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the unPublished second PaRt of the menchaca manuscRiPt Jacinto & Buffalo Bayou Banks drawn up into a line, Among them was Genl Almonte and col Bringas who surrendered to me. I found among them a great many badly wounded men and I made those who were not wounded make bridges with their hands & carry the wounded on them toourcamp manyof whom did not live to reach it— It was now growing dusk—Rusk Allen and Morelavecka asked me to take the well prisoners and make them cut wood and build fires as it was cold and I made them make 3 fires about 50 yards long in a line and we laid down the wounded beside them.We had about 50 Physicians and surgeons mo. or less skillful in their professions and Houston sent for them and told them to dress the w[. . .] men and the Mexican prisoners. These surgeons got us to light about 400 candles for them to see how to dress the wounds—We had lost in the battle only 7 men and about 30 were wounded— On the next day we went to the battle field and found it covered with dead Mexican soldiers. We dug trenches and buried them with our own 7 dead and returned to our camp where I found General Sam Houston surrounded by his Staff and they were all in high glee over the brilliant victory of the day previous and all the army were in fine spirits. The battle of San Jacinto was the most brilliant feat of arms I have ever witness and has Immortalized Houston his brave staff and the army who participated in it and makes a beautiful page not only [. . .] of the then Republic of Texas but also in the History of the United States chaPteR 10 santa anna is caPtuRed! On the Second day after the action at San Jacinto the 23rd of April 1836 two young gentleman volunteers in the Texas service one named Lewis Recollections of a tejano life 144 Robinson of and the other Pitt from New Orleans rode out 2 miles from our camp on a scout— As they were looking out for prisoners one of them spied a fine looking man with a commanding personal appearance dressed however in a very filthy ragged suit with a blue cap having a leather front piece. He was sitting down on the ground at a little distance from two likely looking young mulatto women who were parching corn to feed him with and who evidently were mistresses of his—The young men rode up to the party and asked the mulatoes who that [. . .] they answered confusedly that they did not know and told them to ask him who he was. They did so and he said he did not understand them they then repeated the question and he said “I am Carlo General Santa Anna’s private secretary”- The told him he was a liar that Carlo was a prisoner at that moment in General Sam Houstons camp. They then told him to get and follow them they did not care who he was they intended to take him into the camp to their General—They were on horse back he was on foot and after he had walked about 50 yards they saw that he was very much fatigued and Young Robinson got down off his horse and ordered him to get up into the saddle. The man did not as he pretended understand him but Robinson said I’ll make you understand and he caught hold of him by the slack of his trousers [. . .] made [. . .] got up behind him and the 3 rode into camp As they rode in one of the Mexicans who knew the prisoner said: There is Genl Santa Anna! and when the news which seemed to spread over the army by electricity was known the whole army cheered the 2 young men and their distinguished prize— They rode up near General Houstons tent—and dismounted and Santa Anna took a seat on a trunk and crossed his legs and kept his sharp bright eyes occupied in watching the army who crowded up close all around him in a circle and those in the rear got up on the shoulders of the men in front of them to get a look at Santa Anna who sat like a lion at bay. He sat thus silently for some time and his eyes seemed every nowand then to single out the the...

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