We've got some good men at a cabin in the woods that we can reach to-night.

We'll join with them, raise as many more as we can, spread the alarm everywhere, an' do everything possible for the defence of San Antonio." "A good plan, Mr.Panther," said Crocket.

"You lead the way to this cabin of yours, an' remember that we're servin' under you for the time bein'." The Panther rode on without another word and the party, now raised from three to sixteen, followed.

Crockett fell in by the side of Ned, and soon showed that he was not averse to talking.
"A good country," he said, nodding at the landscape, "but it ain't like Tennessee.

It would take me a long time to git used to the lack of hills an' runnin' water an' trees which just cover the state of Tennessee." "We have them here, too," replied Ned, "though I'll admit they're scattered.