We're sure to need it later on." "This is insolent.

If you do not give it we shall come and take it." "Tell him, Ned," growled the Ring Tailed Panther, "that we just hope he'll come an' try to take it, that I'm here roarin' all the time, that I've filed my teeth an' nails 'till they're like the edge of a razor, an' that I'm just hungerin' to rip an' claw." "The men of Gonzales mean to defend their cannon and themselves," called Ned across the river.

"If you come to take the gun it means war.
It means more, too.

It means that you will lose many of your soldiers.
The Texans, as you know, are both able and willing to shoot." "This is rebellion and treason!" cried Castenada.

"The great Santa Anna will come with a mighty force, and when he is through not a Texan will trouble the surface of the earth." A roar of approval came from the men behind the Mexican captain, but Ned replied: "Until the earth is rid of us we may make certain spots of it dangerous for you.