2/25 I have watched them faithfully, though for many good reasons it has been best to appear indifferent. Will you now remain in San Antonio ?" "I have come with orders to Travis to blow up the Alamo, and fall back upon Houston, who is at Gonzales. But I do not think the men will permit him to do so." "You have too many leaders. Also, they undervalue the Mexican soldiers. They fought Spain for ten years; they do not want, then, the persistence of true valor. |