the fate of bexar is unknown. the fate of bexar is unknown. the country must and shall be defended. the patriots of texas are appealed to in behalf of their leading country. in one breath, houston urges the public to rush to the relief of the alamo. in the next, he insinuates that the alamo may have already fallen, the enemy is on the doorstep and texians should prepare to defend their homes. talk about mixed messages. could it be as early as march 2nd houston was already preparing his case for withdrawal? on march 6th, 1836, general houston departed washington for gonzalez to take command of the relief forces gathered there and break the siege of the alamo. the irony is, of course, that the fort had fallen earlier that morning. still, no person outside of san antonio knew that and certainly not the delegates in washington. on march 11th, the same day that houston finally arrived in gonzalez, two men galloped into town to report to fall of the alamo. according to a patriot, quote, their report was so detailed as to preclude any doubts about the disastrous event. nevertheless, housto

maybe it's not bexar district, maybe it's bexar county, i'm not sure. it's about the 1838-'39 time frame but it's a list of folks who appeared before the commissioners to prove up their title for land. some of that was due to their military service, some to the time that they -- criteria for how much land you got. there's a column there and a couple of names in the columns. there's a name of david crockett represented by robert, his son. and then just a couple of spaces away is a name juan seguin. represented by himself, and so apparently david crockett or robert crockett and juan seguin were in the same place on the same day, and you wonder if they had a conversation, you know, someone who had seen his father before he died at the alamo. on that also -- also on that document that's pretty compelling is that there's a column up here that says immigrant or native? and if you go down and look at the names, every anglo name is immigrant. every hispanic name is native. we were the immigrants. people who look like me. we were the immigrants. we were the newc

and had served with the bexar county sheriff's office for over 24 years. my husband and i have always been service oriented. whether it was our country and our community. just like those of you that hold offices and seats here at capitol hill, you were hoping to serve your communities and your country. service is our common bond. the threads and the foundation that have made this country and its citizens what we are today. you, i and we, the people here, are here today to request

the surrender of mexican general martin perfecto decost and his centralist force in san antonio de bexar. in february 1836, a vengeful antonio lopez santana splashed across the rio grande at the head of an army numbering some 7,000. on february 23rd, he arrived and laid siege inside the alamo. on march 1st, texan delegates arrived to attend a convention held in the town of washington. wasting no time, they declared independence the following day. on that exact day, sam houston issued a proclamation that made its way through the anglo settlements. at first, this appears innocuous enough but close inspection reveals some odd inconsistencies. since delegates did not confirm houston as commander in chief of the army until march 4th, this march 2nd proclamation appeared more than a little presumptuous or at least peremptory. still, it was typical of houston's large and in charge style. if one reads the body of the document, houston's intent seems clear. and let's do that. war is raging on the frontier bears the siege by 2,000 under the command of general sesma. reinforcements are on the march