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A Critical Study of the Siege of the Alamo
Martin, Albert. Albert Martin carried out on the night of
February 24, the famous letter addressed "To the People of
Texas and All Americans in the World." On the back of that
letter he wrote in pencil:
Since the above was written I have heard a very heavy
cannonade during the whole day. I think there must have
been an attack made upon the Alamo. We were short of
ammunition when I left. Hurry on all the men you can get
in haste
Albert Martin31
Martin sent this dispatch on to San Felipe while he scoured the
country round about Gonzales for soldiers who would go to suc-
cor Travis. It is well known that he commanded the little band
that entered the Alamo on March 1.
Highsmith, Benjamin F. This man was sent out on the night
of February 24, with a second message to Fannin.82
Bonham, James Butler. James Butler Bonham was twice a
messenger from Travis to Fannin. He first went out before the
arrival of the Mexicans, that is on February 16, 1836."3 He re-
turned to the Alamo on February 23, after the arrival of the
Mexicans,84 but was sent out again on, or about February 27
(date not certain), and returned again on March 3.35
Juan N. Seguin left the Alamo on the night of February 29.
In his Memoirs he tells that Travis called for volunteers for
courier service. He got no response, so lots were cast to deter-
mine who should go. The die fell upon Seguin; still Travis de-
murred, for Seguin was one of his strongest supporters; but the
soldiers began to grumble, then, Travis sent him out with the dis-
81Ibid.
"G. A. McCall, "William T. Malone," Texas Historical Quairterly, XIV,
326.
"8See Travis's letter of March 3, Army Papers, Texas State Library.
(See Chapter II, 22-24.)
"John Sutherland's Account of the Fall of the Alamo," Dallas News,
February 5, 1911; also Ford's Journal (MS.), Archives of the University
of Texas.
"8D. G. Wooten (ed.), Comprehensive History of Texas, I, 645. This
reference is to Seth Sheppard's account of the fall of the Alamo. He says
that Bonham was sent out to Goliad and returned by way of Gonzales,
and he makes it clear that this trip was after the siege of the fortress
was in progress.307
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