Maddened by the loss of so many of their chiefs and at what they deemed an infamous act of treachery, the Comanches returned to their homes to prepare for revenge. On August •rth, a body of them, 600 strong, thoroughly raided the neighborhood and killed twenty-one persons, retiring toward their homes with a large number of horses and an immense quantity of booty1. A force was quickly raised and went forth in hot pursuit. On October 5th, Colonel John H. Moore, with ninety Texans and twelve Lipan Indians, were sent in pursuit of those who had escaped. It was October 23rd that Colonel Moore's Lipan spies discovered the Comanche village. At daybreak on the following morning the Texans made their attack. The Indians, not prepared to fight, fled to the river on their approach, a murderous fire being opened upon them. Many were shot or drowned in the stream, while those who succeeded in crossing it met their death at the hands of a detachment that had been set across under Lieutenant Owen. The work of annihilation of the village lasted half an hour and the pursuit was continued for about four miles.