Santa Anna personally interviewed each surviving noncombatant on March 7. He was most impressed with Dickinson, and offered to adopt her young daughter and educate the child in Mexico City. No similar offer was extended to Juana, whose son was approximately the same age.Todish et al. (1998), p. 55. Each woman was given a blanket and two silver pesos.Petite (1998), p. 127. The survivors requested permission to find the bodies of their loved ones and give them a proper burial, but were denied by Santa Anna.Guerra (2012), p. 129.
