In three or four minutes they were inside the walls again and with their comrades.
The Mexican cavalry did not reappear upon the eastern road, and the Texans were exultant, yet they had lost two good men and their joy soon gave way to more solemn feelings.

It was decided to bury the slain at once in the plaza, and a common grave was made for them.

They were the first of the Texans to fall in the defence, and their fate made a deep impression upon everybody.
It took only a few minutes to dig the grave, and the men, laid side by side, were covered with their cloaks.

While the spades were yet at work the Mexican cannon opened anew upon the Alamo.

A ball and a bomb fell in the plaza.