William S. Taylor's Account of the Battle and Santa Anna's Attempt to Escape
Page 6 of 8
No 6
Incident of Elishe Clapp
Soon after we started in the chase 4 Mexicans
struck off in the direction to head the bayou.
Elishe Clapp, having a fleet horse & always
considering [him]self good for 4 men, aspeshuely [especially] Mexicans,
started a line in persuit of them. Oing [Owing] to the fleet-
ness of his horse, he soon came up with them,
shooting one. As soon as his gun was empley [empty] the other
three turned on him with there _____ [?] opening a voley on
him he continued & that no Ball did not miss his
head six inches. Then with drawn sabers they made
for him. The fleetness of his horse saved his life. He soon
jirnd [joined] in persuit of them as the[y] roade to the bridge.
Those three made good there retreat to there main forse
on the brazos, reporting that general St Ann[a] & all his
Army were kild and taken prisner [and] that general
Houstons Army was at least ten thousand strong.
General Filisola, the Comander of the Mexican forse, on
recipt of the news comenst dialoging Cotton stord & at
Hickman making preperation to leave for a few days
he was relived from his _____ [?], reciving orders from
general St Ann[a] to leave the country a mediattey [immediately]
according to the Stipulations of a Treaty of piece enterd
in to betwin general Sam Houston and general St Ann[a].
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