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Originally Posted by Nihilist_santa
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Weeks after the battle, stories began to circulate that Crockett was among those who surrendered and were executed.[165] However, Ben, a former American slave who acted as cook for one of Santa Anna's officers, maintained that Crockett's body was found in the barracks surrounded by "no less than sixteen Mexican corpses", with Crockett's knife buried in one of them.[167] Historians disagree on which story is accurate. According to Petite, "every account of the Crockett surrender-execution story comes from an avowed antagonist (either on political or military grounds) of Santa Anna's. It is believed that many stories, such as the surrender and execution of Crockett, were created and spread in order to discredit Santa Anna and add to his role as villain."[168]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_Crockett
Fucking hero bro. People like him made it so you can be a hipster that delivers beer in the great state of Texas. |
"It is believed," is the key phrase there. Truth is we'll never know the facts, and a story can have a positive or negative effect upon those that hear it. Would love for Austin to erradicate the hipsters there, or have them grow up at least. Being involved with craft beer doesn't warrant a hipster judgement tho'. Pothead or alcoholic are much more reasonable assumptions.
07-15-2016, 04:38 PM
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