ey had
some small pieces of artillery and were firing on the cavalry and
on those engaged in making the escalade. Their ammunition was
exhausted, and they were loading with pieces of iron and nails.

"The Alamo was entered at daylight; the fight did not cease till
nine o'clock....

"Gen. Santa Anna directed Col. Mora to send out his cavalry to
bring in wood. This was done. The bodies of the heroic Texians were
burned. Their remains became offensive. They were afterward
collected and buried by Col. Juan N. Seguin."

Sergeant Becerra said:

"There was an order to gather our own dead and wounded. It was a
fearful sight. Our lifeless soldiers covered the ground surrounding
the Alamo. They were heaped inside the fortress. Blood and brains
covered the earth and the floors, and had spattered the walls. The
ghastly faces of our comrades met our gaze, and we removed them
with despondent hearts. Our loss in front of the Alamo was
represented at two thousand killed, and more than three hundred
wounded. The killed were generally struck on the head. The wounds
were in the neck or shoulder, seldom below that. The firing of the
besieged was fearfully precise. When a Texas rifle was levelled on
a Mexican, he was considered as good as dead. All this indicated
the dauntless bravery and the cool self-possession of the men who
were engaged in a hopeless conflict with an enemy numbering more
than twenty to one. They inflicted on us a loss ten times greater
than they sustained. The victory of the Alamo was dearly bought.
Indeed, the price in the end was well-nigh the ruin of Mexico."

The tragic heroism displayed in the Alamo caused intense excitement in
the United States, and, indeed, throughout the civilized world. Lovers
of liberty knew that the men were inspired both by their love of
freedom and the consciousness of the horrible fate which would await
them if they fell alive into the hands of Santa Anna and his men. The
pamphlet tells us that:

"An Englishman named Nagle had the honor of originating the
'Monument Erected to the Heroes of the Alamo.' It stood at the
entrance of the Capitol at Austin. This building was burned in
1880, and the monument suffered injury. On the top of each front
were the names of Travis, Bowie, Crockett, and Bonham. The
inscription on the north front was: 'To The God Of The Fearle