- 29 May 2006 20:39
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i don't have an account, and as a result don't need a source. i'm not putting forth an argument that crockett died swinging his rifle as represented in folklore, i'm simply stating that there isn't enough evidence to state for a fact that he was executed after the alamo fell. a journal entry written months after the event by a military officer who had absolutely no way of being able to personally identify crockett and was part of a military force that made no attempt to verify their prisoner's identities and had a propensity towards distorting facts so as to glorify themselves is not solid evidence.
And what is the indisputably reliable source of your account?
i don't have an account, and as a result don't need a source. i'm not putting forth an argument that crockett died swinging his rifle as represented in folklore, i'm simply stating that there isn't enough evidence to state for a fact that he was executed after the alamo fell. a journal entry written months after the event by a military officer who had absolutely no way of being able to personally identify crockett and was part of a military force that made no attempt to verify their prisoner's identities and had a propensity towards distorting facts so as to glorify themselves is not solid evidence.