As soon as they had eaten and rested a council, at which Ned was present, was held.

King had already told the story of young Fulton to Ward, and that officer looked very curiously at Ned as he came forward.

He asked him briefly about the Alamo, and Ned gave him the usual replies.

Then he told of what he had seen before he joined King.
"How large do you think this force was ?" asked Ward.
"About fifteen hundred men." "And we've a hundred and fifty here.

You were not much more than a hundred and fifty in the Alamo, and you held it two weeks against thousands.