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acceed; Houston addressed the soldiers; Archer Austin and others Col. Jack also addressed them was opposed to disbanding - The army refused to disband; except a few ·about 20 or 30 who left with Hous ton on the next day - Houston returned to Sanfillipe & comenced intriguing with the Con sultation for Chief Command, which he succeeded in obtaing - After getting command, instead of going to the Army, he done all in his power, to destroy the force then in the field by refusing to supply it, - John 'Wharton who was to be his Adjutant Genl. was then a member of the Consultation, & vowed he nerer vote any supplies for the volun teer then in the field - [The]Consultation of [p]rovisional Govt. done all howe\'er in their power to aid them - Houston goes to the Cherokees to treat with them - takes no steps to a raise a force, - the Convention meets - he is a member from Nacogdoches - was also elected from Refugio -'- Fanning & Travis were in the Regular army - Faning, was the first Colonel of Artillery and Trads Lieut. Col. of Dragoons, both regu larly appoited by the pro\'isional Govt. that acted under the Consulta tion - the same authority that had appointed Houston Commander in Chief - Whilst the Troops were flocking to the standards of Fannin & Travis Houston remained at Washington as a member of the Convention drunk all the time and instead of going forward to take Command, done all in his power to prevent others from going He was finally ordered off by the members of the Convention; he pro ceeded to Gonzales, (March 1830) where were assembled 4 or 5 hun dred men waiting his orders, on his arrirnl the first thing done was to fly from the place (flight not retreat) & leaving the direct roau, came by Burnam's & halted at Beason's on the Colorado, where he encamped on the Eastern, burnig up Burnam's house & erery else, dernstating as he went -he ordered Gonzales to be burnt before lcavig it - He lay at the Colorado, until the appeance of the enemy, which was 6 or 7 [t]housand strong - Houston's force augmented to 14 hun dred - He now hears of Faning's defeat, strikes his tents immedi ately & departs for the Brazos - He had heard of Travis' fall in the Alamo whilst he was at Gonzales which caused his precipitate retreat from that place; & now hearing of Faning's, he retreated with equal precipitancy from Beason's - Whilst at the Colorado he was urged tp fight but would not - He retreated towards Sanfillipe; .Baker, requested that he might go to Sanfillipe & guard that [place?] - he was allowed to do it, taking with him about 70 or 80 men, with orders from Houston to burn the place on the first appearance of the Enemy - Houston in the mean time marched on to Grosse where he lay in the bott[oms] for 12 days- When he left Grossc's, he took the right hand road at Donahoc's de claring that he took that road by order of the Secy. of War, & not
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