It was the simple assertion of serious men determined to carry out their object." "And you stormed San Antonio with two hundred men, father ?" "But every man was a picked man.

A Mexican could not show his head above the ramparts and live.

We had no powder and ball to waste; and I doubt if a single ball missed its aim." "A Mexican is like a Highland Scot in one respect," said Dare; "he fights best with steel.

They are good cavalry soldiers." "There are no finer cavalry in the world than the horsemen from Santa Fe, Dare.

But with powder and ball Mexicans trust entirely to luck; and luck is nowhere against Kentucky sharpshooters.