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 Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:11 pm Post subject: Hunter to death |
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Impatient with the army response time, Norris led 80 men to retake the Old Stone Fort. Although Parmer had fewer than 20 supporters with him, his men routed Norris's force in less than ten minutes.[26] On January 31, Bean, accompanied by 70 militiamen from Austin's colony, rode into Nacogdoches.[27] By this time, Parmer and Edwards had learned that the Cherokee had abandoned any intention of waging war against Mexico.[25] When not a single Cherokee warrior had appeared to reinforce the revolt, Edwards and his supporters fled.[25] Bean pursued them to the Sabine River, but most, including both Edwards brothers, safely crossed into the United States.[27][28] Ahumade and his soldiers, accompanied by political chief Saucedo, entered Nacogdoches on February 8 to restore order.[29]
Although the Cherokee had not raised arms against Mexico, their treaty with the Fredonian revolutionaries caused Mexican authorities to question the tribe's loyalty. To demonstrate their loyalty to Mexico, the Cherokee council ordered both Fields and Hunter to be executed. Under tribal law, certain offenses such as aiding an enemy of the tribe were punishable by death. By sentencing Fields and Hunter to death for this reason, the Cherokee affirmed that Edwards and his cohorts were their enemies.[30] Both men fled, but were soon captured and executed. When the executions were reported to Mexican authorities on February 28, the commandant general of the Eastern Interior Provinces, Anastasio Bustamante, praised the Cherokee for their prompt action.[30]
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