Col. Fannin is said to be on the mnrch to this place with re- inforcements, but 1 feal' it is not true, as I have repeatedly sent to him for aid .without l'eceiving any. Col. Bonham, my special me~senger, arrived at Lu Bahia fourteen days ago, with a request for aid,; and on the arrival of the enemy in Bejar, ten days ago, I sent an express to Colonel F., which arr~ved at Goliad on the next day, urging him to send us reinforcements; none have yet arrived. I look to the colonies alone for aid; unless it arrives soon, I shall have to fight the enemy on his own terms. I will,_however, do the best I can under the circumstances; and I feel confident that the determined valor and desperate courage, heretofore exhibited by my men, will not fail them in the last struggle; and although they may be sacrificd to the vengence of a Gothic enemy, the vic- tory will cost the enemy so dear, that it will be worse for him than a defeat. I hope your honorable body will hasten on reinforce- ments, ammunition, and provisions to our aid as soon as possible. We have provisions for twenty days for the men we have. Our supply of ammunition is limited. At least five hundred pounds of cannon powder, and two hundred rounds of six, nine, tweh-c. and eighteen pound balls, ten kegs of rifle powder and a supply of lead, should be sent to the place without delay, under a sufficient guard. If these things are promptly sent, and large reinforcements are hastened to this frontier, this neighborhood wm be the great and dee:isive ground. 'l'be power of Santa Anna is to be met here, or in thl! colonies; we had better meet them here than to suffer a war of devastation to rage in our settlement':l. A blood red banner ,vaves from the church of Bejar, and in the camp above us, in token 1.hat the war is one of vengence against 1·ebels; they have declared. 11s as such; demanded that we should surrender at discretion, or 1hat this garrison should be put to the sword. Their threats have i1ad no influence on me or my men, but to make all fight with desperation, and that high souled courage which characterises the patriot, who is willing to die in defence of his country's liberty and his own honor. The citizens of this municipalit~• are all our enemies, except tho~e who have joined us heretofore. We h11ve but three Mexicans now in the fort; those who have not joined us, in this extremity, should be declared public enemies, and their property should aid in pay- ing the expenses of the war. The bearer of this will give your honorable body a statement more in detail, should he escape through the enemy's lines. God and Texas-Victory or Death. Your obedient servant, . W. BARRETT TRAVIS, Lieut. Col. Comm. P. S. The enemy's troops are still arriving, and the reinforce- ment will probably amount to two or three thousand. T.
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