Crockett was by nature a generous man.

There was not a mean hair in his head.

This generosity was one of the virtues which gave him so many friends.
Rather boastfully, and yet it must be admitted truthfully, he writes, in reference to this adventure: "I could have sold it for almost any price I would have asked.

But this wasn't my rule, neither in peace nor war.

Whenever I had anything and saw a fellow-being suffering, I was more anxious to relieve him than to benefit myself.