. History of Texas : from 1685 to 1892, volume 2 . eries at Goliad, slew many whooffered to surrender and imploringly exclaimed, Me noAlamo, me no Goliad. Yet the fact remains that nearlyeight hundred were made prisoners. In the pursuit a fewstragglers who desired to surrender were slain by the morereckless portion of the pursuers, but a large majority of theTexians tried to check the carnage, feeling not only themagnanimous impulses of chivalrous men, but that the deathroll Of the enemy was already sufficiently large. Throughoutthe night Karnes guarded a thicket into which four Mexicans(leavi
. History of Texas : from 1685 to 1892, volume 2 . eries at Goliad, slew many whooffered to surrender and imploringly exclaimed, Me noAlamo, me no Goliad. Yet the fact remains that nearlyeight hundred were made prisoners. In the pursuit a fewstragglers who desired to surrender were slain by the morereckless portion of the pursuers, but a large majority of theTexians tried to check the carnage, feeling not only themagnanimous impulses of chivalrous men, but that the deathroll Of the enemy was already sufficiently large. Throughoutthe night Karnes guarded a thicket into which four Mexicans(leaving their horses) had entered as a place of refuge attwilight, but when daylight came only one remained. Hesurrendered and proved to be Santa Annas secretary, andstated that the other three were Santa Anna, Cos and anotherofficer. Karnes, with Washington Secrest, Fielding Secrest,James Wells, and Deaf Smith, then went in pursuit of thefugitives, passing round the head of the bayou towards theBrazos. Wells, being freshly mounted and knowing the(40). PRESIDENT MIRABEAU B. LAMAR HISTORY OF TEXAS. 41 ground, kept considerably in advance and came upon Cos,Capt. Iberri and Bachiler and two or three others near theBrazos timber, where the fugitives, seeing Karnes and hismen rapidly approaching, halted and surrendered. Cosinquired of Deaf Smith, with well feigned nonchalance whether General Cos had been killed or captured? Towhich Smith promptly replied: He has been neither killednor captured. I am seeking him now, for he is one scoundrelI wish to kill in person. Having fairly surrendered, how-ever, Cos was safe, even in Smiths hands. The party, with their prisoners, did not reach camp till theforenoon of the 23d. Besides those mentioned they pickedup a dozen or two Mexicans found on the prairie. On the 22d mounted men, in small squads, scoured thecountry on the route towards the Brazos, picking up manystraggling Mexicans. A party under Col. Burleson reachedand crossed the bayou above t
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