. American history:. gainst theusurpations of Santa Anna. •The conference terminatedwithout any adjustment, and the action was Gonzalez si.\-pounder was brought to bear upon theMexicans; the Texans, at the same time, advancing rap-idly, until within about two hundred yards of the enemy,when tlie latter retreated precipitately on the road toBexar, having sustained a considerable kiss in killed andwounded. The colonists, of whom not a man was injured,remained masters of the field, and having collected thespoils of victory returned to Gonzalez. 47. ^Inspirited by this success, the col
. American history:. gainst theusurpations of Santa Anna. •The conference terminatedwithout any adjustment, and the action was Gonzalez si.\-pounder was brought to bear upon theMexicans; the Texans, at the same time, advancing rap-idly, until within about two hundred yards of the enemy,when tlie latter retreated precipitately on the road toBexar, having sustained a considerable kiss in killed andwounded. The colonists, of whom not a man was injured,remained masters of the field, and having collected thespoils of victory returned to Gonzalez. 47. ^Inspirited by this success, the colonists resolved toattack the Mexicans in their strong holds of Goliad andBexar; and on the 8th of October the former of theseposts was attacked at midnight, and captured by a detach-ment of fifty men under Captain CoUinsworth; and withit were taken stores to the amount of $10,000, witli twobrass cannon and 300 stand of arms. The garrison, whichwas commanded by Colonel Sandoval, surrendered aftera slight S,:ntvJRi^^ ■*■■^oscplisl O ^ - of E S PI R ITU SANTO. AND CORPUS GHRISTI. ^:..:u Y Scnle u£2$>Ies n__io so ^O AM of water. The wist of Pelican Island is ropull,v closins. ad other important ehnnges arotakiujr plaee by the eombiuetl nctiou of the wiinl and the w;;. Sonthwest of the lies Miitajordii Island. Cavallo Ishmd ! Ivtween the bays of MatiijriMda niuiEspiritu S;vnto, which are connected by two narrow i«isses of slioal wat«r. MatjigoniaBay is surivuuded by a fertile country, with groves of live oak, ewhirash, &c. Part III.] HISTORY OF TEXAS. 645 48. In this enterprise the colonists were unexpectedly l$t$ by Colonel Milam, who had been taken prisoner , ^uevcotitMwith the liovernor of tlie stale ot Coahuila ami Texas, at account ofthe tnne ot tlie dispiTsiou ot tlie state aiitlutnlies ni the previous. After having made his escape, he hadwandered alone nea
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