black bean lottery 1843

As the members of the defeated Mier expedition were being marched from Mier to Mexico City, they attempted a mass escape on February 11.

On this day in 1843, 17 Texans were executed at Salado, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Served under Capt.

It was white. After an escape at Salado, Tamaulipas, on February 11, 1843, some 176 of the men were recaptured within about a week. On the evening of 25th of March, 1843, the Texans were shot in two groups, one of nine men and one of eight. In what came to be known as the Black Bean Episode or the Bean Lottery, the Texians were blindfolded and ordered to draw beans. In what came to be known as the Black Bean Episode or the Bean Lottery, the Texans were blindfolded and ordered to draw beans. He led them to a ditch on the outskirts of village, where the battle-hardened contingent found the graves of 16 of the 17 Texans who had been executed in the infamous “Black Bean Lottery” of March 25, 1843.
They included the following Texans: John L. Cash James Decatur Cocke William Mosby Eastland-Captain of Company B was the first of the Texans to draw a fatal black bean and the only officer of the expedition to do so. 261 soldiers participated in the raid on the town, while the others remained behind as the camp guard.


The next two men to draw, Martin Wing and Henry Whalen, both drew black beans. They included the following Texans: John L. Cash James Decatur Cocke William Mosby Eastland-Captain of Company B was the first of the Texans to draw a fatal black bean and the only officer of the expedition to do so.

Black bean incident.

Edward E. Este The 48-foot 1936 Centennial Monument marks the mass grave of the remains of the 1842 "Dawson Massacre" and the 1843 "Black Bean Death Lottery" Photo courtesy Sarah Reveley , February 2010

Mier Expedition Black Bean Marker in Monument Hill Black Bean Incident. He led them to a ditch on the outskirts of village, where the battle-hardened contingent found the graves of 16 of the 17 Texans who had been executed in the infamous “Black Bean Lottery” of March 25, 1843. Bigfoot Wallace Frederic Remington painted the Black Bean Lottery that condemned 17 of 176 Texas prisoners to death in 1843 after being captured by Mexicans during the ill-fated Mier expedition. After an escape at Salado, Tamaulipas, on February 11, 1843, some 176 of the men were recaptured within about a week. Wallace finally dropped one bean and pulled out the other. During the months of June, July, and August 1843, the Texans did road work near Mexico City. The Black Bean Lottery.

In what came to be known as the Black Bean Episode or the Bean Lottery, the Texians were blindfolded and ordered to draw beans. Cameron, who had migrated from Scotland to Kentucky, had come to Texas in 1836, arriving just after the Texas Revolution.. Historical Marker Text MONUMENT HILL TOMB In September 1848, the remains of Texans killed in the 1842 Dawson Massacre and the 1843 "Black Bean Death Lottery" were reburied at this site in a sandstone vault. The Black Bean Episode, an aftermath of the Mier Expedition, resulted from an attempted escape of the captured Texans as they were being marched from Mier to Mexico City. Ewen Cameron, leader of the break, failed to draw a black bean of death but was later executed by special order of Santa Anna.