. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . - marched into the town under a flag whoso bloodyhue proclaimed the merciless treatment that would be the lot ofthe patriots, if they surrendered. A messenger came in the af-ternoon to demand an unconditional and immediate surrender,but was answered by a cannon-shot- The Mexicans replied tothis by a heavy fire, which was continued for many days. TheTexan sharp-shooters made considerable havoc among the Mex-. DEFKNCE OF THE ALAMO. icans, and were unhurt by their cannonading. Daily reinforce-ments came to the enemy, but the garrison, hoping for aid f
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . - marched into the town under a flag whoso bloodyhue proclaimed the merciless treatment that would be the lot ofthe patriots, if they surrendered. A messenger came in the af-ternoon to demand an unconditional and immediate surrender,but was answered by a cannon-shot- The Mexicans replied tothis by a heavy fire, which was continued for many days. TheTexan sharp-shooters made considerable havoc among the Mex-. DEFKNCE OF THE ALAMO. icans, and were unhurt by their cannonading. Daily reinforce-ments came to the enemy, but the garrison, hoping for aid fromtwo places, Goliad and Iicfugio, to which messengers had beensent, kept up hope. On the third of March, however, they de-spaired of assistance from without, and Col. Travis exhortedthem, in case the enemy should carry tlie fort, to fight to the lastgasp, and render the victory as serious to the victors as to thevanquished. Three hearty cheers approved this course. On the following day the messenger who had been despatchedto Goliad and Refugio Avas seen running toward the fort hardpressed by half a dozen of the Mexican cavalry. Crockett, theBee-hunter and two others, sallied out to his relief, and after aslight skirmish with the pursuers, chased them so far, in the ur- S70 COLONEL DAVID CROCKETT. dor of the moment, that their retreat Avas cut off by another bodyof cavalry, which got between them and the fort. There was nocourse open to the Ame
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