William S. Taylor's Account of the Battle and Santa Anna's Attempt to Escape
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No 3
Capt men shot him instantly with there side armes.
The Mexicans saterd [scattered] up & down the bayou in every direction,
attempting to make there escape. We took no prisoners this
evening, save one, a pore felow that was shot in the bayou at the
neck of the bridge, missing every time. We came to the
conclusion that he was not born to be kild with a bulet, so we
let him swim out & took him prisoner. After we had got
thrugh killing all that we could find up and down
the bayou. Som two or three hundred yards a bove the neck
of the bridge in a small thicket we found four horseis
standing on the bank of the bayou, fine silver mounted
saddles, fine blankets, cloks [cloaks], & when we found those horseis
it was getting dusk & it being Two late to hunt that evening
for the riders, the capt came to the concluion that St Anna
must of ben mounted on one of those horseis as he had not ben
kild as we knew of. Capt Karnes cald [called] to Dr. Aulsbury
who knew & spoke the Mexican language to call to
St Ann[a] in the thicket on the opesit [opposite] side of the bayou
to come out & give him self up & he would spare his
life, & Aulsbury comenst calling to him but to no efect
as all was as still in thicket as though no one was in it.
This thicket contained some two or three acers. Deaf Smith
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