But, Ned, don't let the idea that we have a picnic here run away with you.

We've got to watch an' watch an' fight an' fight all the time, an' every day more Mexicans will come." "I understand, Mr.Crockett," said Ned.

"You know that we may never get out of here alive, and I know it, too." "You speak truth, lad," said Crockett, very soberly.

"But remember that it's a chance we take every day here in the southwest.

An' it's pleasant to know that they're all brave men here together.