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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.
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was Secretary of the Executive Council of Coahuila, and in 1885 a member
of the Legislature dispersed by General Cos. With a few companions,
Grant made his way to San Antonio, and in command of a company of
forty men, assisted lilam in the capture of the city. He was opposed to
the declaration of Texas independence; and even wanted Texas and Coahuila
to remain together, as he had large landed possessions in both States.
Early in 1836, in company with Colonel F. W. Johnson, he projected an
expedition to the Rio Grande, to re-establish the Constitution of 1824.
Grant went directly to Refugio, while Johnson went by San Felipe,
and obtained the authority of the Executive Council for their scheme.
They arrived in San Patricio early in February, with about seventy men.
Johnson established his headquarters, while Grant, with lajor Morris and
about forty men, went further west to collect a supply of horses. On the
28th of February, San Patricio was captured by the Mexican soldiers of
Urrea; Johnson and four companions escaping in the night. Grant and
his party, who seem to have been totally ignorant of the advance of Urrea,
were completely surprised by a party of Mexicans, while encamped on the
Agua Dulce, twenty-six miles west of San Patricio. This was larch 2d.
Most of the Americans were killed in the fight,including Major Morris. As
an item of curiosity we give Yoakun's account of the death of Grant.
According to this statemenlt, Grant was wounded and taken prisoner, but
was able as a surgeon to dress the wounds of the Mexicans. "'He was
promised that as soon as he recovered, and those under his care were convalescent,
he should have a passport to leave the country without molestation.
Ti8e Captain left in command of the town after the departure of
Urrea, secretly dispatched eight menr in search of a wild horse. The animal
was captured about three weeks after the battle of the 2d of Mlarch. Grant
was now brought forth, and by order of the Captain his feet were strongly
bound to those of the horse, and his hands tied to the tail. ' Now,' said the
Captain, you have your passport, go.' At the same time the cords by
which the mustang was tied were severed. The fiery animal, finding its
limbs unfettered, sprung away with great violence, leaving behind him, in a
short distance, the mangled remains of poor Grant." General Urrea, in
his account of these transactions, says Grant was killed in the action of the
2d of March, and his statement is corroborated by that of Colonel Reuben
Brown, of Brazoria county, one of the survivors of Grant's party. W'e
subjoin Colonel Brown's account of the death of Grant:
We had reached the Agua Dulce, within some twenty miles of San Patricio, and, in
high spirits, we made an early start from that place one morning; Col. Grant, Placido
Benevidas and myself being about half a mile ahead to lead the horses, and the rest of
the company following. We were passing between two large motts, when suddenly
there came out from each of those motts several hundred Mexican dragoons, who quickly
closed in, surrounding both the horses and our party. Grant, Placido and myself
might then have made our escape, as we were well mounted and some distance in advance;
but our first impulse being to relieve our party, we returned without reflecting
upon the impossibility of doing any good against so large a number, for there were at
least one thousand dragoons, under the immediate commaud of Urrea himself. We
then at once understood that Urrea had come in on the main road some distance below,
or to the south of us-that he had been to San Patricio, and had probably slaughtered
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/547/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .