They fought like heroes.

I had many of the wounded in my house.
I succored them with my purse.
"It was a great deed for a handful of men." "The fame of it brought young Americans by hundreds here.

To a man they joined the Mexican party struggling to free themselves from the tyranny of old Spain.

I do not think any one of them received money.

The love of freedom and the love of adventure were alike their motive and their reward." "Mexico owed these men a debt she has forgotten." "She forgot it very quickly.