Blind Followers of the Dead Still Exist in the Cult of the Alamo
What is the real story about William B. Travis of Alamo fame? Was William Travis a gallant leader or was William Travis mentally unstable? There is some evidence that Travis may have been as whacky as John Wilkes Booth who recited poetry after killing Lincoln. Travis did not possess the moral character that myth has created. In fact, he was prone to stereotypical upper class gentlemen speeches and crazed with his own self-importance. He left a pregnant wife behind in Alabama and soon found himself keeping records of the prostitutes he had been with in San Antonio. It was known at the time that Travis had a severe case of syphilis. If so, this might explain the whacked-out behavior and ballooned gentlemen speeches typical of the “Big Man” plantation syndrome that characterized the diction of wealthy slave plantation owners.
The Death Letter
When Travis penned the “death” (more death than liberty) letter, he was already under orders to leave the old Spanish mission which could not be defended with the small number of untrained men under Travis’ command. Only a handful of Alamo defenders had any military training which explains why approximately one hundred of them never fought inside the walls but ran. There is enough evidence to show that most of the Alamo defenders ran from the walls. Sam Houston was well aware that the flooded old mission (church) of the Alamo was the worst imaginable location to become trapped, from his killing of trapped Creek “Indians” inside an enclosed structure at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, and so issued the order to abandon the Alamo. We know that Travis refused, but why? Arrogant? Affected by Syphilis, or bi-polar? Maybe all three?
William B. Travis Cannot Be Described as a Hero
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend was fought in 1814, and with this victory Andrew Jackson, one of the most racist presidents in American history, became president. Andrew Jackson would be helped by about 600 “friendly Indians,” and the term “friendly Indians “ meant traitors to their own people. Native people that fought against racist white settlers were called “hostiles.” William B. Travis grew up in this racist atmosphere that included slavery and hatred of Blacks. He was not smart enough to reject white supremacy but was only another foolish follower of hatred. Colonel William B. Travis cannot be described as a hero when he adopted the ideas of racism. He was an ineffective lawyer that often-found ways to sue Mexican authorities to have runaway slaves returned to slavery. These actions were a slap in the face when Mexico had abolished slavery in 1829, and who were not about to return black slaves to their brutal masters.
Blind Followers of the Dead Still Exist in the Cult of the Alamo
William B. Travis was a member of a racist group called the “War Party” A secret fanatical organization. According to research, “War Party members included John A. and William R. Wharton, Branch T. Archer, James Bowie, and William B. Travis. William B. Travis was apparently the most famous of the War Party agitators, and who was the most hated by Mexico. This organization, which was a group of racist extremists who blindly followed dead leaders, would be extended to the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC) and later to the KKK. The blind followers of the dead still exist in the cult of the Alamo which was all about stealing Mexico’s land and creating a slave empire. We need a reset on William B. Travis for his history is faked in the name of tourism and whitewashing his racist past, a past that is one of the greatest hoaxes ever played upon the American public.
