Crockett Short

Davy Crockett, the celebrated hero, warrior and backwoods statesman, was born August 17, 1786.
Crockett stands for the Spirit of the American Frontier. He died at the Alamo, killed by Republicans intent on taking Texas into the United States.
He was a Democrat and a member of Tennessee state house of representatives.
His motto was : "Be always sure you are right, then go ahead."
Later Davy Crockett went to Congress as the Representative of the 9th District of the State of Tennessee.
Early in the month of February, 1836, the army of Santa Anna appeared before the town, with infantry, artillery, and cavalry. The Texan invaders, seeing that they would soon be surrounded, abandoned the town to the enemy, and fled to the protection of the citadel. There were only about one hundred and fifty of them. Almost without exception they were desperate men.
Santa Anna sent a summons to Colonel Travis, demanding an unconditional surrender.
The only reply Colonel Travis made was to throw a cannon-shot into the town. The Mexicans then opened fire from their batteries, but without doing much harm.
In the night, Colonel Travis sent a message to Colonel Fanning at Goliad to come to his aid. Goliad was about four days away. The next morning the Mexicans renewed their fire from a battery about three hundred and fifty yards from the fort.
On March 3, Travis sent out a final request for help. Houston moved slowly through the countryside and finally on March 11 received the information he had been waiting for. The Alamo had fallen and of his political enemies were dead. Without Crockett Texas would become an independent nation and Houston its leader.
Houston and his men defeated Santa Anna's forces at San Jacinto on the afternoon of April 21, 1836.
The Mexican Army had stopped to rest. They had let down their guard. Their horses were grazing. The families of Mexican soldiers often traveled with the Army and this time was no different.
The Army was at their ease in fields and groves below the hills from where Houston watched them. The Texans did nothing as the women prepared the midday meal and the men took their leisure – their weapons stacked about.
They did this same thing every day and Houston knew it but never pulled his big trick until after all of his political enemies were dead in the Alamo.
When the families began to eat the Texans came storming out of the trees and shot and stabbed anyone or anything in their way – including horses, men, women and children.
The Mexican Army surrendered quickly in the face of this barbaric attack by a smaller force.
During this engagement Houston was wounded just above the right ankle.
General Santa Anna surrendered the next day.