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Remember the Alamo!
We're talking about the battle where Bowie, Crockett and other gallant men fell and not the automobile rental firm. Here's one Mexican's account of the battle:
We're talking about the battle where Bowie, Crockett and other gallant men fell and not the automobile rental firm. Here's one Mexican's account of the battle:
“These men were defiant to the last. From the windows and parapets of the low building, when taunted by Mexican troops, they shouted back their defiance in the liveliest terms. A tall man, with flowing hair, was seen firing from the same place on the parapet during the entire siege. He wore a buckskin suit and a cap all of a pattern entirely different from those worn by his comrades. This man would kneel or lie down behind a low parapet, rest his long gun and fire, and we all learned to keep at a good distance when he was seen to make ready to shoot. He rarely missed his mark and when he fired he always rose to his feet and calmly reloaded his gun seemingly indifferent to the shots fired at him by our men... This man I later learned was known as ‘Kwokey’ (Crockett).”