Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: He tākuta a Howell i whānau ki Massachusetts i te tau 1797, engari i noho ki New York i mua i tana haerenga ki Texas mā New Orleans i te tau 1835. I tae mai ia ki Texas hei mema o te kamupene a Kapene Thomas H. Breece o New Orleans Greys. I uru a Howell ki te Siege o Bexar, ana i muri mai ka mahi ia i te Alamo hei mema o te kamupene hoia a Capt. William Blazeby. I te Maehe 6, 1836 mate Howell i roto i te
Te Pakanga o te Alamo.