Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Da jin roƙon William B. Travis na neman taimako a
Alamo, Burnet ya tafi Washington-on-the-Brazos don neman taimako daga Yarjejeniyar 1836. Ya kasance a taron kuma an zabe shi shugaban rikon kwarya a ranar 17 ga Maris, 1836. A kan umarninsa, gwamnati ta gudu daga Washington-on-the-Brazos zuwa Harrisburg, don haka ya sa Runaway Scrape. Burnet ya kauce wa kamawa da sojojin Mexico a watan da ya biyo baya.