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Whilst Fannin was at Goliad, he rec(l. a letter from Houston, then at Gonzales, to aid the families in moYing; burn the town; blow up the fort, and to retreat- Fannin immediately sent Capt. King with a Company to Refughio, to take off some families there who had applied to him for protection Capt King had a skermish there, & sent to Col. Fannin for a reenforcemt- Fannin Col. Ward with upwards 100 men to Kings rescue- Two clays after Ward left Goliad, Fannin recd. a second order from Houston apprising him of the fall of the Alnmo; & ordering to retreat immediately- Fannin on receiving this order, dis- patehed a runner after Ward & I{ing to return & retreat with him. The runner wa1- killed by the )fexicans; Fannin sent another runner (Eclwd Perry who was also captured & was taken before Urea, who ex- amined his papers, and then gave him leave to go on & deliver Fan11ins despatch to Ward, on the Condition that Perry wouh1 return to lTrea again as soon as he should deli\'er the papers- Urea toh1 Pcny to say to Ward that he had better leave the Church & retreat, or he would batter it down- Perry was taken in the night Urea was then encom- passing the church. Ward on receiving the news from Perr_v, retreated unperceived by the 1\Iexicans- Fanning in the mean while, hearing nothing from Ward & King, Commenced his retreat on the 19th March, about 9 Oclk in the morning- The two orders which Fannin recd from General Houston were seen and heard hy Hunter, from whom this foforrnation is now derived- The letters were read by Fannin to Capt. Pettus of N. 0. Grays, when Houston was present. I Endorsed :l Information Recd. from Hunter respecting Fannin Houston & Grant & Ward- No. 1657. NOTES ON SAN JACINTO CA:\lPAIGN. LA::\fAR [Houston ? Texas, l 83- ?] The :Mexican army divided into two divisions on the Nuaces- one went to San Antonio under San Auna, the otl1er to Goliacl- Whe11 Houston heard of the fall of the Alamo, he retreated prec-epi- tatelv to the Colorado when he heard hv Peter Car, of Fannin's clefeat, he fled from Gonzales to the Brazos- ;\fter the fall of Bexar & Goliad, the .Mexican division under Fellisola & Urea, di,·i<led, part going u11der Urea, to Matagorcla. aud the other part under Fellisola, to Sun Fillipe. The <lidsion with Santa Anna, divided one part under Gownna [Gaona l went to Bastrop, the other under Santa Anna himself marched to Benson's whne he joined Felli1-oln; he abusl'<l Fellisola for lying there & not crossing the river; Houston on one hank & Fellisolu on the other remained so, each fearing the other; when Santa .Amrn came, they crossed; Houston had fled for the Brazos- Fellisola marched in per- suit to San Fillippe; Santa Anna went to Harrisburgh; he & Fellisola parted at :Mrs Powels, the oue up to Snn Fillippe the latter to Harris- bur_gh. · ,rhil:-Et Santa Annn was at Beason's he Ordered Gonma, who hacl heen sent to Bastrop, to join Fc>llisoln nt San fillippe; Gowana started, hut beforl' reaehing Sau tillippe F('llisola had left a1~cl c·ome dow11- to Fort Bend, and was after Baker, )Iorehouse, & )lartm, who were de- tnched from our army & was in the Brazos bottom
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