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not do such duty.'" Houston was concerned that the Anglos in his army would not differentiate between the
Mexican men in Santa Anna's army and those in Seguin's company. Seguin reminded him that his men had also died at the Alamo, and that they had more reasons than anyone else there to hate the centralists. Houston rescinded his orders but, as a compromise, insisted that all of the men in Seguin's company place a piece of cardboard in their hatbands as a sign that they were part of the Texian army.
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descent. His great-great grandfather, Antonio Guerra, was one of the founders of BĂ©xar, who settled in Texas in 1718. Menchaca was the sixth of ten children. He was well-educated and could speak and write both
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invaded the town. Menchaca was wounded when hit by a stone that had been struck by a cannonball. He was taken prisoner by
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Menchaca. The two had known each other in BĂ©xar. The officer begged
Menchaca to intercede for him, as a "brother Mexican". Menchaca yelled back at him "No, damn you, I'm no Mexican - I'm an American!" and shouted for Anglos nearby to shoot him.
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taken near the lake. The prisoners were marched back to their original campsite. Battlefield debris was piled around the circle, and the three cannons were loaded and pointed at the prisoners to ensure their docility.
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2152:Juan MarĂa Zambrano (2nd time)
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944:Jose Antonio RodrĂguez
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2004:José Félix Menchaca
1984:Bernabé de Carbajal
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147:Joint Resolution
143:Texas Revolution
116:November 1, 1879
92:Personal details
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23:Antonio Menchaca
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2534:Edward D. Garza
2478:Sam Bell Steves
2469:Gus B. Mauerman
2410:Henry Elmendorf
2395:James H. French
2349:John M. Carolan
2325:Charles F. King
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2281:Samuel Maverick
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2000:SimĂłn de Arocha
1993:Jacinto Delgado
1987:Domingo Delgado
1886:Juan Leal Goraz
1875:Juan Leal Goraz
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1185:Juan Vallanceon
1164:Antonio Sanches
1152:Cristobal Rubio
1134:JosĂ© MarĂa Rios
1131:Eduardo Ramirez
1105:Manuel Montalvo
1099:Manuel Martinez
1060:Salvador Flores
1042:Antonio Estrada
1021:SimĂłn Contreras
1015:Augustin Chaves
1000:Pedro Camarillo
994:Anselmo Bergara
991:Antonio Benites
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961:Andres Varcinas
955:Antonio Treviño
938:Eduardo Ramirez
917:Manuel Montalvo
894:TomĂĄs Maldonado
867:Salvador Flores
828:Cesario Carmona
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774:Damacio Jiménez
764:Antonio Fuentes
753:Cesario Carmona
725:
685:Eduardo Ramirez
654:Damacio Jiménez
650:Toribio Herrera
623:Francisco GĂłmez
599:Clemente GarcĂa
596:Casimiro GarcĂa
590:Manuel Gallardo
587:Antonio Fuentes
583:Salvador Flores
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322:Edward Burleson
301:Salvador Flores
288:Edward Burleson
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2462:Maury Maverick
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2452:C. M. Chambers
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2340:J. S. McDonald
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1149:Mariano Romano
1147:
1146:Juan RodrĂguez
1144:
1141:
1138:
1137:Cayetano Rivas
1135:
1132:
1129:
1126:
1123:
1120:
1115:
1112:
1109:
1108:Manuel Montate
1106:
1103:
1100:
1097:
1094:
1093:Juan Maldonado
1091:
1088:
1087:Cayetano Lerma
1085:
1082:
1079:
1076:
1073:
1070:
1067:
1066:Damacio Galban
1064:
1061:
1058:
1055:
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1048:Eusibio Farias
1046:
1045:Manuel Estrada
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1022:
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988:Andre BĂĄrcinas
986:
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973:
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968:
967:Vicente Zepeda
965:
962:
959:
956:
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948:
945:
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936:
933:
930:
927:
926:Antonio Olivas
924:
921:
918:
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904:
903:Tomas Martinez
901:
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829:
826:
823:
820:
819:Andre BĂĄrcinas
817:
814:
811:
799:
795:
794:
791:
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783:Toribio Losoya
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748:
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742:
739:
727:
723:
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563:Francisco DĂaz
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548:Ciriaco Contes
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533:Pablo Casillas
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530:Mateo Casillas
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498:Siege of BĂ©xar
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388:
357:Sidney Sherman
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222:September 2023
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2591:
2588:
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2581:
2578:
2576:
2573:
2572:
2570:
2555:
2554:Ron Nirenberg
2552:
2550:
2547:
2545:
2544:Julian Castro
2542:
2540:
2537:
2535:
2532:
2530:
2527:
2525:
2524:Bill Thornton
2522:
2520:
2517:
2514:
2513:Lila Cockrell
2511:
2509:
2506:
2504:
2503:Lila Cockrell
2501:
2498:
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2492:
2489:
2486:
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2480:
2477:
2474:
2471:
2468:
2465:
2463:
2460:
2457:
2454:
2451:
2448:
2446:John W. Tobin
2445:
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2436:
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2412:
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2315:
2309:
2302:
2301:John W. Smith
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2296:
2293:
2290:
2287:
2286:John W. Smith
2284:
2282:
2279:
2276:
2273:
2271:
2268:
2266:
2265:John W. Smith
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2260:
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2210:
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2204:
2201:
2199:
2196:
2193:
2190:
2187:
2184:
2182:
2179:
2178:
2176:
2172:Mexican Texas
2170:
2163:
2162:Erasmo SeguĂn
2160:
2157:
2154:
2151:
2148:
2145:
2142:
2139:
2137:
2134:
2131:
2128:
2126:
2123:
2120:
2117:
2115:Ignacio PĂ©rez
2114:
2112:
2111:Ăngel Navarro
2109:
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2104:Ignacio PĂ©rez
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1893:
1890:
1887:
1884:
1882:Manuel de Niz
1881:
1878:
1876:
1873:
1872:
1870:
1866:Spanish Texas
1864:
1860:
1856:
1849:
1844:
1842:
1837:
1835:
1830:
1829:
1826:
1819:
1817:1-58907-009-7
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1808:
1807:
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1769:0-292-73086-1
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1255:
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1221:
1217:
1213:
1209:
1208:
1207:
1199:
1193:
1190:
1187:
1184:
1181:
1179:Ramon Trevino
1178:
1176:Gregorio Sota
1175:
1173:Juan Sombraña
1172:
1169:
1166:
1163:
1160:
1157:
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1127:
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1110:
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1098:
1095:
1092:
1089:
1086:
1083:
1080:
1078:Felipe Jaimes
1077:
1074:
1072:Vicente Garza
1071:
1069:Leandro Garza
1068:
1065:
1063:Agapio Gaitan
1062:
1059:
1056:
1054:Martin Flores
1053:
1050:
1047:
1044:
1041:
1038:
1035:
1032:
1029:
1026:
1023:
1020:
1018:Antonio Conix
1017:
1014:
1011:
1008:
1005:
1002:
999:
996:
993:
990:
987:
984:
981:
980:
979:
978:
974:
972:
966:
964:Juan Zambrano
963:
960:
957:
954:
952:
949:
947:Pablo Salinas
946:
943:
940:
937:
934:
931:
928:
925:
922:
919:
916:
913:
911:
908:
905:
902:
900:Juan Martinez
899:
896:
893:
890:
887:
884:
882:Narcisco Leal
881:
878:
875:
872:
870:Pedro Herrera
869:
866:
863:
860:
858:Martin Flores
857:
854:
851:
848:
845:
842:
839:
836:
833:
830:
827:
824:
821:
818:
816:SimĂłn Arreola
815:
812:
809:
808:
807:
806:
805:
800:
798:
792:
789:
786:
784:
781:
778:
776:(aka Ximenes)
775:
772:
769:
766:
763:
761:
758:
755:
752:
749:
746:
743:
741:SimĂłn Arreola
740:
738:Juan Abamillo
737:
736:
735:
734:
733:
728:
726:
720:
717:
714:
711:
709:Pablo Salinas
708:
705:
702:
699:
696:
693:
690:
688:Vicente Ramos
687:
684:
681:
678:
675:
672:
670:Pablo Mansolo
669:
666:
663:
660:
657:
655:
652:
649:
647:Pedro Herrera
646:
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586:
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579:
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559:
556:
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551:Julian Contes
550:
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542:Carlos ChacĂłn
541:
538:
536:Luis Castañon
535:
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529:
526:
523:
520:
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512:
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504:Juan Abamillo
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419:
416:
414:
409:
403:
401:
397:
387:
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379:
377:
372:
370:
369:Buffalo Bayou
366:
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349:Buffalo Bayou
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247:Alamo Mission
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207:This section
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171:Spanish Texas
165:Personal life
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20:
2519:Nelson Wolff
2484:R. L. Lester
2387:S. G. Newton
2376:O. Cleveland
2337:J. M. Devine
2319:Edward Dwyer
2274:
1930:José Curbelo
1921:Antonio Sosa
1910:Juan Delgado
1905:Juan Curbelo
1895:Juan Curbelo
1805:
1785:
1759:
1745:, retrieved
1739:
1721:Introduction
1720:
1715:
1708:Introduction
1707:
1702:
1695:Introduction
1694:
1689:
1682:Introduction
1681:
1666:Introduction
1665:
1648:Introduction
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1421:
1402:Introduction
1401:
1396:
1389:Introduction
1388:
1383:
1376:Introduction
1375:
1360:Introduction
1359:
1354:
1347:Introduction
1346:
1341:
1334:
1283:
1243:
1224:
1215:
1205:
1197:
1194:Jesus Zavala
1155:Antonio Ruiz
1125:Jacinto Peña
1090:Manuel Lopez
1036:Polonio DĂaz
1024:Trinidad Coy
997:Manuel Bueno
976:
975:
970:
958:Esteban Uran
932:Jacinto Peña
876:Juan Jimenez
864:Pedro Flores
822:Manuel Bueno
802:
801:
796:
730:
729:
724:
697:Antonio Ruiz
608:Simon GarcĂa
605:Jesus GarcĂa
560:Domingo DĂaz
545:Miguel Cilba
524:Manuel Bueno
507:José Alamedo
496:
495:
479:
473:
467:
462:
439:
436:
426:
422:
420:
417:
404:
395:
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384:
380:
373:
362:
351:and move to
346:
341:Henry Karnes
330:
319:
305:
294:
292:
281:
278:Green DeWitt
275:
260:
232:
219:
208:
184:John Glanton
168:
138:
137:
77:Succeeded by
54:
2580:1879 deaths
2575:1797 births
2443:O. B. Black
2440:Sam C. Bell
2431:A. H. Jones
2373:J. H. Lyons
2370:P.L. Buquor
2328:S. S. Smith
2292:Juan SeguĂn
2258:(1836â1844)
2236:Juan SeguĂn
2174:(1821â1836)
1933:Mateo PĂ©rez
1868:(1731â1821)
1158:Franco Ruiz
1128:James Quina
1102:Miguel Mata
1084:Xavier Lazo
914:Jose Molina
906:Miguel Mata
888:Pedro Lopez
787:Andrés Nava
721:JosĂ© ZĂșñiga
694:RamĂłn Rubio
676:Andrés Nava
626:JesĂșs GĂłmez
593:Pedro Gaona
566:Julian DĂaz
469:Juan SeguĂn
430:in 1907 by
408:Adrian Woll
390:Later years
307:Sam Houston
255:James Bowie
243:Juan Seguin
239:Texian Army
159:Adrian Woll
65:Preceded by
2569:Categories
2549:Ivy Taylor
2496:John Gatti
2458:C. K. Quin
2229:(2nd time)
2217:(3rd time)
2211:(2nd time)
2194:(2nd time)
1978:(2nd time)
1907:(2nd time)
1888:(2nd time)
1747:January 5,
1719:Menchaca,
1706:Menchaca,
1693:Menchaca,
1680:Menchaca,
1664:Menchaca,
1646:Menchaca,
1400:Menchaca,
1387:Menchaca,
1374:Menchaca,
1358:Menchaca,
1345:Menchaca,
1288:References
885:Juan Lopez
337:Deaf Smith
333:Harrisburg
283:empresario
233:After the
125:Profession
2277:(Pro Tem)
1939:José Leal
1333:Coalson,
1206:Sources:
442:Freemason
365:Lynchburg
353:Lynchburg
161:in 1842.
107:New Spain
59:1838â1839
55:In office
1778:29704011
1758:(1994),
1723:, p. 22.
1710:, p. 21.
1697:, p. 17.
1684:, p. 13.
1668:, p. 14.
1650:, p. 12.
1391:, p. 10.
486:Gonzales
478:and the
446:Manchaca
271:Gonzales
211:too long
1731:Sources
1404:, p. 9.
1378:, p. 7.
1362:, p. 5.
1349:, p. 4.
423:Tejanos
396:Tejanos
209:may be
179:Spanish
149:of the
1855:Mayors
1814:
1792:
1776:
1766:
1250:
1231:
1198:
464:Tejano
448:also.
427:Tejano
296:Tejano
280:, the
45:107th
2515:(2nd)
2303:(3rd)
2294:(2nd)
2288:(2nd)
1812:ISBN
1790:ISBN
1774:OCLC
1764:ISBN
1749:2015
1248:ISBN
1229:ISBN
339:and
113:Died
100:1797
97:Born
1857:of
2571::
1772:,
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