Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)
Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 169
the fort. AVhat he saw there, wecannot attempt to describe, but a few things wemust mention. In his own room they found ColonelBowie dead in his bed, where he had lain too sick 150 The Fall of the Alamo to rise; but he had had strength to use his weapons,for four Mexicans had fallen, shot to death… … COLONEL BOWIE USED HIS WEAPONS TO THE LAST with a burning match in his hand, before he couldfire the powder and blow the fort and his enemiesinto the air. Upon a high platform in one corner, there wasa small cannon which was turned upon the Mexi-cans in the fort and did terrible execution.…
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