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

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
	The Rise of Texas	13
	Sam Houston—the Builder of Texas	20
I.	“I am Sam Houston”	27
II.	On the Road to Texas	42
III.	Santa Anna Proves False	58
IV.	“We Must Defend Our Rights”	71
V.	Ernest Carries the Alarm	82
VI.	Gonzales Keeps Its Six-Pounder	92
VII.	The Mustering of the Troops	104
VIII.	The March on San Antonio	116
IX.	With Jim Bowie at the Horseshoe	130
X.	An Appeal to the United States	144
XI.	Sam Houston Commander-in-Chief	157
XII.	House to House in Old Bejar	172
XIII.	General Houston Despairs	188
XIV.	Independence is Declared	202
XV.	The Signal Guns of the Alamo	216
XVI.	Messengers of Distress	229
XVII.	Retreat, and Ever Retreat	242
XVIII.	To Face the Enemy at Last	253
XIX.	Finding Santa Anna	267
XX.	“Will You Come to the Bower?”	280
XXI.	The Napoleon of the West Surrenders	295
XXII.	President Houston Resigns His Sword	307

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