A Time to Stand (29 page)

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