Welcome to Finding Medina.

Episode 11, Terror in Texas.

I'm Brandon Seale.

Quote, it isn't easy to put on paper what this town suffered, or even to narrate with much certainty exactly what happened after the battle,

because so many of those who could have borne true witness to those events have died, and many of the rest took part in the oppression and tyranny of their own countrymen, and thus will not tell the truth.

End quote.

So begins the only Spanish language contemporary account that we have of the Battle of Medina in its aftermath.

A warning here before I begin.

This is the only episode that I've ever marked as explicit in all my history of podcasting,

which is saying something since I've covered already dozens of battles, tens of thousands of deaths,

and a fair number of gruesome executions.

This episode takes things to a different level, unfortunately, but I'd feel remiss not including

it, because the aftermath of the Battle of Medina is probably more important than the battle

itself. Indeed, I'll argue that Dejano's response to the horrors that followed the battle

will come to define the course of Texas history

over the next generation and well beyond.

So although I think most people should listen to this episode,

if you're listening with small children,

be warned that it details some fairly shocking acts

and contains some foul language quoted from the primary sources.

Following their route at the Battle of Medina,

Republican survivors scattered in all directions.

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