The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1965 Page: 13 of 14
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Peter Ellis Bean Life Told
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This week's
continued story concerning the
life of Peter Ellis Bean as re-
searched by Mrs. Edith Rose of
Alto picks up with Bean in pri-
son and faced with a "casting
of dice" to decide which of his
group will live or die under the
King of Spain's orders. Two more
Issues of Bean's life which will
be published consecutively in The
Cherokeean will complete the ae-
count of this man's exciting life.
One day without warning, two
priests entered the room and
made the startling announcement
that they had come to confess
the North Americans. This look-
ed ominous. Such confessions of
sins customarily proceeded dea-
th.
The majority of Bean s com-
panions accepted the Catholic of-
fices and confessed, but not Bean.
The night was spent unhappily.
The next day the tardy orders
of the King of Spain were road
to them by a Colenel in full un-
iform. The Kind bade that ev-
ery fifth man of the company
was to be hanged—and that the
others were to be placed in pe-
nal servitude for 10 years.
The shock was hideous. How-
ever, Bean did not despair. "I
told them," he writes, "that we
should not fret ourselves about
what we could not help: if we
could find no way to escape the
grave, it would be better to ma-
rch to it like a man than to be
dragged to it like one dead: and
as for myself, if I must die, I
meant not to disgrace my coun-
try."
Ten prisoners had been report-
ed to the King, but only nine
had survived to hear the senten-
ce, so the authorities decided
that one of the nine should be
chosen, the tenth was already
dead.
The manner of choice was to
be by casting of dice, the low
throw to lose. Into the prison
were brought a drum, a tumbl-
er, and a pair of dice. Blindfold-
ed, the oldest man was to throw
first, and each of the others was
to throw in sequence of their
years.
As the oldest in the company.
Ephraim Blackburn, the Quaker,
first submitted to the blindfold
For him the dice rolled a 3 and
a 1—4. The others followed. Yo-
ungest and last Bean stepped bl-
ithely to the drum and the blind-
fold. 'Twas either he or Black-
burn. For Bean the dice rolled
a 4 and a 1—5. And by that nar-
row margin of one Ellis Bean
I was reprieved.
They bade goodby to Black-
jburn; they were marched into
¡their cells. On November 11,
11H07, Blackburn was hanged.
' The next order removed Bean
and four companions, deemed his
seconds in villainy, to the cas-
tle of Acapulco, a thousand mi-
les south, where they were im-
prisoned.
| The next four years for Bean
were spent in dark dungeons,
most of the time heavily chain
j ed. His many escape plans were
thwarted, and each escape bro-
I ught more reprisals. This routine
j continued until when a revolu-
| lion broke out. The prisons were
emptied for recruits. The Span-
j ish authorities knew his worth,
i but doubted his faith. On being
questioned, Bean told an officer
¡that he would gladly serve the
King if permitted. His irons were
knocked off, a gun and sword
placed in his hands, and he be-
came a soldier. Bean performed
his duties well for two weeks, un-
til he decided that he had rath-
er fight with the revolutionists.
So when the opportunity present-
id itself, he went over to Gen-
eral Mocclos, head of the revo-
lutionary party. He made a good
soldier; he was infinite in his
i resources, providing provisions
and ammunition for the troops,
and in leading forlorm hopes. He
I soon was commissioned a colo-
nel.
In the latter part of 1814, Bean
¡was dispatched by General Mor-
| elos on a mission to the United
! Slates to procure aid for the pa-
j triot cause. En route Bean met
the buccaneer—Chief La Fitte.
j who conducted him by a rear wa-
lo New Orleans. Upon the invi-
tation of General Jackson, with
whom Bean was an old acrjua-
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,intance, ho took command of one
of the guns at the levee and dis-
tinguished himself at the Battle
of New Orleans, fighting by the
side of La Fitte in that battle.
As a result. La Fitte was par-
doned of his crimes, and he fur-
nished a fine schooner for Bean
to transport the munitions he
¡ had secured back to Mexico. In
j return, there is no doubt but that
jBean gave La Fitte a commis-
sion to cruise against the enc-
omies of the Mexican Revolution-
aries.
! Fortune did not continue with
, the revolutionists. In 1815 Gen-
! eral Morolas was taken by the
royalists and shot. The country
¡was in a desperate situation, and
j Bean felt it most adivsable to
¡return to the United States.
I He had met a young lady of
¡fine family, the beautiful Señor-
ita Anna Gorthas, heiress of the
I great Branderrillas hacienda ab-
¡ out three miles from Galapa.
They were married at a small
¡town on the way and he intend-
ed to take her with him to the
United States. Their horses be-
came fatigued, and they stopped
to rest at an hacienda. There
they were overtaken by their Sp-
anish pursuers. Believing that
jthe soldiers would not harm his
wife, although capture would
mean death for himself, she yi-
elded to his entreaties to stay
behind and he made his escape.
Having left behind him. as he
thought forever, all things Mex-
ican, he returned to his Tenne-
ssee home town a miserable man.
! He reached the residence of his
half brother, Captain William
Shaw, in White County, Tenne-
ssee, in the spring of 1818.
1 A kindly aunt, knowing nothing
¡of the Mexican wedding which
he' had never mentioned, fina'ly
suggested marriage to a weathly
neighbor girl, Candance Midkiff.
Her advice was taken, and Bean
then emigrated with his family
land father-in-law, Isaac Midkiff
lo Smackover Creek, in Arkan-
jsas. Here they settled without a
neighbor within :io miles of them,
and began raising stock.
¡ At the end of three years, his
| father-in-law died. This event,
¡together with the news of the li-
beration of Mexico, and the call
'for colonists, induced Bean to
'come to Texas.
He located himself and his fa
¡ ily at the Mound Prairie, the an-
cient town of Texas, and obtain-
ed from the Mexican government
for his services, a grant for a
¡league of land, including his re-
! sidence.
At I his place Bean resided qu-
ietly until the summer of 1825,
when he set out for Mexico. He
stayed there a year. He met his
old companions-in-arms and le-
arned about all the interesting
¡events that had transpired in the
; past seven years. For his ser-
vices in the revolution he recei-
ved. in addition to the grant of
land, the appointment of colonel
in 111." permanent forces of the
; republic.
County Home Demonstration Ag-
ent
Consider All Costs When Shop-
ping
Few homemakers take into ac-
count all their expenses v.'hcn'
shopping.
For example, you should con-
sider the cost of driving an au-
tomobile to and from the gro-
Icery store—or stores—if you shop
I at several.
Those little forgotten items—
, which result in an extra trip—
I can Ik- quite costly. Careful plan-
ning for shopping can save you
many of these extra trips.
To arrive at the cost of pick-
ling up the extra forgotten items,
,do some simple arithmetic. Jot
down the mileage from your
house to the store. Figure the
round trip to the store for the
trip when you forgot to get the
I items, then the second trip to
¡pick them up. Use a conserva-
tive 7 cents a mile as the cost
of driving. The trips actually
cost more than this.
Next, consider other items you
may have bought while you were
in the store—such as candy bars,
a package of chewing gum, and
a magazine.
Now, add up the cost of tra-
vel and the cost of the impulse
purchases. It may total almost
¡as much as the necessary things
you went back to buy. So you
may be spending a much larg-
er amount than you thought just
to get back to the store to buy
the items you forgot.
Another factor to consider is
your time. While your time at
¡home does not have a dollar and
i cent rate, it could have been us-
ed in several different ways .Th-
iere were many useful and pro-
ductive things you could have
done with that time, instead of
retracing your path to the gro-
cery store.
It pays to plan your shopping
trips careful/—and reduce the
cost of extra trips.
O
Plentiful, Regal Turkey
The popular turkey, which
heads the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's list of plentiful
| foods this month, missed becom-
ing our national emblem by u
feather.
Benjamin Franklin was all for
it. He regarded the bald eagle,
which was chosen, as a thief and
a "rank coward."
In a letter written from Paris
to his sister, the noted statesman
said, "Turkey is in comparison
a much more respectable bird
, and witha! a true original native
¡of America. He is—though a lit-
tle vain and silly—a bird of cou-
rage and would not hesitate to
i attack a grenadier of the British
Guards who should presume to
invade his farmyard with a red
¡coat on."
But Mr. Franklin was tardy.
Ben's spirited brief in behalf of
the turkey as our national em-
blem was presented to Congress
too late (o stop the surge in fa-
vor of the bald eagle.
It's been a long time since the
argument flared. The bald eag-
le fills his noble national position
weL'
gallant symbol of the American
wildernes, also fits his position
well, especially this time of year
when festive dinners entitle hhn
to the honor position at family
tables across the nation. He is
unquestionably the symbol of
magnificence in euiinary circles.
USDA's consumer and market-
ing service reports an unusually
large supply of 1965-crop turkeys
for our eating enjoyment. Ex-
panding for the third consecutive
year, this crop totals 103.7 mil-
lion birds. That's 4 million more
than a year ago. Prices are so
reasonable, you'll want to serve
turkey often—before, during and
after Thanksgiving. And don't be
late, like Ben was—order your
Thanksgiving turkey early.
O
PECANS
Long before the arrival of the
Whiteman, American Indians were
using pecans as one of their ma-
jor foods.
These Indians inhabited Pecan
Country—the Missisippi Valley
and its tributaries from what is
now Missouri and Illinois to the
southward, and also parts of Te-
xas and Oklahoma.
Mrs. Thweatt
Interred,
Cedar Hill
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Thweatt.
age 75, of Rusk died Thursday
morning, October 28 at 2:30 a.m.
in Rusk Memorial Hospital after
a lengthy illness.
The Rev. Allen Holey officia-
ted for the graveside services at
¡2 p.m. Thursday afternoon at Ce-
idar Hill Cemetery. Interment was
'under the direction of Wallace
Funeral Home.
Born in Rusk, Mrs. Thweatt
had lived in Austin for 30 years
where shf was secretary for Sen.
T. H. McGregor and was empl-
oyed by the Austin Chamber of
Commerce. She returned to Rusk
in 1953 after her retirement.
She is survived by two sisters,
Miss Winnie Meeks of Rusk and
Mrs. Ha7.el Robinson of Vancou-
ver, B.C., Canada.
Pallbearers were Webb Finley,
John Hunter, Claud Manning and
Bill Vining.
an ish adventures who wandered
through Louisiana and Texas, wr-
ote in his journal: "There were
on banks of this river many nuts
nuts, which the Indians ate in
i their season, coining from 20 to
30 leagues round about. Them,
nuts were much smaller than th-
ose of Spain."
This was in 1533, so the pecan
found its place in literature near-
ly a century before the arrival
of the pilgrims.
The pecan has become one Of
the most important foods con-
tributed by the North American
continent to international cuisine.
The pecan's distinctive flavor and
texture can add a special note
of excellence to just about any
type of food.
This year's crop estimate of
260 million pounds is well above
average and half again as many
pecans as produced last year, re-
ports the U.S. Department of Ag-
riculture.
So you can look for heavy sup-
plies of pecans this November.
A large crop is coming to mar-
ket now. They'll be plentiful for
the holiday season.
Pecans are delicious included
in dunks and dips. Toasted pe-
cans are tasty in soups and pe-
cans give special flavor to fowl
or vegetable stuffings. All of us
are well aware of their fine ta-
ste in breads and desserts.
While pecans are abundant,
you'll want to use them often.
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SATISFACTION OUAIANIHD
Let's help Rusk progress! We are glad to join with our
fellow townsmen in the building of a modern motel, restaur,
ant and golf course.
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THAT ANy MORÜ !
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The annual fall co'or pano-
rama will be at its peak the ea-
rly part of November. The most
colorful trees are the black gum,
rod gum, maple and white oak.
The winged sumac and sassafras
are also colorful and are more
abundant along rural roads and
old fields. The Texas Forest Ser-
vice would like to inform the pu-
blic of the routes to travel in
Rusk, Cherokee and Anderson
counties to observe the colorful
fall foliage.
The routes in Cherokee Coun-
ty out of Rusk are U.S. Highway
tion of U.S. Highway 259 back
to Henderson.
The routes in Cherokee County
ty out of Rusk are U. S. Highway
69 south to Alto and north throu-
gh Jacksonville to Bulterd; U.S.
Highway 84 east from Rusk to
Reklaw. Along FM Road 23 from
Rusk to the Neches River then
east on State Highway 294 to
Alto then north from Alto on U.
S. Highway «9 back to Rusk.
In Husk County out of Hender-
son travel State Highway 43 nor-
theast to Tatum; State Hf|
149 from Tatum west to the i
tersection of State Highway 3lf
south back to Henderson.
Henderson follow FM Road
to Laneville, then east
Road 1798 to Minden at JaM*
tion of U. S. Highway 2 back
to Henderson.
Riding Club p .
Meets, Games
Played Thurs.
The Cherokee County Riding
Club met Thursday, Noveníbér
4th, in the Council Room- «t the'
Courthouse for their regular
meeting.
Games were played and afUp
the business session was concl-
uded the Joe B. Lúsk family,
whose home was recently des-
stroyed by fire, were presetted
gifts by the club members.
Everyone had an enjoyable
time and all members are urg-
ed to attend these meetings each
Thursday at 7 p.m.
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1965, newspaper, November 11, 1965; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150626/m1/13/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.