Travis Letter

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Commondancy of the Alamo San Antonio, February 24th 1836 


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To the people of Texas and all Americans in the world 
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  Fellow citizens and compatriots 
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I am besieged with a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna 
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  And I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for twenty-four hours 
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  And have not lost a man 
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The enemy has demanded a surrender of discretion 
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Otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword if the fort is taken 
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I have answered the demand with a cannon shot 
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And our flag still waves proudly from the walls 
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  I shall never surrender or retreat 
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  Then I call on you in the name of liberty and of patriotism 
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And of everything dear to the American character 

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To come to our aide with all dispatch 
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The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily 
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And will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days 
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If this call is neglected I am determined to sustain as long as possible 
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And die like a soldier who never forgets what is due his own honor 
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And that of his country 
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Victory or death! 
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  William Barrett Travis, Lieutenant Colonel, Commandant 

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P.S. 
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The Lord is on our side 
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When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn 
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We have since found in deserted houses eighty or ninety bushels 
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And got into the walls twenty or thirty head of bee's    Travis