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officers accompanying it who could speak English who told the
Texians they need not fight that their force was large & that they
would receive in a very short time 1000 more. The men were scat-
tered through the town 8 or 10 in a house. Some of them were
boys & others never before had tried Mexican clemency. They
were prevailed on to surrender in small squads until they were
too weak to make a fight. Poor fellows they will pay dear for
their folly for if they had obeyed Fisher they could have cut their
way out to a thicket which surrounds the town & the old devil
himself could not have got them out. Fisher wished to do this
but there was no subordination & it could not be effected, indeed
one of the captains swore he would not. The Mexican force was
1500 men. The Texians killed upwards of 200 of the enemy.
Their loss was 4 killed & 15 or 20 wounded, it is thought that the
Mexicans were whipt when they sent in their flag & that the am-
munition of many of the Texians had failed 53 were detailed
as camp guard on this side of the river, all of whom escaped. The
above information with reference to Fisher was obtained by my
brother Austin from a couple of the guard who escaped & joined
Somerville on his return from the Rio Grande (with his two hun-
dred men, one of whom was my brother) & also from two who
escaped from the town of Mier after the surrender. 16 of the
Brazoria company were taken prisoners; with the exception of
three they were all transient persons. All those who had an in-
terest in the country returned with Somerville. Brother says about
three-fourths of those who went on were expressly for plunder,
that they were men who had no interest in the country, who had
nothing & wished to make something by the expedition. In con-
sequence they would obey no one, not even after they had selected
Fisher one of their own choice. This expedition to Rio Grande
will be of advantage to the country for the war hereafter will be
carried on there. Our prospects politically are rather gloomy not
that we fear Mexico, but the times are so hard & people so poor
that our government has no means to do anything. I shall visit
the U S in the summer or fall. I have done nothing in way of
study since I have returned on account of my eyes which are now
very sore & I fear will long trouble me. If they do not get well
ere long I shall turn my face to your country and seek medical aid.
Stephen's health is not good at present owing to over exercise.106
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 25, July 1921 - April, 1922, periodical, 1922; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101082/m1/112/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.