Men suspected each other.

Duels were of constant occurrence, and families were torn to pieces; for the monks supported Santa Anna with all their influence, and there were few women who dared to disobey them.
Into the midst of this turbulent, touchy community, there fell one morning a word or two which set it on fire.

Doctor Worth was talking on the Plaza with Senor Lopez Navarro.

A Mexican soldier, with his yellow cloak streaming out behind him, galloped madly towards the Alamo and left the news there.

It spread like wildfire.