CONTENTS

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[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

ILLUSTRATIONS

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[And Amidst a General Cry, Over She Went ] Frontispiece
[General Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto]13
[Ernest Barely Drew Reign to Shout at a Figure in the Doorway: “Gonzales Attacked! They need Men”]84
[Down Sank the Last Cannoneer]143
[“Here We Go!” Called Jim. “Hoist Him In, Quick”]186
[Texas in 1835–1836 and March of the Two Armies Eastward to San Jacinto]262
[Battle Ground of San Jacinto]290
[“Why,” Roared the General, “You are the Government, Yourself, You are Dictator”]304

Courtesy Harper & Bros.

GENERAL SAM HOUSTON AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO

From a painting by the Texan artist S. Seymour, exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1898