Ewen Cameron (Captain)
Captain Ewen Cameron (1811- April 26, 1843) was an officer during the Texas Revolution and in the ill-fated Mier Expedition.
Cameron, who had migrated from Scotland to Kentucky, had come to Texas in 1836 and participated the Texas Revolution.
On December 26, 1842, The Mier Expedition was a failed raid on the Mexican border settlement of Ciudad Mier. Cameron and Texans were taken prisoner and send to prison in Mexico. At Perote Prison a jar containing 159 white beans and 17 black ones was presented to the Texans prisoners. Each man drew a bean from the jar. The 17 Texan prisoners who drew black beans were executed by Mexican firing squad. This is known as the Black Bean Episode. Cameron had selected a white bean, which should have saved his life. Although, he had earned the hostility of Mexican Colonel Antonio Canales Rosillo for his role in his embarrassing defeat in the battle, and escape attempts at the prison. Colonel Canales intervened with Antonio López de Santa Anna, and he agreed to execute Cameron. Cameron was shot by Mexican firing squad at Perote Prison on April 26, 1843.
Cameron County, Texas and Cameron, Texas are named for Cameron.
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