It is hoped that this unpretentious volume may help to a better understanding of the life and motives of a man whose footsteps went into no dark places, and who died an honor to his race and his countrymen—a hero sans peur et sans reproche.

Charles Fletcher Allen.

Denver, Colorado, June 2, 1911.

[CONTENTS]

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[The Young Frontiersman]13
II.[The Start for Virginia]26
III.[Davy Takes to the Woods]37
IV.[The Indians’ Visit]50
V.[Davy is a Scout]65
VI.[Following Indians]78
VII.[Hard Fighting]90
VIII.[Bean’s Creek]107
IX.[A Cabin in the Wilderness]125
X.[The Election]142
XI.[Earthquakes]156
XII.[Hunting Bears]168
XIII.[Lost in the Woods]185
XIV.[The Mississippi Flood]194
XV.[Clay and Webster]204
XVI.[In Congress]215
XVII.[Davy’s Popularity]225
XVIII.[Travelling Hard]241
XIX.[The Rifle “Betsy”]253
XX.[Off for Texas]265
XXI.[The Bee-Hunter]278
XXII.[The Alamo Besieged]288
XXIII.[The Mexicans’ Charge]300

David Crockett

[I.]
THE YOUNG FRONTIERSMAN