"He's to be the general of all the Texan forces, we think, and we want you to tell him what you've told us." They began now to see signs of settlements in the river bottoms where the forests grew.

There were stray little log cabins, almost hidden among the oaks and pecans.

Women and children came forth to see the riders go by.

The women were tanned like the men, and often they, too, were clothed in buckskin.

The children, bare of foot and head, seemed half wild, but all, despite the sun, had the features of the Northern races.
Ned could not keep from waving his hand to them.