He called the attention of Crockett to the noises.
"I think I know what causes them," said Crockett.

"Santa Anna is planting his battery under the cover of the night an' I don't see, boys, how we're goin' to keep him from doin' it." The best of the Texan sharpshooters lined the walls, and they fired occasionally at indistinct and flitting figures, but they were quite certain that they did no execution.

The darkness was too great.

Travis, Bowie and Crockett considered the possibility of a sortie, but they decided that it had no chance of success.

The few score Texans would be overwhelmed in the open plain by the thousands of Mexicans.
But all the leaders were uneasy.