I loved that boy like a son, an' me an' my comrades here mean to see that the Mexicans pay a high price for his death.

An' may I ask, ma'am, how you come to be here ?" She told him how Santa Anna had provided her with the horse, and had sent her alone with the proclamation to the Texans.

At the Salado Creek she had come upon the negro servant of Travis, who had escaped from San Antonio, and he was helping her on the way.
"An' now, ma'am," said "Deaf" Smith, "we'll guard you the rest of the way to Gonzales." The two little groups, now fused into one, resumed their journey over the prairie..