TRAVIS, WILLIAM B.
\tɹˈavɪs], \tɹˈavɪs], \t_ɹ_ˈa_v_ɪ_s]\
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(1811-1836), while fighting for the independence of Texas was besieged at Fort Alamo by the Mexicans in 1836. After desperate fighting, when only six men were left, they surrendered on promise of protection, but were slaughtered by command of Santa Anna.
By John Franklin Jameson
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