Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-07-30
We arrived here

=. Teas free. we arrived leIs
Esss O , - and while my messmates arc
y ~ -. / am writing Ibis on drum
taklse 4 The camp Of Fort Travis. before .,.
ssac, 100 this you will IN all pFooe o:lI'y
rsn ss.d Of the glorious victory obtained
Houston and his corps. the Zi-'
"a the Rains Of SIN Jacinio, ana
!. s...s,e Of president Santa Anna' with
1870 officers, abont fifty IN nuniner'
hem Gen. Co.'S; lie is now WI ~.
s5,,d Yards Of ne: ne IS small, mo
ss t..;I, man, and good booking oiiiccr'
-. teep, piercing black eye, ana wears
,hLcl whiskcrs and nnus'acnpeS.
:. stationed Ecre as guard OYER
We s&rer.. and about three hundfcd
.oh;ers, prisoners, until the arrival
100 three coz panies who are On Their
re. when we are to proceed 10 JON
Do amy in the atiac. on ~. Antone
nsn where the brave Travis. Bowie
pC.o~te,t fell, fighting Ike tiGers--
ANA with about 800 prisoners, IN
~. .lose ard strong guard were sent
49,. about ten DE- IS previous to our
-, 3, : small town at the mouth OF the
s.rs They were freed 10 remove
I'm 70 preven, his con municaiing with
.. .xreu. 10 concert means OF escape
=, Il. hattie Of San Jacinip, there were
I.,Arsd Texans, and about twelve
- i,.A Nesicans, besides fifty officers.
~. s.resen. had lasted not r,ore than
49, when the h!a!,ama Rihemen
"s ,i,. ,i.rced on The Meyi artillery.
80 opple.ely routed them, that, OBJ
49,, possession Of their guns, before
M, Isd time to Gisci.arGe them, qu;cAcr
~: Alsbama lightning, turned their ow n
mn, upon them; and dreadful was the fire
e, A. mexrcans, for they bad, themselves.
lsded the guns with copper grape, which
,hrn is 50 poisonous that i IS a'mcst i'm
.s..,b,e 10 effect cure eyed ofthc slight
9, wound. There are about t"o hun
l,,d or the Mexicaus wounded IN this
saspes. ] will venture to assert that 'heFo
. "a. on the record Of history. any account
- battle TO compare with th;s. s,H
L,.ired Teaian. atiac%ed twelve llUo dfed
" 6fiy Mexicans on the open pralTle.-
Ne Mcxicans were. part OF tiieu, GOV
md BY small piece Of underwood thai
Alr.ed the prairie. Our brave fellows has
% cotton bales TO protect thcm, but Gen
Houston had given orders, before they en-
a,sed, that on the first mntion oi The ar
tller 10 fire they should Ill fall in the
snss, which was about waist high. They
id 20. The Mezicans saw them fall, bui
sco TO rise. Gen. Houston enGc1voFod
nue time to keep them in line but finding
!, ,peless, he remarked 10 one Of his Oft
eers, "Well, they do fight like derils, but
all the devils in he!! could not command
them lie maintained his position in
Eusi Of the army throughout the engage.
nent, having had two horses shot undel
him, and - badly wounded in the leg
TIE Mexicans lett six hundred dead ON thu
field, and VIC have about SIX hundred anC
Fifty men and officers prisoners. Oar los
vas three killed on the field, and four NOR
iany, and fourteen slightly wounded. a
Tie close Of the engagement: young EIal
from Cincinnati Observed nan MOUNTED
On feet horse retreatiny from the fell, h,
PIT out and after following him about -
niles, on coming 10 a lo@ piece ofground
The horseman dismountcd. and penosratiu.
into the swamp some distance. climbed
tree. The yourg man determined not {;
lose him easy, watched him from the ctg
Of The swamp all night. la the morning
one more OF our men Gaming up, the tw
together succeeded in capturing him.
lie took from his bosoll his spangie, an
with purse Of gold, ofissed II .'5r lis ran
som; but honest patriotism Is, AID eve
vas, proof against bribery. rs the cap;ur
Of Andre can wi:ne ss.-'aey spuracd hi
offers, conducted him T. the camp. wi.c
he asked 10 I've taken 10 Gen. Houston; y.
request was complied with, "Are vou.:
he asked, seen. lioustan?' IL ans W.
The reply. .And am Gen. ;;arta Anna.
such shouiIng as there was in The can
nsrer ras beat.