I guess we'll wait on the Mexicans to open the battle.
Thar, do you hear that trumpet blowin' ag'in?
I reckon it means that they're up to somethin'." "I think so, too," said Ned.

"Let's go back upon the church walls, Mr.
Crockett, and see for ourselves just what it means." The two climbed upon the great stone wall, which was in reality a parapet.

Travis and Bowie, who was second in command, were there already.

Ned looked toward San Antonio, and he saw Mexicans everywhere.
Mexican flags hoisted by the people were floating from the flat roofs of the houses, signs of their exultation at the coming of Santa Anna and the expulsion of the Texans.
The trumpet sounded again and they saw three officers detach themselves from the Mexican lines and ride forward under a white flag.

Ned knew that one of them was the young Urrea.
"Now what in thunder can they want ?" growled Davy Crockett.