The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 4, July 1900 - April, 1901 Page: 314
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314 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
General Houston made us an animated speech, towards the con-
clusion of which he said: "The army will cross, and we will meet
the enemy." * * *
'THE MARCH AND SKIRMISHT OF THE 20TH. * * * The spies
reported that only the advance guard of the enemy was in sight.
Upon examining -our rifles we found that they required fresh prim-
ing, and then ,one after another discharged his gun for the purpose
of loading afresh. * * * Gen. Houston, who had all along been
silent now raised his stentorian voice, crying: "Stop that firing,
* * *." Some of us said, "Our guns have been loaded over
two weeks, and we will not meet the enemy with them wet," and
then, right before his face, bang goes another, and still another.
By this time * * * holding his drawn sword, he declared he
would run through the first man that would fire. One man, close
by myself, said, "General, it won't do for you to try that game on
us"; and with the most perfect indifference he fires his rifle as he
spoke. The general then gave it up. * * *
SOME TORIES DISCOVERED. We soon discovered some men on the
hills beyond Lynchburg, whom we took to be a reinforcement com-
ing from the east. * * * It was found out that they were
some of the Texas tories, and had come to pilot Santa Anna across
to the Sabine. * * * These men, finding they had mistaken
the Texian for the Mexican army, made a hasty retreat and disap-
peared.
TIYE FIRST SKIRMISHING. [On the 20th]. * * * As I went
along, I met Col. G. W. Hockley, who was handing a letter to, an
express, saying to him: "Get all the axes in ,camp, and bring the
flat boat down tonight." * * * After he had left the pur-
pose wa.s well understood, to cut trees to enable the army to cross;
but the men declared that not a tree should be cut down, but that
they would give battle at once. * * *
DARING ATTACK BY SIHERMAN AND LAMAR. * * * About
4 o'clock in the evening Col. Sherman asked General Houston's per-
mission to call for mounted volunteers to take their cannon.
* * * General Houston reluctantly consented; but before Col.
S. could get his men ready for the attack (about seventy having
volunteered, among them were Cols. Lamar and Handy), the enemy
withdrew their cannon, leaving their cavalry in the prairie. Sher-
man immediately charged them and drove them back under the
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