Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VaTexans vaidavira kuti iyi mhiko yakanga yaputswa apo Cos akadzoka muchirimo cha1836 kuzotungamirira mutsara mukurwisa Alamo
. Musi waApril 21, 1836, akasvika kuSan Jacinto nevashandi uye akayambuka Vince's Bridge nguva pfupi vanhu vokuTexas vasati vaiparadza. Akabatwa musungwa naSam Houston mukuzvipira kwakazara uye akazosunungurwa, mushure mezvo akadzokera kuMexico. Cos gare gare akatungamirira nzvimbo paTuxpan munguva yeMexico-American War. Akafira muMinatitlán, Veracruz, muna 1854, paakanga achishanda semukuru mukuru uye mukuru wezvematongerwe enyika wenzvimbo yeTehuantepec.