Monday, March 23, 2009

Remember Goliad

Sam Houston wanted Colonel James Fannin's troops to go to Victoria but he lead them to Goliad in a fort. Four
days later Mexican General Urrea and forced Fannin's troops surrender. Most of Fannin's troops died from being shot, but the rest fled.The mass killing brought another cry: "Remember Goliad!"

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Runaway Scrape

The Mexicans were done with the Alamo and were moving through Texas and were at Gonzales. The people living there heard ahead and left.Santa Anna wanted his troops to sweep through Texas and burn every village in their way.