Runaway Scrape

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Runaway Scrape was the mass evacuation of Texan settlers in early 1836 as they fled eastward from advancing Mexican forces during the Texas Revolution.

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Runaway Scrape canonical 6
Run-away Scrape 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event of the Texas Revolution
historical event
mass evacuation
alsoKnownAs Runaway Scrape
surface form: Run-away Scrape
characterizedBy destruction of homes and crops
harsh weather and disease
panic among settlers
shortage of food and supplies
country Mexican Texas
surface form: Mexico–Texas borderlands
describedIn Texas historical scholarship
handbook of Texas history
endTime April 1836
followedBy Battle of San Jacinto
follows Battle of the Alamo
Battle of the Alamo
surface form: Fall of the Alamo

Goliad Campaign
Goliad Massacre
hasCause advance of the Mexican army into Texas
fall of the Alamo to Mexican forces
fear of reprisals by Mexican troops
Goliad Massacre
surface form: news of the Goliad Massacre
historicalPeriod 19th century
Texas Revolution era
involves burning of Gonzales by Texian forces
burning of San Felipe de Austin
evacuation of Gonzales, Texas
evacuation of San Felipe de Austin
flight of the ad interim Texas government
movement of refugees toward the Sabine River
refugees crossing into the United States
refugees seeking safety on Galveston Island
mainLocation Brazos Valley
surface form: Brazos River region, Texas

Lower Colorado River region
surface form: Colorado River region, Texas

Galveston
surface form: Galveston Island, Texas

Gonzales, Texas
Harrisburg, Texas
Sabine River
surface form: Sabine River, Texas–Louisiana border

San Felipe de Austin
surface form: San Felipe de Austin, Texas

Texas
opponent Antonio López de Santa Anna
José de Urrea
Armed Forces of Mexico
surface form: Mexican Army
participant Anglo-American settlers in Texas
Tejano families allied with the Texian cause
European-American settlers
surface form: Texian settlers
partOf Texas Revolution
result concentration of Texian forces east of the Brazos
devastation of parts of the Texas frontier
widespread displacement of civilian population
significantPerson David G. Burnet
Emily Austin Perry
Lorenzo de Zavala
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Sam Houston
Susanna Dickinson
startTime March 1836

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Battle of San Jacinto precededBy Runaway Scrape
Texian Army engagement Runaway Scrape
Convention of 1836 adjacentToEvent Runaway Scrape
Goliad Campaign relatedTo Runaway Scrape
Runaway Scrape alsoKnownAs Runaway Scrape
this entity surface form: Run-away Scrape
Edward Burleson participantIn Runaway Scrape
Battle of the Alamo followedBy Runaway Scrape