Texas
Samuel Walker Wasn’t a Texian for Long But His Impact Was Outsized
Samuel Walker arrived in Texas six years after the republic gained its independence. In 5 extra years, he can be useless. However in these 5 years, he would defend San Antonio from Mexican forces, invade Mexico 4 instances, escape from a Mexican jail and assist design some of the well-known weapons in historical past.
100 and seventy-five years later, he’s additionally remembered as some of the fascinating Texas Rangers of all time.
Earlier than he was a Ranger, Walker was a part of the ill-fated Mier expedition, throughout which 176 Texian militiamen had been captured by Mexico in 1843. Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna ordered all of them shot, however cooler heads within the Mexican authorities prevailed, demanding one in each 10 killed as a substitute. The Texans drew beans from a pot. Those that acquired one of many 17 black beans can be executed; those that drew white beans would reside. Walker acquired a white bean.