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ican Col. and t.wo more wounded four [men] died after. Some of the Texians seeing from within that they was going to set fire to the house called to Capt-. [mutilated] to Surrender to which he an- swered no that he would [mutilated] way, but the men Called Surrender; and in going out to give themselves up the ware Shot or lanced, among them Capt. Thos. K. Pearson Dr. J. Hart Benjamin Dale Liet, Cooney [ ?] of New York, all which ware Intercd next day by the Re\"Cl. T. J . .'.\lalloy in the Church y,ncl of the ~ame Place, the other party Surrendered and was SaYed made Prisoners of Gnl Urrea who commanded Sent out his Spies after Col. Grant who was between them and the Rio Grande when on the third (day] Inteligence was brought that Grant was to be in next clay, orders was Imedately to march ancl meet him in the Plains, there was also two 8pies Sent him to tell him that Col. Johnson and his Party was well and expecting him Grant momently which was done, then did -100 horsemen go against 25 Col Grant being assured by those Spies that all was Peace he com- menced his journey iu the morning to Join the others, liut what must be his surprise when he got himself enclosed in by Such Superior forces being there was no way to escape he told the men [to hold their] Ground and fight untilled killed, the enemy not giYi11g [them I time to loock by rushing on to them Seperated them in a. [muti- lated] the all tooke to run but the enemy in coming up to them Speared or lancecl them off their horses, Shewing no quarters striping them naked hefore yet dead. Col. Grant ran his hor:::e 7 miles before he was taken on ti1e Lieutenant who killed coming close to him he Grant fired one of his Pistoles and Pared the leafe of his hat, the Second he fired without effect, when the other came up all(l lanced him through the back, on there return the Sent Spies to Goliad to try and Seperate them, the person Sent was a Capt. Called the commander who it was stated rendered Col. Johnson Some great assista11ce in tnki11g- Bejar, and nt this time was loocked on by all Tcxia11s as a true and Sincer friend, on getting to Goliad he Stated to Col. Fanning that he had a rnry narrow escape from his Country men and that the ware only about 60 in number, on hearing of Ro few only !'.:ie,·eral rnlunteerecl to go on and attack but was Prevented by Some misunder- standing among the Party, on the fifth day after the taking of San Patricio orders came from Sau Anna To have the Prisoners shot and . . . (mutilated] that Place, which information was conuuunicate<l lff Some Person to the Henl. ~Ir ~Inllo,·. who went Immediately to Gt'n Frrea to Know the truth of it, and "on being told it was So he Protested against the orders of St. Anua Stating that it was barbarous Inhuman. that those Prisoners he knew to be as true nncl as loyal to the Country a,; he San Anna, through which means Gnl. Urrea Sent them to matnmoros nothwithstanding there did three different official eommtmications c-ome to that effect, after remaining in San Patricio Some t,relre daYs some of their spies retumed from the )fission bri11g- i1w intellig-ence· that a Party of the Texiaus wns about going to the )li."sion o(Refugio after Some family that was there, orders was Given to marc:h ,rhid1 wn:,: done, with Prompt11ess, on Getting to the mission, the at,1l"'kf'1l H Part,· of thirty nwn under rcapt.] King who had Cro,:,;:ed till' ri\"er a11;1 went clo,~·n to Some r place] where the day Pre- vious the was rrpuh=ed h_v Some plexicans] nud Indians King on find-
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