The army remained at Matamoras until sufficiently reinforced to warrant a movement into the interior.

General Taylor was not an officer to trouble the administration much with his demands, but was inclined to do the best he could with the means given him.

He felt his responsibility as going no further.

If he had thought that he was sent to perform an impossibility with the means given him, he would probably have informed the authorities of his opinion and left them to determine what should be done.

If the judgment was against him he would have gone on and done the best he could with the means at hand without parading his grievance before the public.