Three of the survivors of the Alamo…

Three of the survivors of the Alamo are sent to Gonzales on Santa Anna's orders to inform the Texas settlers of the Alamo's fall and to deliver a warning to the remainder of the Texian forces that the Mexican army is unbeatable.

After hearing this news, Texian army commander Sam Houston orders the men who had gathered in Gonzales to aid the Alamo retreat; this sparks the Runaway Scrape, a mass exodus of citizens and the Texas government towards the east (away from the Mexican army).

Most of the American settlers flee, but nearly a thousand volunteers remain with Houston, prompted by news of the Alamo’s fall to join Houston's army.