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.