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James Bowie

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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SAN Antonio), but was ill of pneumonia at the time of the final assault on the 6th of March 1836, and was among the last to be butchered. Bowie's name is now perpetuated by a county in north-eastern Texas, and by its association with that of the famous hunting-knife, which he used, but probably did not invent.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'James Bowie'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​j/james-bowie.html. 1910.
 
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