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TV HOOD COUNTY NEWS GRANBURY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1986 Sesquicentennial Part XXIV TREATY of Velasco to repair bridges at Harrisburg. About 300 of the prisoners were carded across Galveston Bay to the island where they began to build Fort Travis'. Santa Anna was taken by Pres ident Burnet to Galveston where safeguards and accommodations were found to be inadequate as Texan volunteers continued to mill around in confused resentment against Santa Anna's preferential treatment. The Texas president and most of his cabinet adjourned to Port Velasco, taking with them their prisoner aboard the old steamship Yellowstone. At this port a civil treaty could be made with the defeated general and President of Mexico, supplanting the.

military agreement made by Houston and Santa Anna and upheld onlv bv military dominance. This freedom of random movement by Texans and their captives was made possible only by General Vincente Filisola's eager acceptance of his orders to leave Texas. He was to move west beyond the Colorado River to meet Gen. Urrea from the south and Generals Gaona and Sesma from the north. AD of these commanders would experience extreme difficulty in reaching Victoria where they expected provisions, money and protection from an anticipated angry horde of Texans rushing back to their burned and damaged property and scattered livestock.

But these anguished souls were also deterred by the unbelievably inclement weather. Many wagons carried only women and children. But what might have been is always a long, meandering tale with no ending. The San Jacinto battle was now a fact. Sam Houston survived a miraculous victory alongside his Courageous and almost demoniac army of 783 fighters pent up with tensions unleashed directly upon the enemy until 630 of them had been killed nearly a hundred more than the number of Texans massacred at the the Alamo and at Goliad! That 730 more were taken prisoner and kept alive attests to the civilized command of several Texan officers.

Reinforcements There were so many in on Ixxly that it scared hell out of injured general Sam who thought them to be reinforcements for the enemy. Subsequent developments seemed to be tune consuming and endless, but of the utmost necessity. Five days elapsed before President Burnet on Galveston Island heard the news, although but 60 miles away. Gen. Sam Houston's shattered ankle had festered beyond help from campsite doctors with scant medical supplies.

Only a few dozen of the hundreds of Mexicans had been buried and the obvious need for the removal of both victors and vanquished became overwhelmingly imperative. Many Mexicans soldiers were separately paroled under guard of departing settlers who took them back into interor Texas to repaid homes and fences. Some of the better artisans were assigned to rebuild Widow Harris's home and by TED W. MAYBORN Texas Historian deCordova Bend Estate resident The battle of San Jacinto is unparalleled in history of warfare for the overwhelming victory of untrained farmers and frontiersmen over a professional army twice their number, and for the vast amount of territory the victory, secured from an over confident and despotic tyrant. It could be known also for what would have happened had the Texans lost the battle.

There were almost 10,000 displaced Cherokee and Caddoe Indians pushed into Texas from the United States, and their warriors were mounted, smeared with war paint and stocked with dried beef and corn for the anticipated link-up with Mexicans to defeat the Texans. For this service they would receive title to their lands and loot from abandoned Texas. Behind them, on the Sabine border, stood an eager Gen. Gains with 20.000 American troops anxious to intercede to protect Louisana eastern Texas where the Indians were in revolt The resulting fight between Indians, Mexicans, remaining Texans and the United States would be a premature major conflict which the United States would win. The peace terms would merely settle the border for the United States along the Colorado River, as had been attempted by treaty many times.

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