The Man from the Alamo Page #2

Those who volunteer

to stay with me, step forward.

Would you help me out, Sam?

Anyone up there want to go?

Mr. Stroud, I assume

you have your reasons.

I'll see that you get your horse

in a moment.

Men, this is the dispatch

I'm sending to General Houston:

"I am besieged by a thousand or more

Mexicans under General Santa Anna.

I have sustained

a continual bombardment and cannonade.

The enemy have demanded

a surrender at discretion.

Otherwise, the garrison is to be put

to the sword, if the fort is taken.

The enemy gets reinforcements daily

and will increase to 3,000 or 4,000

in four or five days.

I have answered the summons with

cannon shot, and the flag is flying.

I am determined to hold out as long as

possible and die like a soldier,

who never forgets what is due

his own honor and that of his country.

I shall never surrender or retreat.

Victory or death."

Lieutenant,

see that the General gets our message.

Sir, with your permission I'd like

to stay here in that man's place.

Why not use him as a messenger?

No, you brought Houston's message.

You're going to return with ours.

Get Mr. Stroud a horse.

Back to your posts.

Mapes!

Never thought I'd live to see

Johnny Stroud turn yellow.

Who says he has?

- He's runnin' out, ain't he?

Ever figure it might take more nerve

to leave than to stay?

Worst that can happen to you is

they say you died a hero.

He'll be a coward for the rest

of his life. - So why's he leaving?

We drew lots for it.

Johnny always was unlucky.

Carlos!

- Seor! Seor Stroud!

I not know it was you.

I thought they come back.

Where's my wife and son?

I bury them over there, Seor,

beside my father.

What do you do now, Seor?

- I'm going back to the Alamo.

A lot of Mexicans are going to pay

for this. - Seor,

it was not Mexicans who did this.

It was Americans.

You and your father been

with my family a long time, Carlos.

My wife and my son and I,

we loved you very much.

It's no time now to start lying

to protect your people.

I'm not lying. They have Mexican

uniforms, but they are not Mexican.

I hide in the hills and watch.

Sometimes they are right beside me.

I do not lie, Seor.

Wade's guerrillas.

- You know who they are?

Yeah, maybe I do.

Come on, Carlos, we gotta find

somebody to take care of you.

Sam Houston! What brings you

to Franklin? - Hello, Fred.

I've got bad news.

You want to gather the people?

With the General's permission, sir,

it's my wife. - Go ahead, son.

Oarling...

- Oaddy! Oaddy!

How's the big man of the house?

Oo everything your mother told you?

Folks, the Alamo has fallen.

What about the garrison, Sam?

Travis, Bowie... - They're all dead.

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