. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . 372 COLONEL DAVID CROCKETT. fall upon the defenseless prisoners. Col. Ciockett sprang for-ward like a tiger at the ruffian, but a dozen swords were sheath-ed in his heart. Without a groan, with a frown upon his brow,but a smile on his lips, he died. This is, for us, the end of the story. With that battle, whenthe Texans, crjnng Eemember the Alamo, swept down like ahurricane upon the Mexicans, with their final triumph in thestruggle for independence, and subsequent annexation to theUnited States, we have nothing to do. The sixth of March, 1836,ends
. Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds . 372 COLONEL DAVID CROCKETT. fall upon the defenseless prisoners. Col. Ciockett sprang for-ward like a tiger at the ruffian, but a dozen swords were sheath-ed in his heart. Without a groan, with a frown upon his brow,but a smile on his lips, he died. This is, for us, the end of the story. With that battle, whenthe Texans, crjnng Eemember the Alamo, swept down like ahurricane upon the Mexicans, with their final triumph in thestruggle for independence, and subsequent annexation to theUnited States, we have nothing to do. The sixth of March, 1836,ends the life of an honest man, who served his country as besthe could, who never refused to serve a fellow-creature, and whodied fighting for another people. Each of tlie heroes aronncl thee had fought for his land and his line,But thou ha£t fought for a etran<::;or, in hate of a wrong not MOKtTMENT TO THE DEFENDERS OF THE ALAMO. CHAPTER XT. GENEEAL SAM HOUSTON. THE AUSTINS. THE first white men who descended the Mississippi doubtlesslooked with surprise upon the stream, when, for the first time,they saw a turbid flood mingling with its crystal waters. Side byside the golden river of the western mountains and the blue wa-ters from the north flow for miles, blending at last into onestream, truly the Father of Waters. The swift current carriedthem on, and the meeting of the two rivers was well-nigh forgot-ten. The mystery was not to be solved by men who had neverascended the Missouri to its native mountains, and in ignoranceof its nature they passed on. When a man in the prime of life unites his fortunes to those ofa state struggling for independence, and becomes a leader inpeace and war, the earlier fortunes of each must be followed, inorder that their union and its results may be understood. As thecolor of the Missouri is given to the lower Mississippi, so the heroaffect
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