Adjutancy and was appointed as Aid-de-Camp.
A spy was taken last night, who will probably be shot to_morrO\~. One of our men is under arrest for sleeping on post. He will be tried by a Court Martial-the penalty is death. I have had no money for some time and I am now nearly naked and starved-Fresh beef, without salt, is all we get. {2219) [FERGUSON to FERGUSON]
Goliad March 2, 1836
Dear Brother,
I am within the walls of this town awaiting for the enemy which we are daily expecting for they have already beseiged San Antonio only one hundred miles distant and report tells us that two thousand troops are coming on to attack this place. Our number of men consist of about four hundred all of which are volunteers from the States with the exceptions of about thirty regulars. Our commander is Col. Fannin and I am sorry to say the majority of the soldiers don't like him for what cause I dont know whether it is because they think he is not the interest of the country at heart or that he wishes to become great without taking the proper steps to attain greatness. On last Friday the 26th of Feb. We started to San Antonio to attack the enemy of that place but we only got two miles from town and camped for the night and next morning a council of war was called when it was concluded that we had better return here, and put the town in a better state of defence which upon the whole was good policy not only in that respect but others one of which is this all of our provisions in the bread line was at Copano and Dimmitts point fourty miles below here and it was necessary" that we should stay in order to keep the Mexicans from cutting off our supplies which no doubt would have been done and they may do it yet for there is no troops at either place to hinder them from doing so. Provisions are very scarce here and have been. I have had to live three days on bull beef and coffee but now our coffee has given out and without new supplies our bread will in a few days and then it will be beef all the time. We are not prepared by no means to stand a seige in as much as we neither have ammunition nor provisions so you see we must make decisive ballles.
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