The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 59, July 1955 - April, 1956 Page: 348
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
The "Twin Sisters," two six-pounder cannon, were received
while the army was in the Brazos camp. They were presented to
the Texans by the citizens of Cincinnati, Ohio. At this camp the
command also received much-needed supplies of munitions.
The commander had additional cause to worry when rumors
were received of a contemplated uprising of Indians in East
Texas. This rumor probably slowed enlistments. There was also
a disaffected Tory element of whites east of the lower Trinity that
had to be considered.5
Brigadier General Walter P. Lane says that the strength of
Houston's army at Groce's reached 1500 men. Lane arrived at
Groce's two days before the command marched, and was a courier
at headquarters."
Captain Wylie Martin and his command of 2oo men, forced to
retire from the crossing of the Brazos at Fort Bend, was ordered
by General Houston to conduct fleeing families as far as Robbin's
Ferry on the Trinity.
The small river steamer Yellow Stone and a yawl were at
Groce's. Using these two craft Houston began crossing his com-
mand on April 12 and completed the operation on the next day.
On this same day Houston wrote, "Taunts and suggestions have
been gratuitously tendered me. At Gonzales I had 374 efficient
men, without supplies, even powder, balls and arms. On the
Colorado we had 700 men. On the i ith the effective force was
523." At this time it must be remembered that Wylie Martin
with 2oo men was guarding the Brazos crossing at Fort Bend,
and Mosley Baker with 150 men was doing the same thing oppo-
site San Felipe.
On April 16 the Texas army marched twelve miles to McCur-
ley's, on Spring Creek, which stream now forms the boundary
between Harris and Montgomery counties. The army camped at
McCurley's the night of April 16. Three miles beyond McCurley's,
at the home of Abram Roberts, was a road fork. The road straight
ahead led to Robbin's Ferry on the Trinity, then to Nacogdoches,
the Sabine River, and safety. It is believed that one of the most
5John Henry Brown, History of Texas from 1685 to 1892 (2 vols.; St. Louis, 1892),
II, 12.
eGeneral Walter P. Lane, The Adventures and Recollections of General Walter
P. Lane, A San Jacinto Veteran (Marshall, 1887), 7.348
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