"Then I call on you in the name of liberty, of patriotism, and of everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid with all dispatch." He closed with the three words, "Victory or death," not written in any vainglory or with any melodramatic appeal, but with the full consciousness of the desperate crisis, and a quiet resolution to do as he said.
The heroic letter is now in the possession of the State of Texas.

Most of the men in the Alamo knew its contents, and they approved of it.

When it was fully dark Travis gave it to Albert Martin.

Then he looked around for another messenger.
"Two should go together in case of mishap," he said.
His eye fell upon Ned.
"If you wish to go I will send you," he said, "but I leave it to your choice.

If you prefer to stay, you stay." Ned's first impulse was to go.