He had looked upon the face of awful things, so awful that few men could bear to behold them.
There was a certain hardening of his nature now.

As he ran, and while the feeling of horror was still upon him, the thought of vengeance swelled into a passion.

The Texans must strike back for what had been done in the Alamo.

Surely all would come when they heard the news that he was bringing.
He believed that the Texans, and they must be assembled in force somewhere, would be toward the east or the southeast, at Harrisburg or Goliad or some other place.

He would join them as soon as he could, and he slackened his pace to a walk.