David Crockett's death

Posted by Ronald Sands on October 23, 2001 at 18:20:44:

Hello everyone: I think David Crockett died fighting, contrary to public opinion these days. If he had surrendered, don't you think Santa Anna would have bragged about it. Santa Anna asked the alcade(Mayor)of San Antonio Bexar, to point out the bodies of Travis, Bowie(who he already knew) and Crockett. If Santa Anna had had Crockett executed, don't you think he would have already known where he was. People seem to dismiss what Sgt. Felix Nunez of the Mexican army had said, describing of course, Crockett having died fighting. I don't know if De La Pena's diary is true, and if it is, isn't it a little to coinicidental(mispelled) that this diary just happened to pop up in 1955, the same year of the Davy Crockett craze. I believe, as does Author Bill Groneman does, that this diary is a fake. It also seems very strange, that Crockett was pratically the last defender murdered that day, out of over 200 defenders. Santa Anna said "among the dead were Travis and Bowie, who styled themselves Colonels, and one of equal rank, Crockett. It sounds to me like Crockett was murdered fighting, not by execution. Maybe the De La Pena diary is correct in saying five to seven defenders were executed, but I believe he either was making up Crockett being one of them, or some imposter was using Crockett's name to save his skin. Let the Crisp's, Kilgores, Huttons, Hardin's and Huffines, etc; believe what they want me and you to believe. They were never at the Alamo that morining. I'm a Tennessean, and very proud of David Crockett, and know that based on his character and the facts, he didn' surrender. When you look at what Mrs.Dickinson, Travis's slave Joe, Sgt.Nunez, Cpt.Soldana, Santa Anna's fifer Santiogo, and Enrique Ensparza have said, I think the evidence that he died fighting is just as valid as the surrender-execution stories. Thanks

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• Re: David Crockett's death Frank Bodden 23:39:34 10/25/2001 (4)
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: Hello everyone:  I think David Crockett died fighting, contrary to public opinion these days. If he had surrendered, don't you think Santa Anna would have bragged about it.  Santa Anna asked the alcade(Mayor)of San Antonio Bexar, to point out the bodies of Travis, Bowie(who he already knew) and Crockett.  If Santa Anna had had Crockett executed, don't you think he would have already known where he was.  People seem to dismiss what Sgt. Felix Nunez of the Mexican army had said, describing of course, Crockett having died fighting.  I don't know if De La Pena's diary is true, and if it is, isn't it a little to coinicidental(mispelled) that this diary just happened to pop up in 1955, the same year of the Davy Crockett craze. I believe, as does Author Bill Groneman does, that this diary is a fake.  It also seems very strange, that Crockett was pratically the last defender murdered that day, out of over 200 defenders.  Santa Anna said "among the dead were Travis and Bowie, who styled themselves Colonels, and one of equal rank, Crockett.  It sounds to me like Crockett was murdered fighting, not by execution. Maybe the De La Pena diary is correct in saying five to seven defenders were executed, but I believe he either was making up Crockett being one of them, or some imposter was using Crockett's name to  save his skin.  Let the Crisp's, Kilgores, Huttons, Hardin's and Huffines, etc; believe what they want me and you to believe.  They were  never at the Alamo that morining. I'm a Tennessean, and very proud of David Crockett, and know that based on his character and the facts, he didn' surrender.  When you look at what Mrs.Dickinson, Travis's slave Joe, Sgt.Nunez, Cpt.Soldana, Santa Anna's fifer Santiogo, and Enrique Ensparza have said, I think the evidence that he died fighting is just as valid as the surrender-execution stories.  Thanks


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