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Title: The Texan Scouts
A Story of the Alamo and Goliad
Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
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Language: English
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THE TEXAN SCOUTS
A Story of the Alamo and Goliad
by
JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER
Author of _The Texan Star_, _The Quest of the Four_, _The Scouts of the
Valley_, etc.
Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.
New York
1913
FOREWORD
"THE TEXAN SCOUTS," WHILE A COMPLETE STORY IN ITSELF, CONTINUES
THE FORTUNES OF NED FULTON AND HIS FRIENDS, WHO WERE THE CENTRAL
CHARACTERS IN "THE TEXAN STAR."
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. IN THE STORM
II. THE CAPTIVES
III. THE FIGHT WITH URREA
IV. THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
V. SANTA ANNA'S ADVANCE
VI. FOR FREEDOM'S SAKE
VII. THE HERALD OF ATTACK
VIII. IN THE ALAMO
IX. THE FLAG OF NO QUARTER
X. CROCKETT AND BOWIE
XI. THE DESPERATE DEFENCE
XII. BEFORE THE DICTATOR
XIII. TO THE LAST MAN
XIV. THE NEWS OF THE FALL
XV. IN ANOTHER TRAP
XVI. FANNIN'S CAMP
XVII. THE SAD SURRENDER
XVIII. THE BLACK TRAGEDY
XIX. THE RACE FOR THE BOAT
XX. THE CRY FOR VENGEANCE
CHAPTER I
IN THE STORM
The horseman rode slowly toward the west, stopping once or twice to
examine the wide circle of the horizon with eyes that were trained to
note every aspect of the wilderness. On his right the plains melted away
in gentle swell after swell, until they met the horizon. Their brown
surface was broken only by the spiked and thorny cactus and stray bits
of chaparral.
On his left
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