The female warrior : an interesting narrative of the sufferings and singular & surprising adventures of Miss Leonora Siddons, who, led on by patriotism, joined the Texan Army under General Houston, fought in the ever memorable battle of San Antonio, where she, after seeing all her comrades slain, was herself shot down, and left for dead ... : full and interesting particulars.
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
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"... Recovering the following morning, she was captured by the Mexicans, conveyed on board the ship St. Juan, from which she attempted to escape with the surgeon in a storm but being soon missed from the ship, they were pursued by six men in a boat, overtaken, and after a terrible struggle, she was recaptured, taken to Vera Cruz, tied behind a cart, and made to walk from thence (barefoo', over burning sand and beneath the tropical sun) to the city of Mexico, a distance of over 250 miles, where she was thrown into a prison, from whence she escaped, made a voyage to sea and returned to her friends in this country in 1843." Title-vignette. Book.
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