COLONEL CROCKETT,
THE TEXAN TRAILER.
BY CHAS. E. LASALLE.
NEW YORK:
BEADLE AND ADAMS, PUBLISHERS,
98 WILLIAM STREET.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
BEADLE AND COMPANY,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
THE TEXAN TRAILER.
CHAPTER I.
COLONEL CROCKETT ON A BEAR-HUNT.
"I say, stranger, did you see any thing of a confounded big b'ar passing this way?"
The question was uttered by Davy Crockett, the renowned bear-killer of Tennessee, as, dashing at full speed through the dense forest, he suddenly emerged into a small clearing, where a big Dutchman sat on a log eating his dinner. The latter stared at the glowing hunter for a moment, and with his mouth crammed so full that he could hardly speak, he said:
"Hooh! vat you said?"