In contrast to the grueling 12-day siege at the Alamo, the Texans routed the Mexican army at San Jacinto in a mere 18 minutes! In the process, they also captured General Santa Anna. It is a puzzle to some historians as to why the Texans did not summarily execute Santa Anna, who had shown no mercy at the Alamo. Some, including Masonic historian William R. Denslow are certain there is only one reasonable explanation why the Texans spared Santa Anna. He was, in fact, Brother Antonio López de Santa Anna, a Freemason. Reports exist that General Santa Anna not once, but three times, gave the Grand Hailing Sign of Distress including making the gesture personally to Brother Sam Houston himself. Together, Houston and other Brothers who had witnessed this granted their Brother Santa Anna the Masonic compassion he had denied others at the Alamo.
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