Thank God we refused to give up our rifles, because we are going to need them more than anything else on earth.

It was surely more than luck that brought us this way.

We came down here, Ned, on an expedition, half for hunting and half for scouting, and we've found more than we expected.

We must start for Texas in the morning.

Is it not so, boys ?" "Yes," they answered all together.
"Then, Ned," said Bowie, "you can tell your story to Sam Houston and all our leaders, and I think I know what they will say.