William S. Taylor's Account of the Battle and Santa Anna's Attempt to Escape
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tier [tire] they would dismount get in [on] there knees begging for there
lives denying at the same time that they were not connected with
the Two masacrees Alamo & Goliad. They would exclame [exclaim] in
broken inglish me no alamo me no _____ [?]. As they were some sixty
in number enclusive [exclusive] of St Anna and his Staff we had no time
nor oppertunity for taking prisners so we shot them & hasten[ed]
from this to the bridge. They were strode [strewed] every few hundred yds.
When we came within some three quarters of a mile of the bridge,
the formes of them was some half a mile a head & we eaculey [actually] is
mutch scattern. Capt. Karnes halted the firmist [foremost] of his men
untill the rear could come up forming a line of battle, believing
when they reacht the bridge & found it was destroyed and there
escape impossible they would attempt to fight. They did not
attemp to form a line for battle. They scattern in every direction.
One fine looking officer, mounted on vinces big Black Stallion,
who Capt Karnes supposed was St Anna as nevver [?] reported
that after the capturing of said horse St Anna had _____ [?]
for his, the officer dismounted in the Bank of the bayou. Capt
Karnes rode up to him [and] ast if he was St Anna. He, the officer,
replide that he was, supposing that quarters [quarter] would be shown
him (St Anna). The Mexican officer replide that he was. Capt
Karnes drew his sword [and] made a blow at him, aflicting a
slight wound on the side of the head. The offiser jumpt in to
the bayou, exclaming that he was not St Anna _____ [though?] the
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