A Line in the Sand
The Alamo in Blood and Memory
Chapter One
"VICTORY or DEATH"
Perhaps Travis and a few others had some vague
sense that something was different when they
were awoken early on February 23 by the sound of
horses and wagons and Spanish voices drifting
down the streets of the town and heading toward
the open country to the north and east. Tejano
Bexar was on the move in much greater volume
than before, and the creaking carts, lowing
oxen, and neighing horses made it hard to miss.
Those with carts had them packed full; those on
foot carried supplies on their shoulders.
Although Travis had other concerns to occupy his
attention, he was troubled by the rapid and
unexpected exodus. He had his soldiers detain a
few peripatetic stragglers for questioning.
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