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`` I am willing to receive your proffered proof of sincerity , and hope to find you unlike your fickle nation . Come , tell the news which sanctions this long ramble of yours . These are dark days , and it becomes every man to look well to his own safety , and likewise watch his neighbor 's movements . '' `` I will do you a kindness , stranger ; turn your horse 's head , and let moonrise find you where you drank water at noon . San Antonio is no place for Americans now . Santa Anna has taken the Alamo ; and every one of your people lie low . Not one was spared to carry the tale to Austin -- no , not one ! ''