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discovered our little company completely surrounded, In this critical situation we did not hesitate But determined to join our little band and sell our lives as dear as possible-when we reached them they had nearly all fallen, I dismounted when Grant observed to me make ~-our escape if you can, and at the same time he macle a rush to force himself through the enemy who·were all around us he tired his pistole at an ollicer & shot him from his horse he passed through also Placcclon went through at the same time I made two attempts and failed also recei,·ed several Blows from their swords I fired my gun & one pistole two men fell I charged over them by that time Grant & Place<lon was about two hundred yards off; and appeard if there was about fifty )le.xicans close behind them, I had no time to reflect which would be mv best course but kept on after Grant, with a great number of ~Texicm1s firein_g aml yelling close behind me-that attracted the attention of those in persuit of Grant as soon as they discO\·ered me approaching prety near them they wheeled on me but I could not stop for those behind was ah!10st reaching me with their lances, I put my Pistole almost against a maus breast fired and rushed through- I received a blow on the head that came very near puting me on the ground, I soon came up with Grant & Placedon my wound on the head was bleeding in a stream-they wNe much surprised to see me, I ast them if they had any hopes of escare they said if we could get to timber we might probably get shut of thew.-.- at that time there was about two hundred of them within thirty yard:: they would frequently come very close as though they wonld clismo1mt us with their lances, we would wheel on them with our pistoles they would halt and attempt to surround us, discovering their intentions we would set off again finely our horses began to fail PJacedon being- better mounted than Grant or myself we told him to go on & save him- self if he could the officers seeing Uii separating forc:e<l them to makf' a charge they came up we wheeled on them as before but they came alir;Hl I attempted to shoot one of them that had his lance up to plu11ge with a pistole I had loaded while runing the cap explo<led bnt clicl uot fire Grant fired at him after he had give me a blow he shot him in th<' shoulder another one raised his·sword to strike me I threw my pistole at him and strnr·k him in the fa<'<' I jumped from my horse & got the lance from the man that Grant had wounded & keep them off 1mtil an officer came & forbid their killing me. by that time Grant was clead, I saw several officers go up to Grants body & run their swords through it after he was perfectly dead and striped of all his Clothing, I was then tied and put on n horse without any Saddle and startec) on to San Partric-io, they had proceede<l hut little dist1111ce when one of them road up within eight or ten feet fired at my head with m_y 0\\:1 pistole the one that failed to fire and I had thrown it into one of their fac:es-the man was reprimanded severely and also arreste?" Just be'.ore we reached San Patric-io an officer came up drew his sword which wai- perfrctl.,· blood~ 1 , aml ask me how I likecl it I told him he was one of the nwn I rec·oleded seeing run his sword through the bo<ly of Grant, he turrn'tl off & said nothing mour- I soon reached San l~atricio where I founcl tweh·e prisoners of J ohnsons pnrty I was taken mto the same house & put up into one corner seperate from the others, the ~ffic<>r~ c·lrn1·ged the guard if I spoke or rose from n:1Y seat to shoot me imme- diately, I was kept in that situation about nme clays, they would occa-
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