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"The Emigrant.--Crossing the Alleghanies.--The Boundless Wilderness.--The Hut on the Holston.--Life's Necessaries.--The Massacre.--Birth of David Crockett.--Peril of the Boys.--Anecdote.--Removal to Greenville; to Cove Creek.--Increased Emigration.--Loss of the Mill.--The Tavern.--Engagement with the Drover.--Adventures in the Wilderness.--Virtual Captivity.--The Escape.--The Return.--The Runaway.--New Adventures. . . .

David at Gerardstown.--Trip to Baltimore.--Anecdotes.--He ships for London.--Disappointment.--Defrauded of his Wages.--Escapes.--New Adventures.--Crossing the River.--Returns Home.--His Reception.--A Farm Laborer.--Generosity to his Father.--Love Adventure.--The Wreck of his Hopes.--His School Education.--Second Love adventure.--Bitter Disappointment.--Life in the Backwoods.--Third Love Adventure. . . .

Rustic Courtship.--The Rival Lover.--Romantic Incident. The Purchase of a Horse.--The Wedding.--Singular Ceremonies.--The Termagant.--Bridal Days.--They commence Housekeeping.--The Bridal mansion and Outfit.--Family Possessions.--The Removal to Central Tennessee.--Mode of Transportation.--The New Income and its Surroundings.--Busy Idleness.--The Third Move.--The Massacre at Fort Mimms. . . .

The Soldier Life

War with the Creeks.--Patriotism of Crockett.--Remonstrances of his Wife.--Enlistment.--The Rendezvous.--Adventure of the Scouts.--Friendly Indians,--A March through the Forest.--Picturesque Scene.--The Midnight Alarm.--March by Moonlight.--Chagrin of Crockett.--Advance into Alabama.--War's Desolations.--Indian Stoicism.--Anecdotes of Andrew Jackson.--Battles, Carnage, and Woe.. . .

Indian Warfare

The Army at Fort Strother.--Crockett's Regiment.--Crockett at Home.--His Reenlistment.--Jackson Surprised.--Military Ability of the Indians.--Humiliation of the Creeks.--March to Florida.--Affairs at Pensacola.--Capture of the City.--Characteristics of Crockett.--The Weary March,--Inglorious Expedition.--Murder of Two Indians.--Adventures at the Island.--The Continued March.--Severe Sufferings.--Charge upon the Uninhabited Village. . . .

The Camp and the Cabin

Deplorable Condition of the Army.--Its wanderings.--Crockett's Benevolence.--Cruel Treatment of the Indians.--A Gleam of Good Luck.--The Joyful Feast.--Crockett's Trade with the Indian.--Visit to the Old Battlefield.--Bold Adventure of Crockett.--His Arrival Home.--Death of his Wife.--Second Marriage.--Restlessness.--Exploring Tour.--Wild Adventures.--Dangerous Sickness.--Removal to the West.--His New Home. . . .

The Justice of Peace and the Legislator

Vagabondage.--Measures of Protection.--Measures of Government.--Crockett's Confession.--A Candidate for Military Honors.--Curious Display of Moral Courage.--The Squirrel Hunt.--A Candidate for the Legislature.--Characteristic Electioneering.--Specimens of his Eloquence.--Great Pecuniary Calamity.--Expedition to the Far West.--Wild Adventures.--The Midnight Carouse.--A Cabin Reared. . . .

Life on the Obion

Hunting Adventures.--The Voyage up the River.--Scenes in the Cabin.--Return Home.--Removal of the Family.--Crockett's Riches.--A Perilous Enterprise.--Reasons for his Celebrity.--Crockett's Narrative.--A Bear-Hunt.--Visit to Jackson.--Again a Candidate for the Legislature.--Electioneering and Election. . . .

Adventures in the Forest, on the River, and in the City

The Bear Hunter's Story.--Service in the Legislature.--Candidate for Congress.--Electioneering.--The New Speculation.--Disastrous Voyage.--Narrow Escape.--New Electioneering Exploits.--Odd Speeches.--The Visit to Crockett's Cabin.--His Political Views.--His Honesty.--Opposition to Jackson.--Scene at Raleigh.--Dines with the President.--Gross Caricature.--His Annoyance. . . .

Crockett's Tour to the North and the East

His Reelection to Congress.--The Northern Tour.--First Sight of a Railroad.--Reception in Philadelphia.--His First Speech.--Arrival in New York.--The Ovation there.--Visit to Boston.--Cambridge and Lowell.--Specimens of his Speeches.--Expansion of his Ideas.--Rapid Improvement. . . .

Off for Texas

Triumphal Return.--Home Charms Vanish.--Loses His Election.--Bitter Disappointment.--Crockett's Poetry.--Sets out for Texas.--Incidents of the Journey.--Reception at Little Rock.--The Shooting Match.--Meeting a Clergyman.-The Juggler.--Crockett a Reformer.--The Bee Hunter.--The Rough Strangers.--Scene on the Prairie. . . .

Adventures on the Prairie

Disappearance of the Bee Hunter.--The Herd of Buffalo Crockett lost.--The Fight with the Cougar.--Approach of Savages.--Their Friendliness.--Picnic on the Prairie.--Picturesque Scene.--The Lost Mustang recovered.--Unexpected Reunion.--Departure of the Savages.--Skirmish with the Mexicans.--Arrival at the Alamo. . . .

The Alamo

The Fortress of Alamo.--Colonel Bowie.--Bombardment of the Fort.--Crockett's Journal.--Sharpshooting.--Fight outside of the Fort.--Death of the Bee Hunter.--Kate of Nacogdoches.--Assault on the Citadel.--Crockett a Prisoner.--His Death. . . . "

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