Stone fortresses are not taken
by cavalry. He was sure that the present force would remain under cover
until the main army came up with cannon. He suggested to Captain King
that he send a messenger to Fannin for help.
King thought wisely of the suggestion and chose Jackson, who slipped out
of the church, escaped through an oak forest and disappeared. Ned then
made a careful examination of the church, which was quite a strong
building with a supply of water inside and some dried corn. The men had
brought rations also with them, and they were amply supplied for a siege
of several days. But Ned, already become an expert in this kind of war,
judged that it would not last so long. He believed that the Mexicans,
flushed by the taking of the Alamo, would push matters.
King, lacking experience, leaned greatly on young Fulton. The men, who
believed implicitly every word that he had said, regarded him almost
with superstition. He alone of the defenders had come alive out of that
terrible charnel house, the Alamo.
"I suspect," said King, "that the division you saw is under General
Urrea."
"Very probably," said Ned. "Of course, Santa Anna, no longer having any
use for his army in San Antonio, can send large numbers of troops
eastward.
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