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

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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