PREFACE

CONTENTS

I. THE YOUNG FRONTIERSMAN

II. THE START FOR VIRGINIA

III. DAVY TAKES TO THE WOODS

IV. THE INDIANS' VISIT

V. DAVY IS A SCOUT

VI. FOLLOWING INDIANS

VII. HARD FIGHTING

VIII. BEAN'S CREEK

IX. A CABIN IN THE WILDERNESS

X. THE ELECTION

XI. EARTHQUAKES

XII. HUNTING BEARS

XIII. LOST IN THE WOODS

XIV. THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD

XV. CLAY AND WEBSTER

XVI. IN CONGRESS

XVII. DAVY'S POPULARITY

XVIII. TRAVELLING HARD

XIX. THE RIFLE "BETSY"

XX. OFF FOR TEXAS

XXI. THE BEE-HUNTER

XXII. THE ALAMO BESIEGED

XXIII. THE MEXICANS' CHARGE

David Crockett

SCOUT

SMALL BOY, PILGRIM, MOUNTAINEER,
SOLDIER, BEAR-HUNTER, AND CONGRESSMAN

DEFENDER OF THE ALAMO

BY

CHARLES FLETCHER ALLEN

FRONTISPIECE BY

FRANK McKERNAN

PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

FIFTEENTH IMPRESSION

PRINTED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

To

EDITH SQUIRE ALLEN

GUARDIAN, COMRADE, AND KINDLY LIGHT