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Quitman helps Gen. Houston decide the fate of Santa Anna
 Attorney and former Mississippi governor John Quitman would later tell friends in his hometown of Natchez about the day he arrived in April 1836 on the battle field of San Jacinto and observed Texas Gen. Sam Houston on the ground in agony nursing his ankle, which had been shattered by a Mexican soldier's bullet.
A captain and leader of the Natchez militia, Quitman arrived in San Jacinto in the present day Houston, Texas, area near Galveston two days after the rebelling Texas army had defeated Mexican leader Santa Anna and his Mexican division. The Texans were fighting for independence from Mexico, while dictator Santa Anna was personally leading the effort to put down the rebellion.
The whole Texas army, including its sick and wounded, about 1,000 men, was at San Jacinto. The Mexican strength there was about 1,200 men originally, but after the battle, more than 600 were dead and scores wounded. The rest were captives, including Santa Anna, who had been seen by his own officers fleeing the battle. He hid for two days before being captured and taken before the wounded Sam Houston.
The question for Houston was what to do with him. Houston knew that the rest of the Mexican army, about 4,000 men, was only 20-plus miles to west. He knew that if that army turned and marched to San Jacinto that the revolution would be put down.
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