"Where is Urrea ?" "We lost him an' we don't know how it happened.

We know that he's gone, an' that's all." Bowie took them to Mr.Austin's tent, where they told to him, Houston, Fannin and the others all that they had seen in San Antonio.

In view of the fact, now clearly proved, that Cos was fortifying night and day, Bowie and all the more ardent spirits urged a prompt attack, but Mr.
Austin, essentially a man of peace, hung back.

He thought their force too small.

He was confirmed, too, in the belief of his own unfitness to be a leader in war.
"General," he said, turning to Houston, "you must take the command here.
It would be impossible to find one better suited to the place." But Houston shook his head.