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ELLIS P. BEAN 23
At one time they were pursued by soldiers and escaped
by plunging into a lake which was full of alligators.
Often they had nothing to eat but the tender
buds of the cabbage tree.
Once more fortune played him a trick. One night
just as Bean and his companions had crossed a small
stream, thirty men rose up on the farther bank and ordered
them to surrender. Bean was determined to die
rather than surrender. Death was more to be desired
than life in a Mexican prison. So with only a stick for
a weapon he charged the enemy. The next moment he
was knocked senseless by a blow on the temple.
When he came to himself he was so strongly bound
that he could move neither hand nor foot. Next morning
horses were brought and he was taken back to Acapulco
and the castle.
This time he was chained to a large mulatto negro
and put in a room with some twenty other prisoners.
The mulatto was told to whip him if he did not obey.
One morning they were taken into the castle yard to
eat breakfast. As Bean reached for his bread the
negro jerked the chain and threw him down. Near by
was half a cow's skull with a horn on it. Bean seized
this and with one blow knocked the negro down. He
kept on beating him till the guard came and took the
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Littlejohn, E. G., 1862-. Texas History Stories: Ellis P. Bean and Stephen F. Austin., book, 1901; Richmond, Virginia. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14383/m1/25/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.