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New Orleans Greys,
46
,
47-49
,
55
,
59
,
76
,
140
,
178
,
211
,
212

New Orleans
Post-Union
,
207

New Washington, Tex.,
188
,
189

New York, N. Y.,
17
,
20
,
45
,
47
,
168
,
171

New York
American
,
18

New York
Commercial Advertiser
,
20
,
42
,
45

New York
Evening Post
,
17

New York
Post
,
169

Nixon house,
104

Nobles, Lt.,
96

North Carolina,
20
,
24
,
46

Nueces River,
79
,
88
,
89

Nuevo León, Mex.,
73

Nullification crisis,
134

Nuñez, Sgt. Felix,
161
,
165
,
205

Ohio,
46
,
48

Ontario,
172

Othella,
171

Pacheco, Estaban,
108

Patton, William,
52

“Peace party,”
36

Peña, Col. José de la: and Alamo,
162
,
164
,
165
,
175

as leader,
66

and Santa Anna,
150

thoughts of,
150
,
151
,
162

and Travis,
206

Pendleton, S.C.,
134
,
135

Pennsylvania,
42
,
83

Pensacola, Fla.,
17

Perez, Antonio,
181
,
206

Perez, Manuel,
176

Philadelphia, Pa.,
20
,
23
,
44
,
171
,
190

Philadelphia
Courier
,
45

Philadelphia
Gazette
,
41

Pittsburgh, Pa.,
47

Pollard, Dr. Amos,
20
,
21
,
23
,
78
,
85
,
211

Ponton, Andrew,
97

Portland, Me.,
168

Port Lavacca,
208

Potrero Street,
87
,
95
,
96
,
139

Potter, Capt. Ruben M.,
198
,
199
,
209-210

powder house,
15
,
110
,
124
,
137
,
144

Powder House Hill,
133
,
136
,
139

Presidio de Rio Grande, Mex.,
73

Provisional Council,
77-78
,
200

Provisional Government of Texas,
38
,
56
,
77-78

Quachita
,
55

Quitman, John A.,
172

“Quitman Fencibles,”
172

railroads,
20
,
22

Ramirez y Sesma,
see
Sesma

Raymond, Miss.,
141

Ream, Lt. S. Y.,
83

Red Bank, S.C.,
32
,
134

Red River Exchange,
41

Red River Valley, Ark.,
21
,
53

Red Rovers of Alabama,
47

Refugio, Tex.,
216

Reyes, N.,
67

Reynolds, John Purdy,
33
,
46-47
,
54

Richardson’s Hotel,
45

Richmond, Tex.,
199

Richmond, Va.,
171

Rio Frio,
78
,
89

Rio Grande,
62
,
73
,
74
,
78
,
87
,
88
,
110
,
118

Rivas, cousin of Mrs. Rodriguez,
87
,
92

Robinson, Lt. Gov.,
91
,
99
,
113
,
122
,
127
,
130
,
136

Rodriguez, Ambrosio,
87
,
92

Rodriguez, Mrs. Ambrosio,
87
,
92

Rodriguez, José,
92

Rodriguez, Pablo,
92

Romero, Col.,
148
,
149
,
158
,
161

Rose, James M.,
46
,
54
,
109
,
114
,
201

Rose, Louis,
75
,
147
,
201
,
202
,
203
,
214

Rose (P. W.) family,
16
,
152
,
183

Ross, John,
172

Rubio, Señor,
73

Rubio & Errazu,
65

Ruiz, Francisco,
105
,
178
,
205
,
206

“Runaway Scrape,”
184
,
190

Rusk, Sec’y of War,
190

Russelville, Ky.,
173

Sabinas River,
73

Sabine River,
24
,
46
,
48
,
53

St. Augustine, Fla.,
48
,
54

St. Louis, Mo.,
21

Salado Creek,
15
,
98
,
180

Salisbury, Mass.,
20

Saltillo, Mex.,
66-67
,
70

San Antonio, Texas,
13
,
28-29
,
62
,
75ff.

citizens in Alamo,
87
,
95
,
111
,
141
,
145

description of,
25-26
,
109

siege of 1835,
40
,
56-57
,
65

sympathies of populace,
38
,
74
,
77
,
89
,
90
,
105
,
145
,
178-179

San Antonio River,
26
,
59
,
87

Sanchez, Capt. José Juan (Navarro),
57
,
58
,
67
,
138
,
177
,
205
,
206

Sand Bar Fight,
26

San Felipe, Tex.,
15-16
,
29
,
33
,
37
,
39
,
56
,
59
,
77
,
78
,
79
,
86
,
91
,
129
,
137
,
183
,
186
,
187
,
211

San Jacinto, Battle of,
193-196
,
197
,
207
,
209

San Jacinto River,
188
,
189
,
192
,
193
,
194

San Juan, Mex.,
73

San Luis battalion,
148
,
150

San Luis Potosi,
66
,
119

San Miguel de Allende, Mex.,
73

San Patricio, Tex.,
122
,
133
,
139

San Pedro Creek,
101
San Saba mine,
27

Santa Anna, Gen. Antonio López de,
77
,
79
,
92
,
133
,
182

and Alamo,
91
,
93
,
102
,
107-108
,
110
,
111
,
116-117
,
119
,
121
,
129
,
145
,
147 ff.
,
154
,
156
,
158
,
167
,
174-175
,
177-179
,
205
,
206
,
209
,
210
,
211-212

attitude toward Americans,
62
,
88
,
89
,
101

background of,
62-63

description of,
63
,
64-65
,
67
,
90
,
114

and Mrs. Dickinson,
179

as dictator,
35
,
36
,
37
,
38
,
63-64

and finance,
65

generals of,
65-66

as leader,
67-68
,
72
,
73-74
,
88-89
,
100
,
107-108
,
110
,
111
,
119
,
124
,
148-149

and march to Texas,
68-73
,
88-90
,
100-101

and preparations for campaign,
65-69

and San Antonio,
62
,
65
,
105

and San Jacinto,
186 ff.

sentiment against,
44
,
169
,
170-172

sentiment for,
95
and Tornel,
67

troops of,
14
,
66
,
70-74
,
87
,
88
,
89
,
97
,
100 ff.
,
138
,
143 ff.
,
159
,
188-189

at Veracruz,
90

Santiago
,
55-56

Saucedo, Trinidad,
95
,
208

Scott, Sir Walter,
42-43
;
134

Scott, Gen. Winfield,
169

Seguin, Capt. Juan,
92
,
130
,
133
,
181
,
213

at Alamo,
102
,
108
,
111-112
,
198

and company of local Mexicans,
87
,
100
,
105
,
155
,
211

as courier,
111-112

Seguin
rancho
,
119
,
121

Seminole Indians,
46
,
169

Serpent
,
47

Sesma, Gen. Ramírez y,
78
,
124

and Fannin,
129

as leader,
70
,
73-74
,
100

and San Jacinto,
186
,
188
,
189

and Santa Anna,
138
,
147

troops of,
88-90
,
109
,
110
,
111
,
114
,
116
,
136
,
137
,
144
,
149
,
186

Sevier County, Ark.,
24

Sewell, Marcus L.,
23
,
126

Shackleford’s Red Rovers,
47

Shakespeare Theater (Mobile),
44
,
135

sharpshooting,
115-116

Sherman, Col. Sydney. 182,
193-194

Simmons, Cleland Kinloch,
55-56
,
82
,
109
,
162

slavery,
31
,
32
,
90

smallpox,
55

Smith, Andrew H.,
80

Smith, “Deaf,”
181
,
192
,
193
,
195

Smith, Gov. Henry,
77-78
,
79
,
80-81
,
85
,
86
,
136
,
200
,
211

Smith, John W.,
88
,
104

as courier,
97-98
,
125
,
141-143
,
204

discovers the Mexican army,
94-95

as early settler,
26

as guide,
126-128

at siege of 1835,
57

Smithers, Launcelot,
15-16

Smithwick, Noah,
30

smuggling,
31
,
32
,
33
,
36

soldaderas
,
70-71
,
196

Soldana, Capt. Rafael,
115

Soledad Street,
28
,
89

South Carolina,
168

Southwestern Historical Quarterly
,
204
,
207

speculation, land,
26
,
29
,
33

Stafford’s Point,
16
,
183

Stanley, Col. E. H.,
47

Starr, Franklin J.,
86

steamboats,
20
,
21

Steele, Alfonso,
195

Sterne, Adolphus,
45-46
,
48-59

Stoneall’s Tavern,
45

survivors of Alamo,
207-209

Sutherland, Dr. John,
78
,
101
,
125
,
133

as courier,
96-98

discovers the Mexicans,
93-95

and Lewis,
93

and Seguin,
198

Sutherland, Fanny,
168

Sutherland, William D.,
168

sutlers, Mexican,
71

Swarthout, Samuel,
29

Swiss Boy
,
172

Tamaulipas
Gazette
,
62

Tammany Hall,
45

taxes,
30
,
31

Taylor, Creed,
58

Taylor, Edward,
82

Taylor, George,
82

Taylor, James,
82

Telegraph and Texas Register
,
38
,
86
,
174
,
183
,
188

telele
,
72

Tennessee,
23
,
24
,
44
,
50
,
82
,
83
,
168
,
190

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