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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