The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 94, July 1990 - April, 1991 Page: 69
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Nuiez Account
The lingering influence of the Nufiez account, which claimed that David
Crockett died fighting with his rifle in hand, is revealed by this action still from
the film Alamo ... The Price of Freedom, which is shown daily on a six-story-high
screen in the IMAX theatre near the Alamo. In this climactic scene, Crockett
(Dave Kanawah) goes down fighting as a Mexican officer (Steve Abolt) deals
him what Nufiez called a "deadly blow with his sword just above the right eye."
The legend that Crockett died fighting amid a swirl of enemy soldiers emerged
soon after the battle and was embellished with subsequent retellings. Copyright
199o, Rivertheatre Associates.
reading of the account reveals would have been impossible. Still, many
writers still depict Travis attired in such garb. Even the meticulous
Paul Andrew Hutton, who has established a reputation as a debunker
of Alamo folklore, himself perpetuated the fable that Travis was
"clad in homemade Texas jeans." The lingering influence of Nufiez is
apparent."
Its inclusion in many standard studies notwithstanding, the Nufez
account is infested with errors. Numerous inconsistencies between
Nufiez's narrative and others should have raised questions among se-
rious historians. He was presumably questioned fifty-three years after
the fact and in several places his memory was faulty. Worse still, the
'Lord, A Time to Stand, 155, 205; Paul Andrew button, "l'he Alamo: An American Epic,"
American listory Illustrated (Mar., 1986), 13.
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