Random Thoughts Of Day Two

 1.  Slowly but surely, I'm getting things put back together after the ice storm.  I had to run into town after work, and though I was able to get everything I needed, the shelves were pretty bare.  There was very little bread, and no birdseed!  I had to get them a fruit and nut treat, just to have something to put into their feeders.  Maybe by next week, they'll have some in.

2.  I got a Valentine card from my cousin Monday.  It had been postmarked Feb 10, so I guess it got stuck in the ice for a bit.  

3.  I still have no idea what day it is.  Since I went to the store, it feels like Friday, but I know it's not.  Hang on...let me check...OK, it's Wednesday.  I do know it's Day Two of the Siege, and on this day, Col. William Barrett Travis wrote his famous Victory Or Death letter.

4.  The text of that letter is as follows:

Commandancy of the Alamo
Bexar, Feby. 24th, 1836

To the People of Texas & all Americans in the World--
Fellow Citizens and Compatriots--

I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna--I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man--The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken--I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls--I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid with all despatch--The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country--Victory or Death.

William Barret Travis Lt. Col. comdt.

P.S. The Lord is on our side--When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn--We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels, and got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves--

                                                Travis


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6.  I had a lot of stuff I was going to talk about, but now that I'm sitting in front of my computer, I can't think of a thing.  So, I guess that's it for today.