Fort Clark

The ambush did not have the desired effect, since a majority of the scouts remained in Brackettville. In the wake of the violence, however, several of the most influential older Black Seminoles decided to leave.

The most prominent among them was the 64-year-old John Horse, who returned to Nacimiento to recuperate from his wounds. Shortly after his departure, Medal of Honor winner Pompey Factor joined him in Coahuila, along with a small group of other maroons. Effectively returning to the Spanish culture of their youth, they would hereafter pursue their homeland in Mexico, not the U.S.