 192, 193

  McCardle, Henry Arthur, 199

  McCoy, Jesse, 29-30, 126

  McDonald & Arnold’s, 45

  McDowell, William, 46-47, 54

  McGregor, John, 29, 86, 115, 117, 128

  McKean’s bookstore, 23

  McKinney & Williams, 205

  McMullen house, 108

  Macon, Ga., 44

  Madison, James, 46, 201

  Main Plaza, 26, 81, 85, 93, 101, 105, 128, 150, 176

  mal de lengua, 72

  Malone, William T., 23, 86

  maps:

  Mexican plan for assault, 157

  San Antonio during siege, 103

  Santa Anna’s route to San Antonio, 69

  Santa Anna’s route to San Jacinto, 185

  Marengo County, Ala., 55

  Martha, 36-37

  Martin, Albert, 15, 38-39, 102, 104, 107, 126

  Martinez, Lt. Damasco, 163

  Masonic Hall (N.Y.), 171

  Massachusetts, 20, 21

  Matagorda, Tex., 189

  Matamoros, Mex., 58

  Matamoros expedition, 58, 76, 90, 91, 110, 122, 136, 148, 149, 150, 165

  Matawamkeag, 47

  Maverick, Sam, 57, 81

  Mayan Indians, 66, 71

  Medina, Battle of, 63

  Medina River, 87, 90

  Melton, Eliel, 132, 161
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  Memphis, Tenn., 44, 52

  Memphis Enquirer, 169, 170, 173

  Menchaca, Manuel, 90, 98, 119

  Menefee, Sally, 168

  Mexican army, organization of, 69-70

  finances, 65, 73

  graft, 65-66, 177

  medical service, 72, 148, 177

  supplies, 67, 73, 119

  transport, 70

  uniforms, 68

  weapons, 67, 68

  Mexicans in the Alamo, 87, 95, 111, 141, 145, 155

  Mexico, 22, 31-32

  Mexico City, 64, 119, 177, 178

  Mifflin County, Pa., 46

  Milam, Ben, 57

  Military Plaza, 26, 93, 97, 101

  Mill Creek, Tex., 33, 186

  Miller, Thomas R., 126, 153

  Millsaps, Isaac, 126

  Millsaps, Mrs. Isaac, 184

  Mims, Joseph, 121

  Mississippi, 190

  Missouri, 21, 23, 24, 26

  Mobile, Ala., 17, 44, 135, 171

  Mobile Greys, 47, 135

  Monclova, Mex., 36, 70, 73

  Monterey Cathedral, 65

  Montgomery, Ala., 135

  Moore, Robert B., 48

  Moore, Willis, 141

  Morales, Col., 110, 149, 160, 163, 165, 186

  “Muldoon Catholics,” 31

  Musquiz, Gov., 89

  Musquiz house, 95, 176

  Musselman, Robert, 46, 48

  Nacogdoches, Tex., 16, 29, 41, 45-46, 48, 49, 53, 54, 75, 86, 147, 186, 208

  Nacogdoches County Courthouse, 202

  Nacogdoches County Land Office, 214

  Nash, Prudence, 125

  Nashville, Tenn., 44, 168

  Natchez, Miss., 44, 171-172, 173

  Natchez Courier, 170

  Natchitoches, La., 41, 43

  Natchitoches (La.) Red River Herald, 41

  National Intelligencer, 17-18

  Nava, Andres, 198

  Navarro, Gertrudis, 95, 164-165, 176, 208

  Navarro, Juana, see Alsbury

  Navarro, Louisiano, 178-179

  Navarro, Capt. José Juan Sanchez, see Sanchez Navarro family, 77

  Navarro home, 176

  Neill, Col. James C, 58-59, 61, 75-76, 77, 79, 83-84, 211

  New Orleans, La., 17, 21, 22-23, 45-46, 47, 55, 168, 207

  New Orleans Bee, 18, 21

  New Orleans Commercial Bulletin, 45, 167, 168-169, 170-171

  New Orleans Greys, 46, 47-49, 55, 59, 76, 140, 178, 211, 212

  New Orleans Post-Union, 207

  New Washington, Tex., 188, 189

  New York, N. Y., 17, 20, 45, 47, 168, 171

  New York American, 18

  New York Commercial Advertiser, 20, 42, 45

  New York Evening Post, 17

  New York Post, 169

  Nixon house, 104

  Nobles, Lt., 96

  North Carolina, 20, 24, 46

 

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