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San Antonio’s First Great Tragedy Chronicle
The narrative recounts Gutierrez’s provisional government and the doomed execution of ten Spaniards and five Mexicans after a military tribunal at the Alamo. It details American officers protests, the ambivalent escort, and the brutal killings carried out by Captain Delgado, culminating in the killing near a creek and a triumphal return to Gutierrez.
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Texas
Monclova
Gutierrez
Bernardo Gutierrez
North
Alamo
Kemper
Darius Johnston
Kentucky
Johnston
Matagorda
Havana
Jose Sanchez
Senora Rodriguez
Menchacea
Rosalia
Pablo Roderiguez
Sanchez
Jose
Delago
Ross
Delgado
Delvado
San Antonio
Salcedo
Cordero
Santos
Orramel Johnson
Mexico
Herrera
Manuel Salcedo