Birdy, I believe that Hays got to pick Patersons from the ones that had been purchased (well maybe not paid for) by the Texas Govt for the Navy. Navy didn't want them. Hayes didn’t want the carbines but they did get some of the pistols.
It was Lysander Wells who had the paterson issue at the council house. I have heard another account which stated the barrel wedge had fallen out and the warrior grabbed the pistol and the barrel came off in his hand!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. The warrior ran off with his prize! 🤣
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
