soners into the presence of the President, he said:

"Sir, here are six prisoners I have taken alive. How shall I dispose of
them?"

Santa Anna seemed much annoyed, and said, "Have I not told you before
how to dispose of them? Why do you bring them to me?"

Immediately several Mexicans commenced plunging their swords into the
bosoms of the captives. Crockett, entirely unarmed, sprang, like a
tiger, at the throat of Santa Anna. But before he could reach him, a
dozen swords were sheathed in his heart, and he fell without a word or
a groan. But there still remained upon his brow the frown of
indignation, and his lip was curled with a smile of defiance and scorn.

And thus was terminated the earthly life of this extraordinary man. In
this narrative it has been the object of the writer faithfully to
record the influences under which Colonel Crockett was reared, and the
incidents of his wild and wondrous life, leaving it with the reader to
form his own estimate of the character which these exploits indicate.
David Crockett has gone to the tribunal of his God, there to be judged
for all the deeds done in the body. Beautifully and consolingly the
Psalmist has written:

"Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that
fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust."

THE END

End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of David Crockett: His Life and Adventures, by
John S. C. Abbott

*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DAVID CROCKETT: LIFE, ADVENTURES ***

***** This file should be named 4355.txt or 4355.zip *****
This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/5/4355/

Produced by Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines.

Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions
will be renamed.

Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no
one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation
(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without
permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules,
set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to
copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to
protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project
Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you
charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission. If y