PAl'l•:r:s 01' )IIH.\HEM" B uo:--AP.\RTF. L.nun
ing himself c:ut off from the company of Col. Capt Ward, he Got into i,:omc timber whic-h wns c.:losc> nt haJHl and there mantained his pos- sesion with liis 30 men again;:t I 1/1 of whome he killed ;. or 8. <luring this time Gnl. Urrea with the mean ,mny atac:ke<l \\"art! who got Pos- session of the Chure:h hy firing l'am1011 trying to throw the wall::= at th<.> Sarne time tryin/.{ with the fofnntry to forc:e their way i11 but wa;; rc·pulsed every time with heavy Jo;:s, it was i:tatccl by the :\[exicans tlwm,:el vc:; that their lo:o:s was not. less than 1:30 killed hesi<les f those l wounded. '\Varel at ni:.rht made hi;, escape from the )I is;:ion on towards the River San .Antonio Kings Party at night tryed the Same but missed their way and found the ware only iluce miles from where they i;tart<.>d in at night next morning, the ware taken by a Party of rancheroi,: brought in and Shot next clay except two one that Joined the enemy the other was Saved throught his familys interfarence which consisted of five [mutilated] children and his Lady, also some )f exican women [Endorsed:] :i\fcGloin's war
~o. 1659. HISTORICAL NOTES. LA)fAR
[Houston? Texas, 183-?l
)fartin Camillo Govr Bexar-
Antonio )[anchaca went with Bernardo.- Died Guadalupe near Haguine, shot thro' the neck in fight with Aradondo at )ladino- where the How-e of Flores now stands- Arandondo had 70 cannon- A. )fonchac-a no relation to the present )lonchacas- .J uan Cassas, Lieut St. Antonio :\lontes- patriot, head stuck up at Bexar- Col Fr:rncisco .Aroc·hc, shot in )£onterey- _-\nto11io Dc•lgado,- Traviesco executed for his patriotism hung him, c:ut his head off & threw his bodv awaY- 181:l- Aradon<lo- East si<le Sanantonio, was c·alied at "'its first settlement, Nueva Fil- l iepe11c~ fr<Jm the Phillipine Islands- 16 families- after called San Antonio Valern: West of the rirer was called San Fernando de Bex1u- so called up to the period so late as 182-!-Alamo means Cotton Tre1.'- San Anto11io Valero, east side of the river- :i\faria Jesus Garcia, an old woman 'about 60 years of age, lively and ta.lkati,·e, reC'eiYed four wounds from the )lexicans in the Alamo, whih,t she wa:; c·arrying water to the besiegers of the town under ~[ilnm- She was pemioned by the Go\'ernment- No. Hi61. I:IJSTOTIIC_\L NOTES. L ~\:\I.\Il [IJouston? Tf':rns. 183-?J Ju111,Haurist11 de las Cnsas-Captain of the provincial militia of ~ew Santanda. Go\T. Political aml )Iilitar.,· of the Provine·(• of 'l'<'xn:-:, & C'Ommancler of its garri:-:ous- He ,ms appointed Go\T Rexar in 1S11- He n•ceiw(l his r-ommi,-~ ;:ion from Brigndier Peclro cle _-\rnndn thC'n i11 )lonrlowr & 1wtin~ with I-I idalgo Casas issued a proc·lamation on assuming his lintit•:- a,; Uorr &C at Bexar dnt<.>d 9 Febn· 1811- ..:\ftcr the fall of Hidn.lgo, he wa:; taken to Monclowr; tril'd for
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