are fighting for. If independence is not declared, I shall lay down my arms, and so will Lhe men under my command. Bul under Lhe flag of independence, we arc ready lo peril our lives a hundred L.imes a day, and to drive awa)' the monster who is fiuhLirw us 0 0 under a blood-red flag, Lhrealcning lo murder all prisoners and make Texas a waste desert. I shall have lo fight the enemy on his own terms, yet I am ready to do it, and if my countrymen do not rally to my relief, I am determined to perish in the defense of this place, and my bones shall reproach my country for her neglect. With 500 men more, I will drive Sesma beyond the Rio Grande, and I will visit vengeance on the enemy of Texas whether invaders or resident Mexican enemies. All the citizens of this place that have not joined us are with the enemy fighting against us. Let the government declare them public enemies, otherwise she is acting a suicidal part. I shall treat them as such, unless I have superior orders to the contrary. My respects lo all friends, confusion to all enemies. God bless you.
Yours truly W. Barrel Travis.
[To Jesse Grimes]
[2236] [URREA to SANTA ANNA]
[Jose Urrea, Colonia de San Patricio, to Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, March 3, 1836, announcing that he had on the previous day attacked and defeated forty riflemen under Dr. Grant, who was killed, and staling that in a few clays he will set out for Goliad.] [2237) [WILLIAMS ET AL to ROBINSON] . or his successors in office and the honorable Generral Council of Texas The petition of John M Smith and WiUiam MSmith and of sundry inhabitants of this municipality of Liberty umbly shews That your first named Petitioners were on the 26th of To his Excellency James \V. Robinson Governor February last sentenced by the criminal Court of this municipality to be exicuted on the 25th instant; gi\~ng only the fearfully short
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