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MONUMENT
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THE SOMERVELL/MIER EXPEDITION
The
Black Bean Episode |
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After
the prisoners were captured, word was sent from Mexico City to execute them all.
Not wanting to provoke another war, it was decided to kill every 10th prisoner.
This was arranged by conducting a lottery of white and black beans. Although this
is referred to as the "Infamous Black Bean Episode", we find it pretty
democratic, although they had the officers draw their beans first which wouldn't
sit well with today's military.
See Recollections
of a Mier Expedition Survivor
by Murray Montgomery
Texas troops, led by Alexander Somervell, pursued the
Mexicans for a while, but Somervell had second thoughts about crossing into Mexico...
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