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AMER­ICAN PI­ONEERS AND PA­TRI­OTS.

DAVID CROCK­ETT:

HIS

LIFE AND AD­VEN­TURES

BY

JOHN S. C. AB­BOTT

IL­LUS­TRAT­ED.

PREF­ACE.

David Crock­ett cer­tain­ly was not a mod­el man. But he was a rep­re­sen­ta­tive man. He was con­spic­uous­ly one of a very nu­mer­ous class, still ex­ist­ing, and which has hereto­fore ex­ert­ed a very pow­er­ful in­flu­ence over this re­pub­lic. As such, his wild and won­drous life is wor­thy of the study of ev­ery pa­tri­ot. Of this class, their modes of life and habits of thought, the ma­jor­ity of our cit­izens know as lit­tle as they do of the man­ners and cus­toms of the Co­manche In­di­ans.

No man can make his name known to the forty mil­lions of this great and busy re­pub­lic who has not some­thing very re­mark­able in his char­ac­ter or his ca­reer. But there is prob­ably not an adult Amer­ican, in all these widespread States, who has not heard of David Crock­ett. His life is a ver­ita­ble ro­mance, with the ad­di­tion­al charm of un­ques­tion­able truth. It opens to the read­er scenes in the lives of the low­ly, and a state of se­mi-​civ­iliza­tion, of which but few of them can have the faintest idea.

It has not been my ob­ject, in this nar­ra­tive, to de­fend Colonel Crock­ett or to con­demn him, but to present his pe­cu­liar char­ac­ter ex­act­ly as it was. I have there­fore been con­strained to in­sert some things which I would glad­ly have omit­ted.

JOHN S. C. AB­BOTT.

FAIR HAVEN, CONN.

CON­TENTS

CHAP­TER I.

Parent­age and Child­hood.

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. . . . 7

CHAP­TER II.

Youth­ful 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. . . . 35

CHAP­TER III.

Mar­riage and Set­tle­ment.

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. . . . 54

CHAP­TER IV.

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. . . . 93

CHAP­TER V.

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. . . . 124

CHAP­TER VI.

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. . . . 155

CHAP­TER VII.

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. . . . 183

CHAP­TER VI­II.

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. . . . 212

CHAP­TER IX.

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. . . . 240

CHAP­TER X.

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. . . . 267

CHAP­TER XI.

The Dis­ap­point­ed Politi­cian.–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. . . . 290

CHAP­TER XII.

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. . . .312

CHAP­TER XI­II.

Con­clu­sion.

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. . . . 340

DAVID CROCK­ETT.