Remember the Alamo... Why?
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A quick trip over to San Antonio was very educational I must say. San Antonio is one of the prettier cities I've ever seen. The river walk is amazing, well groomed, almost European in nature (ok it is actually Spanish...) but anyways. The Alamo...
The Alamo was the reason that San Antonio was created. The National Park Service keeps up several missions that led to the Alamo (actually Mission San Antonio). Its actually several factors that made San Antonio the city it is.
First you have the Spanish coming to place their foot on New World soil. Therefore, they would create missions to teach the locals Catholicism, and the European Spanish life. In Spain life was good so it was hard to get people to man these missions, leaving the good life in Spain for a questionable life in the New World (different than the English). The draw would be, when you came to the new world, you would be as an aristocrat, having people work for you.
This failed miserably in many parts of the US (California, Florida, New Mexico). Yet in Texas (San Antonio) it worked. Why?... enter Indian history.
When the Cheyenne Indians obtained Horses, they then could follow the Buffalo, which led them to the Plains, where they ran out the Apache, the Apache headed south, into Texas. (All part of the shift of Indians westward by the English) The local Indians, which were small tribes, needed protection. The only place protection was to be found was in the city of San Antonio. However, if the Indians entered these cities not knowing the Spanish way of life... basically slavery was there future. Yet in the missions they could work as it were as slaves, learn Catholicism, Spanish, and the European culture.... then enter the city as a normal citizen.
So this is what led to the growth of what’s San Antonio. More than you ever wanted to know… but one thing is for certain… you should visit San Antonio… Thank you for visiting this educational day at Misconstrued
...oh wait I forgot (to talk about) the Alamo! Oh well.
Comments
Can you put Chipito on a burrito?
D.A.
Posted by: D.A. | February 17, 2004 10:28 AM
yes... but not cheyenne. I am always mixing up indian tribes and toppings. My bad.
Posted by: itzjerm | February 17, 2004 10:54 AM
Cheyenne is a kind of pepper, right?
D.A.
Posted by: D.A. | February 17, 2004 11:12 AM
Yep, Cheyenne pepper. Good for chicken. And the Alamo was a senseless siege, where 100 or so men died for no real reason. I say remember the Alamo so that nothing so stupid happens again.
Posted by: Definitely Not Javann | February 17, 2004 11:33 AM
Hmmm
thats kinda long to Say
Remember the Alamo so that nothing so stupid happens again!!!!!!!
it would take along time to yell that in battle...?
Posted by: itzjerm | February 17, 2004 11:57 AM
I've always heard San Antonio is a great place. It's said that there are only three great cultural cities in America, one of them being San Antonio (New Orleans is another, but I can't remember the third).
And as far as Javann's comment, it's hard to say wheher it really was a "senseless" battle or not (keep in mind all war is senseless). You have to remember Santa Anna's attack was not a Mexican invasion of Texas, but an American Invasion of Mexico. The Mexican Army was merely taking what was it's own. All too often we see the Alamo as a slaughter of innocent American men when relly it was self-defence. What was truly stupid was 100 or so men staying to face an Army of well over 4,000 men led by one of the greater generals of history. And what kind of military genious invades a Country with just over 100 men anyways?
Posted by: keats | February 17, 2004 12:40 PM
"And what kind of military genious invades a Country with just over 100 men anyways?"
The answer is in the question.
Oh, and the third cultural city in America?
Knoxville. Definitly. We rip our cultural landmarks out of the ground by their roots and toss them beneath crusty underpasses behind chain link fences on the bad side of town, not telling anyone so that maybe (just maybe) they won't notice...
Right.
D.A.
Posted by: D.A. | February 17, 2004 12:59 PM
Isn't it actually "Cayenne" pepper? The "Cheyenne" was in fact an indian tribe. My dad used to grow "Cayenne" peppers in his garden in the backyard.
Posted by: The Beau | February 17, 2004 08:02 PM
Cayenne pepper. (a) (Bot.) A species of Capsicum (C. frutescens) with small and intensely pungent fruit. (b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seeds of several species of the genus Capsicum, esp. C. annuum and C. Frutescens; -- called also red pepper. It is used chiefly as a condiment.
Posted by: The Beau | February 17, 2004 08:02 PM
n. pl. Cheyenne or Chey·ennes
A Native American people, divided after 1832 into the Northern and Southern Cheyenne, inhabiting respectively southeast Montana and southern Colorado, with present-day populations in Montana and Oklahoma. The Cheyenne became nomadic buffalo hunters after migrating to the Great Plains in the 18th century and figured prominently in the resistance by Plains Indians to white encroachment.
A member of this people
Posted by: The Beau | February 17, 2004 08:03 PM
Intriguing. Someone corrects me. I do not like this Beau. Actually, he's cool enough to use the dictionary. That definitely boosts my lowered opinion of him. American's invading someone elses country? I find that incredibly hard to believe. We've always been satisfied with um. . .wait, what land did American's inherit? Oh yeah, right, none. Never mind.
Posted by: Definitely Not Javann | February 17, 2004 10:49 PM
So cities with culuture... hmmm not sure i'm a big advocate of New Orleans...
But I will add Key West... that is a very interesting city, a very beautiful city... malory square is quiet interesting. So i'll add it to the unique cities.
Posted by: itzjerm | February 17, 2004 11:03 PM