With Sam Houston in Texas / A Boy Volunteer in the Texas Struggles for Independence, When in the Years 1835-1836 the Texas Colonists Threw Off the Unjust Rule of Mexico, and by Heroic Deeds Established, Under the Guidance of the Bluff Sam Houston, Their Own Free Republic Which To-day is the Great Lone Star State

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FOREWORD

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE RISE OF TEXAS

SAM HOUSTON THE BUILDER OF TEXAS

I "I AM SAM HOUSTON"

II ON THE ROAD TO TEXAS

III SANTA ANNA PROVES FALSE

IV "WE MUST DEFEND OUR RIGHTS"

V ERNEST CARRIES THE ALARM

VI GONZALES KEEPS ITS SIX-POUNDER

VII THE MUSTERING OF THE TROOPS

VIII THE MARCH ON SAN ANTONIO

IX WITH JIM BOWIE AT THE HORSESHOE

X AN APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES

XI SAM HOUSTON COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

XII HOUSE TO HOUSE IN OLD BEJAR

XIII GENERAL HOUSTON DESPAIRS

XIV INDEPENDENCE IS DECLARED

XV THE SIGNAL GUNS OF THE ALAMO

XVI MESSENGERS OF DISTRESS

XVII RETREAT, AND EVER RETREAT

XVIII TO FACE THE ENEMY AT LAST

XIX FINDING SANTA ANNA

XX "WILL YOU COME TO THE BOWER?"

XXI THE NAPOLEON OF THE WEST SURRENDERS

XXII PRESIDENT HOUSTON RESIGNS HIS SWORD

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“THE STORY GRIPS AND THE HISTORY STICKS”

These books present in the form of vivid and fascinating fiction, the early and adventurous phases of American history. Each volume deals with the life and adventures of one of the great men who made that history, or with some one great event in which, perhaps, several heroic characters were involved. The stories, though based upon accurate historical fact, are rich in color, full of dramatic action, and appeal to the imagination of the red-blooded man or boy.

Each volume illustrated in color and black and white.

  • INTO MEXICO WITH GENERAL SCOTT
  • LOST WITH LIEUTENANT PIKE
  • GENERAL CROOK AND THE FIGHTING APACHES
  • OPENING THE WEST WITH LEWIS AND CLARK
  • WITH CARSON AND FRÉMONT
  • DANIEL BOONE: BACKWOODSMAN
  • BUFFALO BILL AND THE OVERLAND TRAIL
  • CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH
  • DAVID CROCKETT: SCOUT
  • ON THE PLAINS WITH CUSTER
  • GOLD SEEKERS OF ’49
  • WITH SAM HOUSTON IN TEXAS
  • WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON INTO THE WILDERNESS
  • IN THE RANKS OF OLD HICKORY


WITH
SAM HOUSTON
IN TEXAS

A BOY VOLUNTEER IN THE TEXAS STRUGGLES FOR INDEPENDENCE, WHEN IN THE YEARS 1835–1836 THE TEXAS COLONISTS THREW OFF THE UNJUST RULE OF MEXICO, AND BY HEROIC DEEDS ESTABLISHED, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE BLUFF SAM HOUSTON, THEIR OWN FREE REPUBLIC WHICH TO-DAY IS THE GREAT LONE STAR STATE

BY
EDWIN L. SABIN

AUTHOR OF “ON THE PLAINS WITH CUSTER,” “BUFFALO BILL
AND THE OVERLAND TRAIL,” ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
CHARLES H. STEPHENS
PORTRAIT AND MAPS

PHILADELPHIA & LONDON

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY


COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

SEVENTH IMPRESSION

PRINTED IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


TO THE

AMERICAN SPIRIT OF FREEDOM

AND ITS STARS

in the American Flag


When Freedom from her mountain-height
Unfurled her standard to the air.
She tore the azure robe of night,
And set the stars of glory there.
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