Posted by ronald sands on October 31, 2001 at 20:01:39:
In Reply to: Re: David Crockett's death posted by Frank Bodden on October 25, 2001 at 23:39:34:
Hey Frank, it's good to hear from you. I truly believe Crockett and the rest couldn't have had stopped fighting long enough to be captured by getting their weapons taken from them. One has to realize that the Mexicans were on a rampage, even killing the Texans at least a half hour after all the Texans were dead. Even Mrs. Dickinson was woundeded in the leg as she left the chapel. I don't think in an environment such as that, David or any other Texan would have been captured alive long enough to be executed. These alleged executions happened awful quickly for me to be so sure they even happened. Mrs.Dickinson must have been in the chapel a long time, not to see any indication of them happening. I know all the boys at the Alamo were heroes, but it makes me mad as h__l that anyone could suggest Crockett surrendered. When all three groups of men left the fort near his area, he stayed. He was a very strong man, around six feet tall, a big guy for an American, and a giant for a Mexican. I don't see any Mexican taking his weapons from him, except his dead body. I believe his two men loaded his rifles, and fighting in the dark that chilly morning, accounted for at least seventeen Mexicans being piled up around them, with Crockett's knife in one Mexcian's chest, and his broken rifle barrel in the other. There are also to many accounts of this scence, to not be taken seriously. Who was this guy, if Davy had surrendered and been executed. To conclude, I think there are still many Texans and Tennesseans who back us up in believing he died fighting. Frank, thank GOD for Bill Groneman. He is the David Crockett of today, because he is the only one who has challenged this 'alleged'diary of De La Pena's. Holler at me, Ronald