The General
“Tonight we mourn friends and even family,” I begin. “They were Rebels for our cause, all of them, and although they were taken down by this tragic pestilence, they did not die in vain. All of them have helped us come out of the wilderness, to find a place for our people and all those who seek safety from tyranny and the ravages of a collapsing world,” I pause for a moment before going on.
“Many escaped British slave camps. They bravely battled the Texans, bent on dominating and destroying. They stood up against the violence of the remnant Americans and invading Mexicans,” I continue. “No, we can"t bury them as they deserve. We can"t risk more disease, but we can honor them like the warriors of old – sending their spirits into the air and their ashes into the soil they fought
