The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 11, July 1907 - April, 1908 Page: 160
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160 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
aftor Consulting with our Selves we Conclude to Retret before
dalight for feare all the Solgers would turn out and cut us of.
We got all the wonded that was able to walk and about 5 in the
morning we made the woods. Our Retreet was Spedey. Loving
the deade in the Streets with the wunded that could not go with
us on our Retreet. a number made an attempt to Cros the River
and go down on the other Side which was but a Short distance to
whare we Started from. we made our way on to the fort by the
Same way we Came as fast as we Could with our wonded and the
Situation we ware in. abollt 12 oclock in the day we arrived at
the fort whare we Started from with But the Existanse of Life-
in fact they did not all get in for two days [later] wen the Role
was Cauld we found out of 150 men we had Lost 40 men. the
forth day a Spannard Left the town and Stated that there ware
28 men in prisen [and] Six murded in the wood by the Span-
nards. So we Lost 6 men kild in the action. those ho [who]
was taken prisoners has been Since Shot or murdred in a most
Shamful manner. I must Cut my narative Short. We Remaind
at the fort about 10 days precured Som provishen from vesels
trading on that Coast [and] imployed a Chuner [schooner] Cauld
the hasan [Halcyon] to Bring us to the mout of the brases
River in Texes. hour [Our] other Schuner was intiarley Lost.
we got som Lit [light] provishen from on board of her. We put
to See on the 25 of November. ,We Cacolated to make the River
in 3 days. We whare [were] blowen to S-ee and Reached it in 9
days. 5 days we Lived on 4 pint of Rise. we Landed Safe in
Texis. We Remaind thar a few days and then Commenced our
march to whare we ar a distance of about two hundred miles on
foot and thew [through] a wilderness. in my next I [will] give
you a ful detaile of my travels thew Texes, as I must fil up my
Blank with other affars. My dear wife)-My object of Goin on
this Exposishen was for you my Self and Son and all my femaley
hearaftor. in the first place as Soon as [I] took arms in defence of
Texes I became a Sitisan [citizen] which by the Laws entiteld
me as a man of famaley to one Lease of Land Square which is
three miles or fore thousen, fore hundred acers of Land which wen
things are seteled [settled] will be worth Six thousen Dollars.
indapendent of my head Right for my Sturvis I Shal Receve 800
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